Northern Beaches mixed bag

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Happy Easter Raiders

Headed out solo today with the plan to catch some flatties as they have been hard to find of late.

armed with salted bonito strips, a bag of prawns and some soft plastics i headed out past sydney heads just on first light, it was rather sloppy and whilst the live wind readings said 9knots i could almost swear it felt more like 15

anyway first stop was in 40m out from the lighthouse, nothing there, moved around and tried different depths, north then south still no flatties. By this time i was getting tired from the slop because me and the boat were getting thrown about so i decided to head for sheltered water infront of manly. Did a drift over queenscliff reef with unweighted baits for the snapper and a surprise samsonfish. Then got some deadweight which i initially called for a stingray but up came the biggest darn cuttlefish i have ever seen. Massive slimy bastard he was. Lifted him into the boat to remove the hook and take some fotos to share the story and sent him on his way but not before he inked all over my boat and it was f&@$kng EVERYWHERE. What a mess.

the tasty flathead still eluded me. All my usual spots have been baron over the last few weeks

so i spent a good 20 minutes studying the charts on my lowrance and found what looked like probable flatty territory only 1km away and in shallow water. The water was now far less sloppy than it was in the morning but still a good size swell pumping through so it would be comfortable.

Headed over first bait down didnt even get to put the rod back in the holder flathead on. Woohooo over the next hour or so i cought a flathead a cast and kept 10 around the 40-45cm bracket for the table. Returned one big girl back to the drink around 60cm from what i hear thats about as big as the blue spots get unlike their dusky brothers. Also picked up two bonus flounders

all in all a great day in the water.

hope everyone else had some luck today

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