Koalaboi Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Since changing over from SPs to live poddies, my flathead fishing results have improved greatly. Fishing in Tuggerah Lakes on Tuesday I scored four nice fish: the biggest my PB at 86.5cm. She was huge! Despite the urgings of one feller I let her go: I had a feed anyway and the last time I kept a big girl I felt guilty and she wasn't that good on the tooth anyway. I wish I had a picture! KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGG DADDA TREVS Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Nice Job mate, great flatty at high 80s. Nice fight? Just a quick question, how do u get your poddies? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marks1984 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 21 minutes ago, BIGG DADDA TREVS said: Nice Job mate, great flatty at high 80s. Nice fight? Just a quick question, how do u get your poddies? Thx mate down at JB we used to catch them with a 2L bottle of soda. cut an oval window in the side of the bottle fill it with sand and some rocks to keep it down put some bread in there once the mullet are in there just get it out of the water happy days live bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGG DADDA TREVS Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Thx alot mate, ive used lots of similar method. How long do u leave it for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koalaboi Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 I catch the poddies using two of the commercial plastic cylinders available for around $12 to 19 each depending on where you go. Find a creek entering a larger body of water and set the traps..I use white bread and a couple of tablespoons of breadcrumbs. A string tied to the trap and toss them out into the water and sit and read for a while. Pull them in and transfer poddies to bucket with a battery powered aerator then take them home and connect to a 240 volt fish tank air pump overnight to save the batteries. I did that on Monday arvo for my Tuesday morning fish and got up Tuesday morning to find them all dead because I didn't switch on the power to the aerator. I was going to give up but got some more poddies and very glad I did! The plastic traps work a treat but they are brittle and assembling and disassembling them requires care or the catches will break They seem better at going into the traps when the sun is on the water and there's not too much wind. If there's been a bit of fresh that seems to put them off the chew too. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGG DADDA TREVS Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 thanks mate, that really good advice mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koalaboi Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 One other thing, I put a couple of small pieces of foam into the traps so that they don't sink. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Well done but yeh its nice to see a picture. I pull heaps of flatties in with SP's, you just need the right colour imo. My PB on SP is 80cm & went 3.8kg. Your would.have been close to 4.5 or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobiened Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Very nice fish mate congratulations. ive also heard of putting pieces of broken mirror inside your mullet trap they recon the fish see there reflection and think there’s fish inside,helps entice them to go in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 sounds like a cracker fish you got ther mate were do you get your poddies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koalaboi Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 I get poddies from the creeks that enter Tuggerah Lakes...wherever is sheltered from the wind. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belligero Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Hey mate if you are ever going to bait collect any chance you could give me a yell if I can tag along. Been struggling to get decent poddies this north of the coast for a while. Unsure if it's me or the location or what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 12/1/2017 at 3:42 AM, Koalaboi said: I get poddies from the creeks that enter Tuggerah Lakes...wherever is sheltered from the wind. KB cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigunner54 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Hey just wondering how you rig up live poddies? i can never live bait fish properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koalaboi Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) I fish from the shore and drift the live poddy down the channels on the runout under a float exactly the same as my blackfish set up but with a live poddy on a circle hook. 15lb mainline and 8lb fluorocarbon trace plus a 1/0 to 2/0 hook through the lips of the poddy. Edited December 2, 2017 by Koalaboi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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