Broken Bay Flatties

[kiwicraig]

I'm back to work on Monday so today I got out for my last fish of my holiday with my good mate Chris.  

I launched from Blackwall at 5am and headed over Palm Beach to pick up Chris with a quick stop at Lion Island where I grabbed a slimy and a yakka for some bait.  

After collecting Chris we headed out into Broken Bay to drift for some flatties.  Are first drift was a long one because we just kept catching fish.  Chris had some tackle issues and was re-rigging while I was fishing.  I had three keepers in the esky before he really had a line in the water - but I lost the live yakka without even feeling the bite.  We were fishing a mix of pillies and slimy mackerel strips but the pillies were easily out fishing the fresh bait.  Go figure. 

We had a fairly busy time.  Amongst the flatties I also pulled up a slimy that I put back down as a second live bait.  This one caught a nice flattie in the mid 50s.  

I also pulled up a horrible little leather jacket.

My high and my low was the same drop.  I was pulling in a nice flattie and as I caught sight of it I say a tailor following up the bait on the second hook.  I dropped the tip and the tailor took the bait - but pulled the other hook straight out of the flattie.

Unfortunately the fish were still biting when the conditions deteriorated and I made the tough call to head back in.  No regrets though.  I had 9 flatties and a tailor in the Esky and Chris had 5 flatties.  I gave him a couple of mine to even it up and dropped him back off in Palm Beach.  I'm also a little relieved because the last couple of times he has fished with me has been unsuccessfully chasing hairies in the dead of winter and his wife was beginning to think we couldn't catch fish in a pet store. 

On my way back home between Lion Island and the channel into Brisbane Waters I ran into a big bust up on the surface.  I put in (quite) a few casts into it with a metal but could not tempt anything to strike - but was not too worried.  I ended up with a nice feed and we had a great time.  Here's my share.

 

[masterfisho7]

That's a fine feed of flathead well done Craig