SUPFisher Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Hi all, Well here goes for my first post to Fishraider. I’ve been a member for some time but haven’t ever felt like I had anything worthy of posting. I often fish around Middle Harbour from my Stand Up Paddle board but I also enjoy land based fishing as well. I decided to head to Narrabeen Lake yesterday as the forecast 40 Deg temp made it pretty appealing to spend the day waist deep in water. Planned to fish with hard bodied lures mainly targeting Flatties. I’ve been doing alright on flatties there in the past couple of months. I arrived at 07:30 and started wading the southern shore. After 4 hours with not a single hit I went around to the northern shore east of the main road bridge. After nearly an hour I was just about to give up and have some lunch when I connected with the biggest fish of my life. I called it for a big flattie pretty early given the strength of the multiple runs she put up. I kept calm and patient using only a moderate drag setting as I knew there wasn’t anything that I was going to get caught up on. After a 10 min fight I finally landed a beauty which was just under 80 cms in length. I was using my Shimano 3-5.0 kg rod with 2500 stradic as its nice and light for lots of casting. I was using a 90 mm Daiwa Double Clutch lure on 6.0 kg J-Braid with a long wind on leader of 15 lb mono to ensure I had a bit of give in my setup. My PB flattie up to this point had been 58 cms so I was stoked. I was lucky enough to share this exciting capture with a family from Victoria who were holidaying in Sydney and were kayaking nearby when I hooked up. The kayaks kept a bit of distance while the fight was on but once I was able to land the fish they came over and helped me out with photos and videos. The father was a keen fisho too so was a cool way of connecting with some friendly strangers. None of us had ever seen a fish this size before and we were all pretty excited. Only one bite all day but I’m not complaining its always the next cast right. Once the photo op was finished I was very pleased to set this big old girl free to fight another day. I mostly catch & release but will keep the occasional fish for the table at times. I do have a video of me releasing the fish but I'm not sure how to upload this?? Tight lines to all and I hope you have a safe & fishy Christmas. SUPFisher, 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Great Flatty SF, and great to see it returned. A big 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Nice croc 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Great flattie and report. Congrats. I'd be super stoked if I caught a croc that size, a good reward for your persistence. I spent half the time reading just trying to imagine how you go about fishing off a stand up paddle board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Great Lizard -hope it's the 1st of many big ones. Well done releasing her also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBFisho Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Great first post SUP. Well done on the Croc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Awesome post. Great read and nice that you released. If it helps, I usually upload the vid to YouTube then post the link here. Please post more often! cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Nice croc. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Awesome!! Crongrats on the new PB!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 What an excellent first post. Congratulations on the croc. Keep these great reports going!! cheers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Welcome aboard. Great report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 A good flattie, well done on a new P.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPFisher Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Hi all Thanks so much for all the congrats & warm welcome. It’s great to share our passion for fishing with other like minded fishos. Hopefully I will have more stories to tell in the near future. Particularly from my paddle board. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Great read and top effort mate. A great Xmas present for yourself judging by your smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Cracking fish! The big flathead have such a good fight on them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzybass Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Congratulations!! Is the entrance open at the moment or is it shut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Congrats on a cracker of a PB, those those lures sure pin the fish! Merry Christmas!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thats a great flattie. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie W Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Great work mate. Well done on the release as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 A great and informative report too. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 One top flathead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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