hookerbruce Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Spent a week with my son and his family at the South West Rocks most days were long getting back from the beach or fishing around 630 pm. Fished the morning or the afternoon only fished the river. Kept 2 or 3 flathead a day plus whiting longtom bream garfish and crabs. Released a lot of fish including a 91cm flathead. All fish were caught on 2kg outfits fishing on sandflats. Ray put up a bit of a fight on 2kg for my grandson. Fishing was a little quiet this year maybe the clear water. Edited January 25, 2020 by hookerbruce add photos 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Great fishing Bruce, 91cm is certainly a Cracker of a Flathead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Great report and Super Photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Sounds like a great trip luv swr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Sounds like a top week, congrats on the entire catch and especially the croc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobycb Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Good mixed bag there @hookerbruce never kept a longtom, how do they eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, tobycb said: Good mixed bag there @hookerbruce never kept a longtom, how do they eat? Similar to an oversized garfish, but I prefer the gar to the tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Great work there Bruce. Nice flattie, there are some good ones about in various rivers and lakes. You cannot go past the whiting and gars for the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Yes the flatty was a good fish my son, caught it on a little 70mm hard body with tiny trebles on 2 kg line fishing from the sand flat in knee deep water. He counts it as his no. 4 PB flathead. The photos are a bit hit and miss with me not able to see much on the phone screen because of the glare and no glasses. The longtom cook up very well they are a bit fiddly to fillet like garfish but when they are 60 -80 cm long you get a lot more meat off them. I lost a bigger flathead that swallowed a 32 cm whiting unfortunately the whiting came out after a minute or two. The garfish were actually the snub nose river ones. We had a great holiday.Next big fishing trip will be Culburra in a couple of weeks. Thanks for the replies Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Top effort Bruce - a really nice mixed bag of eating fish - I bet the ray gave you a hurry up on 2kg gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Looks like a cracker of a trip Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Pickles said: Top effort Bruce - a really nice mixed bag of eating fish - I bet the ray gave you a hurry up on 2kg gear The ray was my 10 year old grandson lurecasting. Thought he had a big flathead like his dad's. I thinkI'llbe up at the rocks for Easter should get back from south Australia end of march. I'll send you a message in the next few days l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Brilliant Bruce, many thanks. I’ll have my boat - you’d be most welcome to come outside if weather is good and bar behaving itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Great report @hookerbruce Brilliant flattie capture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 That’s a great week away with plenty of fish, top report & photos 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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