dlvbw Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Hey Raiders, Took my youngest out for a bottom bash off Palm Beach yesterday in great Spring conditions. The condition of the ramp was not so great. PACKED. Both on the way out and in. I also had to park miles away which is not ideal when leaving your six year old on the boat (beached). Thankfully a nice family kept an eye on him and the boat whilst I did this. We were fishing in around 28m of water and were using a combination of drifting and anchoring using the minn kota. We were using paternosters with a mix of bait and plastics and using a octo-style jig as the sinker. The fish were coming in at a good rate but it was a mix of undersized flatties, red eyes, shovel nosed rays, sharks and stingrays. Funny how every time you get a ray or similar you think it is the world's biggest flathead........anyhow, finally we did catch a good one. 65cm and fat, caught on the octo-jig. A PB for the boat and me personally. Very chuffed. Plenty of fish around, we had a triple at one point with 3 flatties hanging off a plastic, a bait and the octo-jig - all throwbacks! I guess the lesson is that you are only ever one fish away from a great day on the water! Only took one fish home but it will feed the family. Happy days. Cheers D PS - the fish was ickied and on ice before the picture was taken, hence not lifting the live fish with the grips unsupported (and hence the bend) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Monks Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Nice work, and well done to the young fella! 🤙 I think I was fishing near you guys for not even 1 drift because a mate I took out for the first time got seasick (We had fished all morning in worse conditions out wider with no problems!? LOL) 🙄🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey05 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 cracking fish mate, what ramp were you at out of curiosity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Great report. Super fish. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 We were out of Rowland Reserve at Bayview. Too funny Brendan. Seasickness can be fickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Its all about the smiles The last comment is good to add as well as flatties are pretty hard to lip grip without damaging at the best of times & definatley not unsupported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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