XD351 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Quick trip up to my favourite flathead drift , low tide when i arrived at 5.30 am , water@ 23c and bugger all wind . The first fish went 61cm caught on a dirty old prawn from the depths of my bait freezer and a lot of chopper tailor working the bait schools around the bay - they were everywhere ! More photos to come ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Next fish went 48cm ,another couple that went 41 and 37cm I only kept the 48and 41 as the 68cm and 37cm fish were outside my personal slot limit . Didn’t get a photo of the 41 as I got sick of fumbling around with a phone and trying to dodge fish spikes ! This is the 48cm flattie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Things went quiet there so I moved west to the western side of flint and steel reef as I had caught an 84cm flathead there a couple of years back and it usually produces something. I had now run out of the prawns , whitebait didn’t get a touch and Pillies fared no better but hiding in the bottom of the mystery bait bag was an arrow squid - probably 250mm ( 6 in in real measurements ) so I sewed this onto a 4/0 and sent it to the bottom . I was thinking maybe a mulloway might take pity on me and eat it but I wasn’t feeling confident ! I don’t know how but for some insane reason fish seem to know when I’m stuffing my face or putting sunscreen on etc as they always seem to hit my bait right in the middle of what I’m doing ! Well the squid got smashed and my initial thoughts were of it being a mulloway - not a big one but the way it fought was different to what I usually expect from a flathead ! Peering over the side of the boat the shape of a good flathead emerged all 68cm of her ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 After that I only got one more flathead - undersize so back it went ! I decided to have a play with my new Garmin sounder so spent probably an hour or so chugging around peering at the screen and I ended up over the deep hole at the mouth of mullet creek when out of the corner of my eye i spotter something swimming towards the shore next to the northern end of the rail bridge - a snake ! Don”t know what type it is and I wasn’t getting close enough to ask it 😂 Don’t know why but the photo won’t upload anyhow it was a small olive coloured snake about 3ft long 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Nice bag of flatties, and some to take home for a feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Great report and Super photos. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) great story. I'm lucky enough to have never seen a snake in the water! Nice pics too Edited February 2, 2021 by antonywardle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Some nice flathead well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Good reports XD351. Sounds like you had a lot of worthwhile experiences during your session. Plenty of fish, some learning from your sounder, spotting a snake swimming and the bite which always comes when you're least prepared. Thanks for sharing with us, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Great report and a good feed. Well done. Also great to hear that the big one went back, I also think that when they get past 60 they are too big to keep, 45-50 are my favorites as the fillets are a perfect size for the pan. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 Thanks everyone! Dave you gotta get out there - now is the time ! Rebel , The newish Samsung takes great photos but it automatically converts them to some weird format that email doesn’t like , I have now turned this off in the phone settings ! It was a real Pia just getting those pics over to my iPad so I can post on here I can tell you ! Antony, i have seen heaps of them swimming in the rivers out near Bathurst but never the lower Hawkesbury , I think it may have come across from Dangar island . Big Neil , i always see something amazing up the Hawkesbury - I just love the place ! It was a bit of a learning curve with the sounder , my last one was circa 2003 lcd furuno but it died . Gordo , I have a personal slot limit of 38 to 50 but if I can keep a couple between 38 and 45 I am a very happy fisho ! Guess what’s on the menu tonight 🤤 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Great post and lovely fish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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