A couple of Hacking outings, boat and landbased

[jenno64]

Finally got my boat back after my son in law helped me fit a live bait tank into the back decking a couple of weeks ago.

I headed out on Friday to collect some poddies and caught some corkers around 150mm. My son wanted to fish land-based in the Hacking with his mate on Saturday so I dropped him off up river with his gear and some livies. I headed up river myself and had fun pumping nippers in chest deep water! Drifted around the flats for a while for a few whiting, a flounder on nippers and a 50+ flatty on a poddy (no pics) My son calls me around 10 am and sends me a pic of a croc he landed on a huge poddy. It went 87cm and was promptly released (excuse some faint expletives but it was a PB! The shot on the lie detector wasn't well positioned:)

Kept an eye on the week's weather and headed down to the rocks at the entrance of the Hacking yesterday morning and got 3 small squid before sunrise. Only little fellas but enough for tonight's dinner!

 

[Little_Flatty]

Great report Jenno!

Sounds like your talent for finding big flathead runs in the family 😎

[Isaac Ct]

Good stuff Jenno, never had much luck with flatties in the hacking.

Well done, that is a stunning fish. Nice squid as well.

[bessell1955]

Sounds like a great outing.

[Yowie]

Good work Rob, a feed of whiting and squidlies. (my snagged squid jig from the other day must have attracted them for you)

A good flattie caught by your son. (my biggest is 88cm) so there are still good sized ones kicking around. 

[Rebel]

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Nice squid.

Well done.

[Restyle]

absolute croc of a flatty, good work!

[jenno64]

On 2/22/2023 at 10:25 PM, Little_Flatty said:

Great report Jenno!

Sounds like your talent for finding big flathead runs in the family 😎

Thanks, Little Flatty I used to take my son fishing on the front of my Hobie when he was 5 then all of a sudden he lost interest...too much screen time! It took him another 13 years to come to his senses!!

On 2/23/2023 at 7:12 AM, Isaac Ct said:

Good stuff Jenno, never had much luck with flatties in the hacking.

Well done, that is a stunning fish. Nice squid as well.

Thanks Isaac, the flatty was my son's and he was pretty pumped.

On 2/23/2023 at 8:05 AM, bessell1955 said:

Sounds like a great outing.

Cheers!

On 2/23/2023 at 8:41 AM, Yowie said:

Good work Rob, a feed of whiting and squidlies. (my snagged squid jig from the other day must have attracted them for you)

A good flattie caught by your son. (my biggest is 88cm) so there are still good sized ones kicking around. 

Thanks Dave, I've lost a jig or two fishing light over the kelp....trying heavier leader landbased!

On 2/23/2023 at 12:08 PM, Rebel said:

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Nice squid.

Well done.

Cheers Rebel!

On 2/23/2023 at 2:36 PM, Restyle said:

absolute croc of a flatty, good work!

Thanks Restyle, he was very happy!

[Larkin]

Bet that live bait well will get good use!

That’s a nice flatty - some good ones coming out if the hacking lately. Good to see you getting onto a few squid too 👍