nutsaboutfishing Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) Went down to Tarban creek for a quick sesh. Incoming tide is my favourite time to fish and started with some soft plastics. Unfortunately the wind picked up and was blowing towards me so decided to switch to topwater. Tired on a Scumdog instead of my usual go to sugapen. The occasional slurp and miss by fish was keeping my interested. Suddenly I got a good hit and using 6lb leader, had my drag on the lighter side not wanting you lose a lure. After a few good runs I didn’t see any silver flashes so knew I had flattie. I’ve got an elcheapo net and have learnt if you catch a fish using twin trebles and let it thrash around in the net you’re never be able to untangle the hooks. So as soon as the fish was on shore I dumped it out of the net. Quick measure and release Edited April 15, 2023 by nutsaboutfishing 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Nice flatty 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Well done! Hope there are many more to come ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 thats awesome always wanted to catch one on surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Great job @nutsaboutfishing, Flatties always seem to fight better on lures than bait. That’s a nice fish (supreme eating) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Nice Flattie. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Great looking fish, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Pickles said: Great job @nutsaboutfishing, Flatties always seem to fight better on lures than bait. That’s a nice fish (supreme eating) Now that I think about it, you're 100% correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingFables Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 What a cool way to catch a flathead - great effort 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Well done Richard. I'm a little envious as it is not something I have achieved yet. I'm looking forward one day to seeing that big surface strike. Regards, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg78 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 topwater flattie hits are the best!! keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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