Pb flathead and breaking of the paddletail curse

[faker]

Hi all just caught 64 cm flatty and 48 cm at cremourne. Unfortunately both swallowed the 3 inch paddle tail whole, I was using so I had to dispatch both and had to replace leaders twice. I kinda of wanted to release the big female. 

I broke pb record and the not catching anything on paddletails curse and in general winter has been bad for me. Took 10 min fight to bring it up

Thanks @DerekDfor mentoring even over phone

Broke landing net for big flatty

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by faker

[big Neil]

Very well done Faker. Good to see you get some quality fish and set a couple of personal records too. Keep up the good work. It's okay to take fish that have sustained damage during the capture even if you would have preferred to release them unharmed. Enjoy some nice Flathead fillets.

bn

[faker]

53 minutes ago, big Neil said:

Very well done Faker. Good to see you get some quality fish and set a couple of personal records too. Keep up the good work. It's okay to take fish that have sustained damage during the capture even if you would have preferred to release them unharmed. Enjoy some nice Flathead fillets.

bn

I think slow roll techniques Avoid swallowing the hopping along bottom means they are not taking it while chasing it down 

[Little_Flatty]

65cm is a great flathead, well done.

Good reward for persisting with the paddle tails.

[Yowie]

Good work, practice makes perfect, and they will provide a good feed for yourself.

[bessell1955]

Those fish look to be in prime condition, great eating.

[Isaac Ct]

Well done mate, congrats on the PB. Good thought in trying release the bigger one but nothing shameful in keeping it.

[Larkin]

Nice flatties 👍

[jenno64]

Congrats 

nice feed too!

[kantong]

well done! great job!