XD351 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 G’day Raiders, I lobbed down to Rydalmere for a quick after work flick , nothing specific in mind as to species to target - more a suck it and see approach. The water is filthy - even worse than last week but I thought nothing ventured nothing gained, the first 20 min yielded nothing - not even a touch on my lure - a Zman grubz 2.5 in black and a pink uv glow sinker 5g - Texas rig as usual . I got to the end of where I wanted to fish - a high sandstone wall ( visible under the bridge in the photo below) the channel cuts right in here and I have it a few casts . On the third cast the grub got smashed and knew immediately what it was - a flattie. I now had a problem though - I was standing on a high wall with a retaining wall in front of it ( it was underwater because of the 2m high tide) so I had to hoist this fish over the lot of this and then over a railing-all in one motion and I’m running 6lb trace ! Anyhow this fish decided it wanted to help me and launched itself out of the water straight at me and I managed to keep its momentum up enough to land it . I originally thought it was 47cm but when reviewing the photo I noticed the zero on the tape is a few cm short of the end of the tape which is what I used to align the tape so it was closer to 50cm - bonus ! I changed lure styles (critters , clone prawn and paddle tail shad in various colours)but only got them chomped by tiny tailor . Heaps of poddy and bully mullet down there atm but for some reason I can’t hook a bream to save my life down there ! Oh well , nice couple of hours out of the house ! One down side of this place is the imbecile’s that think the cycleway is a race track ! I had one fool go past me on an electric contraption and I reckon he was travelling faster than a postie bike would do ! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 nice flattie and well done on landing it. mullet you say....get some bread ready, lets rock and roll! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 53 minutes ago, kantong said: nice flattie and well done on landing it. mullet you say....get some bread ready, lets rock and roll! Some of the bullies would have given 45cm a serious nudge . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 It paid off having a go. In murky water, the fish will not be afraid of having a go at a lure on heavier line, and this will make it easier to lift them up. The electric bikes are a danger when ridden at speed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Nice sized Flattie, good of it to cooperate with the catching process (LOL). Are the high-rise buildings in the background in Parramatta? bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Gotta love flatties when they get air! Nice landing on 6lb👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 7 hours ago, big Neil said: Nice sized Flattie, good of it to cooperate with the catching process (LOL). Are the high-rise buildings in the background in Parramatta? bn Yes Parramatta . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhan Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Great report and nice flatty. Silverwater/Rydalmere part Parra must be the snaggiest place in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 32 minutes ago, lhan said: Great report and nice flatty. Silverwater/Rydalmere part Parra must be the snaggiest place in the world. That is why you must fish Weedless and even then you can still get snagged ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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