Yowie Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Headed out early this morning up past Lilli Pilli, was expecting something, however, the hoard of little reddies ate most baits. The only tailor were around the 20 to 25cm mark, and I was thinking that would be it. Pulled up a 68cm flattie just before sunrise, no photo, released, then hooked another one just after sunrise. It looked near the same size, but measured at 65cm. No photo and released. Better than nothing, but no fish to take home. I packed up and headed outside, south of the bombie, a bit of sloppy wind chop but no wind, so no drift. Pulled up 2 blue spot flatties, but released one as it had a very deformed tail section that was curled like a snake. I moved out into deeper water, guessing around the 150 to near 200 foot mark, and the wind started up - a short sharp chop and white horses frothing on some waves. I'm guessing up to 20 knots, certainly not in the early morning forecast. Needed a bit of line out to stay on the bottom due to the drift, however, I pulled up half a dozen more flatties, then the bite stopped in deeper water, so headed home. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Cutler Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Great haul. Good size Flatties released. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Good catch of Ocean Flathead for this time of the year, I find them best in Spring and Autumn, Summer seems to have too many small ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Great haul as usual young man 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 2 hours ago, james Cutler said: Great haul. Good size Flatties released. Well done. Thank you. Figured the duskies need to keep growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 1 hour ago, noelm said: Good catch of Ocean Flathead for this time of the year, I find them best in Spring and Autumn, Summer seems to have too many small ones. Happy with those pulled up Noel, considering the wind blew up. From no drift to a moderately fast drift in a few minutes. I did pull up 2 little blue spots, less than 30cm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Nice feed there Dave! I think a lot of us got caught up in the wind this morning. It was so messy out there - BOM got it very wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Boy would I love a feed of fresh Flatties...no such thing here where I live. Still, can't have everything, eh? Good result Dave. One thing I notice in the inshore/ close offshore threads on Fishraider is the single thing you all agree on. The BOM gets it wrong more than right. Enjoy, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 10 hours ago, Larkin said: Nice feed there Dave! I think a lot of us got caught up in the wind this morning. It was so messy out there - BOM got it very wrong. Thank you, will provide a couple of feeds. The wind hit with a bang out there, stronger than forecast. Up river there was little wind in the early morning. I was bouncing around in the short sharp chop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 41 minutes ago, big Neil said: Boy would I love a feed of fresh Flatties...no such thing here where I live. Still, can't have everything, eh? Good result Dave. One thing I notice in the inshore/ close offshore threads on Fishraider is the single thing you all agree on. The BOM gets it wrong more than right. Enjoy, bn Thank you. The flatties outside have been quiet for a while, now coming back again. The BOM makes a disclaimer in their wind and swell forecasts. "Wind may be 40% stronger than forecast." Just in case they stuff up. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I love how a donut for you Dave is two 60+cm duskies Shame about the weather but good you got a nice feed of ocean flathead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Good of you to release the duskies Dave! You certainly got yourself some nice flatty fillets from outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, Little_Flatty said: I love how a donut for you Dave is two 60+cm duskies Shame about the weather but good you got a nice feed of ocean flathead. I was hoping that I would pull up a few ocean flatties if I let the duskies go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, jenno64 said: Good of you to release the duskies Dave! You certainly got yourself some nice flatty fillets from outside! Happy with what I caught outside Rob. I pulled up a 75cm flattie a couple of weeks ago, so there might be a few cruising about in the deeper water around he Hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 gotta be happy with that bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 3 hours ago, kantong said: gotta be happy with that bag. Certainly happy, 2 feeds in those fillets, and some for a friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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