Trip around Maroubra

[Basil D]

headed out early gathered some bait and took off the Maroubra Area looking for trag.

very early look so promising with so much bait on the sounder but no takers all morning .

did eventually catch one trag and some mowies for the Neighbours :P, The morning did me no favours except and beautiful day on the water

around midday seeing some posts from face book and then a message from a good friend from fishraider I decided to give the fads a quick crack 

headed straight and threw some yakkas around with no takers, gave up and come back in close for a feed of flatties (Plan B😄)

Was amazed when I found This thing in the flatheads stomach , Looks like a Mantis shrip?

come in to yarra bay and had a swim before heading home 

[noelm]

Flathead will eat just about anything, a Mantis Shrimp is just another big Prawn to a Flathead.

[XD351]

That’s the second mantis shrimp I have seen inside of a flathead this week , the other was caught in the parramatta river . 

[Basil D]

3 hours ago, noelm said:

Flathead will eat just about anything, a Mantis Shrimp is just another big Prawn to a Flathead.

I even use chicken off cuts for flattys

2 hours ago, XD351 said:

That’s the second mantis shrimp I have seen inside of a flathead this week , the other was caught in the parramatta river . 

This is the third I know now, yours and a lady called Mell spikes mentioned it

[Ryder]

Nice way to enjoy the day before the wind picked up.

[Basil D]

3 hours ago, Ryder said:

Nice way to enjoy the day before the wind picked up.

Nothing like a swim to cool you down after a trip.

[Larkin]

Plan B came good! 👍

Where’d you pick up a kebab out there lol

The Dollie’s were out there early -  others arrived scattering the fish by mid morning.
 

[Basil D]

29 minutes ago, Larkin said:

Plan B came good! 👍

Where’d you pick up a kebab out there lol

The Dollie’s were out there early -  others arrived scattering the fish by mid morning.
 

Got my Kebab while filling up fuel at 7/11 In Rockdale, phoned the shop across the rd and they had it ready in 2 minutes 🤣

I ate half after I got my Livie's and was heading towards Maroubra 

[jenno64]

Nice work Basil!

I heard of a guy that used to pump mantis shrimp when hunting nippers and scored some big flathead on them. 

[Yowie]

Some fish for the plate Basil, so not a waste of time even though a bit quiet in places.

I have found a couple of mantis shrimps inside jewies caught in Port Hacking. One was so fresh, I washed it, kept it cool in the esky, took it home and cooked it. 🤣 It tasted like a prawn, very nice.

[Basil D]

17 hours ago, Yowie said:

Some fish for the plate Basil, so not a waste of time even though a bit quiet in places.

I have found a couple of mantis shrimps inside jewies caught in Port Hacking. One was so fresh, I washed it, kept it cool in the esky, took it home and cooked it. 🤣 It tasted like a prawn, very nice.

if it was Moving I probably would have tried it 🤣

[big Neil]

I'm not sure about the order of your pictures Basil. Started off alright with the report, and the catch, but quickly went downhill from there with the Flathead guts, then you scoffing a kebab. To end it all you rub salt in the wound by going for a bloody swim. How much can a Koala bear?

Serious face now Basil. You always end up with a result whether it's plan B or plan Z. Shows that you know what you're doing.

Thanx for the report, some quality eating coming up.

bn

[Basil D]

1 hour ago, big Neil said:

I'm not sure about the order of your pictures Basil. Started off alright with the report, and the catch, but quickly went downhill from there with the Flathead guts, then you scoffing a kebab. To end it all you rub salt in the wound by going for a bloody swim. How much can a Koala bear?

Serious face now Basil. You always end up with a result whether it's plan B or plan Z. Shows that you know what you're doing.

Thanx for the report, some quality eating coming up.

bn

the order of the pics is all over the place 🤣Koala cant bear much more , my wife was spewing when I sent the pics🤣

and yes I can Honestly say I can get a feed anytime, any tide, any moon, If im after specific fish and they are not on I can always fall back on flathead , 6 out ten times the squid are on as well .

Happy to share my fishing trips