PB Flathead

[Howie]

Hay guys

Was fishing down the Jumpinpin last thursday morning. Was a good day on the water except for a few heavy passing showers which if anything cooled us down. Not a lot in the fish department to comment on, a few small bream, flathead and a small sweetlip as well.

Although I did manage to get myself a new PB flathead on a 110mm squidgy flick bait, big fan of the squidgy pro series SP's.

She measured 70cm and put up a rather good fight. I released her unharmed to fight another day

cheers

Howie

[dassa]

nice fish howie and weldone on the BP and they do go hard once they see the boat

[fishingnut]

Well done on the pb mate! nice fish too

[fishingfon]

nice fish

and dassa BP PB

[dassa]

nice fish

and dassa BP PB

hahahha it's been 1 of those days

[eg_vtec]

congrats on the pb mate. well done

[Angus]

Nice fish mate!

And nice water colour. Glad to see the pin is not all chocolate.

Will head there soon!

Angus

[Howie]

Thanks guys

[Howie]

@ Angus....Yea it was pretty good for a change, last few weeks its been pretty ordinary. Although it was at the top of the high tide, then when it began to drop the water colour deteriated drastically, it looked like bad parts of the logan

One more thing. At the bottom of the low off the point there on crusoe island where theres apparently a 'reef'...my mate was using livies and hooked onto something huge! it took him for a 90min ride all over the pin area towards the pin, back down along straddie then back towards kalanga bank. They didn't get a look at the fish and on light bream gear was no where near tiring before it broke off.

Any ideas what it could of been? Im tipping a shark just over the 1m mark?

[tugger]

well done on the pb the unstopable could be a shark but they do get good jew around that spot

[Cowfish13]

Nice flathead. On the 90min Fish. I'd guess a Stingray because, on bream gear, a shark would have worn through the line either biting (1sec flat), or if jaw hooked, it's tail would have worn it through within minutes. A Jewie probs wouldn't have swum around as much and covered as much ground, but that's just my opinion...

[Howie]

hmmm good point, I thought it ran too much for a Jewie as well, but all of the rays I have caught tend to run then sit on the bottom. My other guess would be a shovel nose shark?

[Troy_79]

awesome looking flattie mate well done, how was the water quality? Its looks pretty good looking at the pics. Im spending next weekend down there on a houseboat:)

[wesfish]

very nice pb mate congrats

[Howie]

@ Troy_79

The water quality was good on the incoming tide, but once it started dropping all the debris off the islands and mud washed out and made it very "chocolately"

[J-DOG115]

Yeah nice fish, yeah always liked those squidgy flick baits aye

[Howie]

They're my go to lure on most days. Nearly every etuary fish can be targeted with one of the sizes in most colours, the s-factor is the bomb as well!

[qbkami]

really nice flathead keep it up!

[fishingfon]

did the 90cm fish just run at the same speed all the time or did it slow down and speed up all the time

Cheers Corey

[sweresy]

woot PB!!! good stuff

[Luc53]

Lovely color on the flathead.

Can't wait for the Pine river to clear so I can give them a go.

Will be a new learning experience with all the bottom remodeling done by the floods.

Luc

[fishing_teen]

nice lizard mate, very jealous

[James W]

go the flick bait! my fave sp for lizards..well done on ya pb mate

[Luc53]

My best bait for the pine is the medium Rios prawn, honey color.

To make unhooking easier, I remove both trebles and run a single hook at the rear.

Much easier to remove especially when they have it well down.

Luc

[Plastic King]

My Brother hooked on to something huge at the pin one night 45 mins on 50lb braid and broke him off also

[noname]

nice fish there, but onto another question, seeing you have recently aquired the boat, so what do you think it has done for your fishing apart from the obvious, just a question for you for others thinking of buying a boat ? cheers .

rob.

[Howie]

so rob...not entirely sure on what your asking there but I'll have a go

What has it done for my fishing? well at the moment not a lot...I've only had a chance to take her out a few times because of work and Uni commimentments and haven't really caught much. Although the freedom of going wherever and whenever possible is great. I have learnt a lot more about the areas I usually fish having less traveling time between spots and trying new things.

So right now I'm in a learning stage going from mostly land based SP fishing to more from a boat, learning new techniques and appreciating the great state we live in and what great water ways it has.

Don't know if this is what you were after? But its a go.

Shaun