Flathead Sp's

[Rex_Hunt]

Ive been trying a few varietys of berkleys powerbaits but havnt had much luck with the decent flathead. ive been catching a fair few undersize flathead on a few 3inch minnow but havnt had much luck on anything else. what do u guys reckon i should use to get close to and over legal size flatheads. Cheers

[Angus]

3 inch Berkley's are my absolute favourite.

Any colour works really, but flatties love pink!

The only other plastic i have caugt flatties on was an Atomic Shad in rainbow trout colur. These are a little bigger than the power baits and of the paddle tail variety.

Angus

[Rex_Hunt]

Ok yeah thanx my mate suggested paddle tail plastics didnt really pay that much attention to him he said they r gd for catching some nice sized flatties. thanx for that ill hit up the local fishing store and have a look through the plastics and see what i can find. cheers

[Plastic Man]

berkley power baits are my fav i have caught countless big flathead on them this is my pb 60cm caught on the smelt colour thats what i use most and the watermelon are good too hope this helps [img size=371]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/FLATHEAD.jpg

Post edited by: Plastic Man, at: 2007/06/04 15:21

[Funfisher]

I find that the larger sp's catch the bigger lizards more often, any of the 5 inch powerbaits or gulps(pink and greens and pearl work great) with a quarter to half ounce jig head seem to do the trick for me.

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tristans_pics_003_AFO.jpg

[STU]

Gulps work well too but powerbaits is what I've caught majority on.

[Rocket75]

I don't have a favourite brand, but tend to lean towards either long wriggle tails or paddle tail shads.

Quite small flathead will attack quite large SPs, so don't be afraid to use 100mm+.

I agree that pink is a winner, as is yellow, but I have caught them on everything from black to almost see through.

Heavy jig heads are my preference, get it on the bottom, that's where they live after all!

[Dazzamcgee]

2\" curly tail grubs or 3\" stickbaits any brand(even no names work for me) any colour Flathead ain't fussy.....

[Rex_Hunt]

The curly grubs tend to pick up the smaller ones to ay.

[Dazzamcgee]

Sure do Rex, the little flathead love curly tail grubs just as much as the big boys....

I seen 3 smallish flathead at the sametime shoot up from the bottom fighting over a curly worked in mid water..