new south wales River sessions volume 4 . Flathead in rain

[Brodie_S]

Today I thought it would be a good idea to go for a fish at my local river and target some flathead with my new reel a shimano sedona 2500 spooled with some 8lb braid And I tied on a 10lb leader . Got down there and put on a rain coat and got to business tying on a 1/6 jig head and a 3 inch plastic that I got the other day at my local tackle shop can’t remember the brand it was some weird brand that I found in the discount bin . Anyway first 15 minutes nothing then all of the sudden bang I’m on to something decent drag goes screaming fallowed by some decent headshakes I bring the fish in and manage to get it in the net after a few attempts. It’s a decent size flathead 52cm the flatty was I got a photo and then quickly brain spiked it and bleed it out after that I cast in the same spot and hook a barely legal flathead I do this because sometimes flathead hang around each other I put the fish straight back in the drink then after that it goes quiet again Im thinking about going home because I was kind of sick of the rain and wind at that point but I kept trying I got 2 more fish both of them I dropped probably would have been legal size but not massive fish anyway after that I move off the jettie and try a little gravel bank nothing really there final cast my lure is in 2 inches of water just as I went to lift it out of the water another barely legal flathead comes out of crystal clear shallow water and smash’s my lure and I drag him in I didn’t even bother for a photo at that point because I was sick of the cold and he went straight back in the water

gear . Shimano sedona 2500 reel match with a 2-4kg daiwa team nero rod 8lb braid 10lb leader 1/6 jig head and 3 inch plastic 

weather . Light winds every now and then you would get a heavy cold gust of wind . 20C felt like 10C sprinkling rain the whole time . 3 days before the new moon .first second hour of the run out to the second last hour of the run out tide 
 

little flathead caught just after the big one 

Testing out my new reel today

 52cm flathead

The lure I used 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Good job bro, looks like a nice little session and feed!

Cheers Hamish 

[Kat]

Good one!  Sounds like you have the knack for catching those flatties.  Are you going to change your online name lol

[Brodie_S]

2 minutes ago, Kat said:

Good one!  Sounds like you have the knack for catching those flatties.  Are you going to change your online name lol

Yeah I target a variety of speices now but I still target bream regularly so I’ll keep the name 

[GregOug]

Good report bro. You even used a couple of full stops too! 

[kmcrosby78]

Fun session there mate and target species well and truly dialled in. Enjoy those flattie fillets  

[ellicat]

Nice one. Good way to blood the new reel.

Looks like a nice spot. Grass on the other side reminds me of a golf course ??

[Brodie_S]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Nice one. Good way to blood the new reel.

Looks like a nice spot. Grass on the other side reminds me of a golf course ??

it’s a well maintained national park that’s just the park area there is a bushwalk besides it and you go in there to see bats. at night all the bats leave that national park and search for fruit all over the town and when morning comes they head back down to the national park again. I’ve heard of people catching Aussie bass and jewfish at my local spot and seen pictures but I’ve never even caught one there idk what I’m doing wrong . Atm I just go down there to target bream and flathead . But I’ve tried the bigger 3.2 inch plastics and still get heaps of flathead no jewfish yet hopefully one day . I usually just use 2.5 inch lures for bream and flathead down their with my lighter setup and it works a charm but I’m keen to get some bigger fish with the 3 and 3.2 inch plastics although my best fish I’ve caught at my local still remains a 56cm flathead on a zman slim swim 2.5. I’ve found the overcast days produce the biggest flathead there on those days it’s not uncommon for me to hook a 50cm+ flathead like yesterday although once again my biggest fish at my local spot the 56cm flathead was caught on a hot sunny late arvo sesh

[Drop Bear]

Nice one mate. Good on you for braving the elements.