Flathead a plenty

[Neil Stratford]

Went for a trip down to the Jumpinpin area this morning with my brother.It was a cracker of a morning , with just a slight westerly blowing.

The flathead we’re on fire , we keep 3 nice eating sized ones , and would have released approx 30 others. Plenty of double hook ups , at one stage my brother got 5 in 5 casts and I managed 3 from 3 at the same time. Also brought home a nice  by catch feed of tailor that took a likely to our plastics. 
We just wedged the boat up against a tree on  the bank in about 6inches of water and picked them off basically one after the other on plastics as they moved down a tiny channel in front of us. 
Interestingly whilst we were parked up , we saw 3 different boats  check the same crab pot. 2 of them had yellow stickers on the sides. Don’t know who actually owned it , maybe none of them?…
 

[Jono4500]

Those numbers are unreal! I haven't caught 30 flathead in my life. Nice work.

[GregN70]

37 minutes ago, Neil Stratford said:

Went for a trip down to the Jumpinpin area this morning with my brother.It was a cracker of a morning , with just a slight westerly blowing.

The flathead we’re on fire , we keep 3 nice eating sized ones , and would have released approx 30 others. Plenty of double hook ups , at one stage my brother got 5 in 5 casts and I managed 3 from 3 at the same time. Also brought home a nice  by catch feed of tailor that took a likely to our plastics. 
We just wedged the boat up against a tree on  the bank in about 6inches of water and picked them off basically one after the other on plastics as they moved down a tiny channel in front of us. 
Interestingly whilst we were parked up , we saw 3 different boats  check the same crab pot. 2 of them had yellow stickers on the sides. Don’t know who actually owned it , maybe none of them?…
 

Why do you snap the fishes necks like that?

[Angry51]

Looks like they've been gilled and gutted.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Good job Neil! 

[Neil Stratford]

I bleed the tailor by simply breaking their necks to improve their eating quality. 
 

[GregN70]

2 hours ago, Neil Stratford said:

I bleed the tailor by simply breaking their necks to improve their eating quality. 
 

That’s what I thought, but there’s no major blood vessels there. 

[Leeroy]

Some good fishing there Neil.

Pin seems to be fishing really well this year maybe all the rain we've had?

[turdle]

7 hours ago, Neil Stratford said:

we saw 3 different boats  check the same crab pot. 2 of them had yellow stickers on the sides. Don’t know who actually owned it , maybe none of them?

Fairly sure that the commercial boats have the yellow/black rego numbers. So 2 different boats from the same operator could have checked the one pot. But the 3rd regular boat might have been looking for a free feed.

[Hweebe]

12 hours ago, GregN70 said:

That’s what I thought, but there’s no major blood vessels there. 

For Tailor I make a cut under the gills to bleed and snap the necks (quick kill / stop more blood being pumped around) 

The neck snap is a cleaner (less bloody) way to maintain the eating qualities.

[Hweebe]

Sounds like an awesome session @Neil Stratford. You were dragging the chain by only getting 3 in 3 casts compared to your brother's effort.

[Neil Stratford]

Yes I suspect the two pro boats were working together , but the third boat was a share farmer for sure.

Just a bit strange that the pros checked the same pot within an hour of each other,  the first one emptied and re baited it , then the next guy rechecked it after an hour , maybe a lesson to be learnt here , might have to delve deeper into this technique.

Yes because tailor are a soft fish I bleed them by simply inserting my index finger , twisting it side ways to severe the throat completely and then snap their  necks backwards , then I throw them straight on ice. It’s very quick and effective. Very importantly it allows you to get your line back in the water quickly , to have a crack at another one before the school moves on. 

[GregN70]

1 hour ago, Hweebe said:

For Tailor I make a cut under the gills to bleed and snap the necks (quick kill / stop more blood being pumped around) 

The neck snap is a cleaner (less bloody) way to maintain the eating qualities.

Thanks, I don't really catch anything these days, so I don't really have to worry that much. If I want to eat fish I have to go buy it.

[jon]

On 16/8/2022 at 11:02 PM, turdle said:

Fairly sure that the commercial boats have the yellow/black rego numbers. So 2 different boats from the same operator could have checked the one pot. But the 3rd regular boat might have been looking for a free feed.

Would not surprise me one bit if it was a recreational fishers pot not belonging to at least two of the three parties involved

Edited August 18, 2022 by jon

[jon]

Also on a positive that’s a great haul there guys sounds like an unreal session

[kmcrosby78]

Cracking session there Neil, nice work.