queensland Flathead at Mt. Crosby

[Plastic Fantastic]

Hey guys long time no see! been up at Schoolies then Darwin so haven't had much time to hop on here

Any who, went down to my favorite spot a good kilometer or so downstream from the Mt. Crobsy Weir. this spot really fires when there is a high level of fast flowing water, as it is a bottle neck at the end of a big pool. Anyway, after tangling with the cobblers pegs and over grown grass (lack of cows and abundance of rain) I finally made it to my destination. The water was extremely murky, think its from the run off where the pipes are being built further downstream :S makes fishing difficult.

Recently purchased one of the new Stradics in the 2500 size and was keen to try it out. So out went the Gulp! and after about 5 missed strikes from big bream and tarpon (hooks were blunt from too many Darwin Trevs! :laugh: )I finally hook something that stays on. Thought it was a snag till my drag screamed in protest as the fish, using the current, took almost half my line of! Should have seen the look on my face when I led a 58cm flathead of all things onto the shore! I mean I no they live this far up, I've seen dead ones but had no idea they go this big up here! And to top it off it was my new PB! Lucky I landed him though! I was using 6lb flurocarbon trace!

Well thats all I got to report from the Mid Brissy River at the moment, thanks for putting up with this report haha it's been a while since I've written one!

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Healthy looking fish too!

[Plastic Fantastic]

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[STU]

Nice flatty from near crosby mate you got any reports from darwin or pics

[pinkey]

Nice work man! that is a solid flatty. Great to see the lures working in the middle brissy. On school camp we canoone'd from the wivenhoe spillway to twin bridges and when we got to twin bridges i couldnt believe my eyes, there was a dead flathead lying on the bank!.

[Bommie]

hey pinkey if that was a couple of months ago I seen it as well (but I think someone was playing a joke:laugh: )

[pinkey]

Yeah lol eaither that or one LOST flathead.

[Bommie]

:laugh: :laugh:

[Dinodadog]

Well done nice flatty, keen to see any Darwin pics heading up that way again next year

Dino

[MichaelJ]

congrats on the pb flattie plastic fantastic

[Angus]

Thats awesome mate. SOmeone else landed a whopper near Colleges recently so they must be there in decent numbers.

Angus

[blue_mako]

Angus wrote:

so they must be there in decent numbers.

Angus

I wouldn't say in numbers .

Troy

[Bommie]

big Al got a good one recently on sp

[waldo]

That's a sweet capture from that part of the town. You will have to touvh your hooks up though, blunt hooks can turn a great day into a very ordinary one at times.