queensland FLATHEAD....NEW PB. Runaway Bay

[bretto]

Got down to teh canals at hugh tide and managed a few touches but with nothing on offer I headed off to the second bridge and got a nice little 22cm bream and a 48cm flathead and then thing got a bit quiet. I ventured back out to the mouth of the canal and first cast was bitten clean off must have been a tailor.

Tied another 2 inch gulp shrimp in lime tiger and something hit it on the drop but failed to hook up when I realised that the line was pouring off the reel

Next cast let it sink and lifted the rod tip and BANG something hits it so I strike and feels like im snagged then all hell breaks lose as my rod buckles right over and line pours off the reel and some very strong head shakes then more line and more line goes out and I managed to turn it around after it took about 70m of 4lb of my reel. About two minutes later I saw a big White flash and though I might have a giant herring but when I flicked my headlamp on I saw a white belly of a monster flathead and quickly got the lip grippers out and hoisted it in supporting its belly and put it on the mat.

As I went to get the lure out I realised that my 8lb leader was scuffed really bad and snapped as soon as I grabbed it.

Brett.

80cm on the mat

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/flat01.JPG

[bretto]

Me with the Monster

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/flat02.JPG

[mangler]

Awesome lizard mate! Great effort for an arvo session.

Cheers,

Matt

[fishyman]

massive croc bretto well done mate

[username_taken]

beautiful croc mate! If only they all grew that big so we could keep and eat them in good conscience... Imagine the fillets you'd get out of that sucka!

[username_taken]

btw, when I saw the first photo I thought it was actually sitting on a fancy stone benchtop in a kitchen, then realised no it was just sand and rocks.

[flathead]

Nice work man thats a lizzard and a half

[Rocket75]

cracking fish mate well done on the PB.

SP flatty at night in winter! who'd have thunk it:huh:

Rocket

[bretto]

username_taken wrote:

btw, when I saw the first photo I thought it was actually sitting on a fancy stone benchtop in a kitchen, then realised no it was just sand and rocks.

Yeah it swam away really well, Only had to swim it for about thirty seconds. It would be great if they all grew that big and you could take one home for a feed but I am glad to watch the big ones swim away

[bretto]

Rocket75 wrote:

cracking fish mate well done on the PB.

SP flatty at night in winter! who'd have thunk it:huh:

Rocket

I also managed a bit of a smile for this one too

[pinkey]

Nice big lizard mate, and very good pic to.

[Nastymind]

Great photo of a beautiful fish mate.

Congrats!

[Mozza]

What a fish ... sure beats my PB flathead

[bretto]

Thanks guys.

Forgot to mention it weighed exactly 4kg too.

[Mack_attack]

amazing fish mate:woohoo:

2nd photo really shows the size of it:)

[Cowfish13]

Check out the width of it's head. It's almost as wide as the mat:ohmy:

[MichaelJ]

stonking flattie bretto

btw sucks about flatties body shape hard to get real good pics of em ey

[badboygibbo]

Its funny because seeing a flathead in real life looks alot bigger than in a photo so well done an i bet it was good experience

[pcsolutionman]

Great fish Brett well done mate, great catch on that light gear very good effort

Lee

[bretto]

Good luck on the snapper tomorrow mate. Lets hope that the big one doesn't get off yakside tomorrow

[pcsolutionman]

hope so, lost a couple of big girls next to the yak now. ill land one soon

Lee

[Dimo]

Stonker Flathead, Congratz on PB:)

[StevenM]

Congrats on the PB

Nice fish on light line

[Dinodadog]

Well done mate thats one to remember

[Schultzy]

bretto wrote:

80cm on the mat

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/flat01.JPG

Awesome capture Brett,

Any lizard over 70 is a good looking fish, yours is a cracker!

Even more impressive being landbased too :woohoo:

[bretto]

Schultzy wrote:

bretto wrote:

80cm on the mat

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/flat01.JPG

Awesome capture Brett,

Any lizard over 70 is a good looking fish, yours is a cracker!

Even more impressive being landbased too :woohoo:

Cheers Shultzy,

Was very surprised when I saw the size of it. It certainly will be a fish I will remember for a long time to come.

[tacklebox]

That's a beauty! Well done

[benno573]

awesome fish mate, there is definately more of the big girls showing up since the size limits changed. :cheer: here's hoping there is more of them around in the future!

[WayneD]

You get excited when you see them this big. My second ever session on a yak saw me land exactly the same size flatty on 4lb but I had 10lb leader and a 2" SP, no net and do you think the fish would open up it's gob to let me get my thumb in.....after afew nervous attempts I finally managed to land it and now it is my avatar.

[Stinger]

That a great looking lizard Bretto.

Might take you a while to improve your PB now.

[bretto]

Stinger wrote:

That a great looking lizard Bretto.

Might take you a while to improve your PB now.

Proberbly will take a while but gonna give it another shot tonight. Tide is about the same when I can head out so will see how I go.

[pcsolutionman]

Good luck mate, cant wait for the report

Lee

[Do$tylz]

great fish and on light tackle too. Good to see a very slight indication of a smile there too