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10 hours ago, Jaz44 said:
Great stuff.What combo do you use?
I use a 7 foot 6 inch Shimano Cranx 1-4kg rod matched with a 1000 reel. 6lb nanofil and 8lb flouro leader. 1/12th oz jighead.
cant buy the Cranx in the 1-4kg anymore unfortunately and they don’t make nanofil anymore either. But any similar gear will get the job done.
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On 01/06/2020 at 11:58 AM, Hweebe said:That is one phat flatty. Where was this from?
Pummy Passage mate. Northern end.
On 01/06/2020 at 2:30 PM, Allnighter said:Nice big girl !
8 pound leader ... wooow good job
Im guessing in less than a metre of water at this time of year ?
Yeah she was sunning herself keeping warm
On 01/06/2020 at 4:55 PM, ellicat said:Ripper !
They get so chunky at that size compared to legal ones.
What did the damage ?
Gulp Swimming minnow. 4 inch in Green Prawn
On 01/06/2020 at 7:02 PM, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:Hey Fishaman
That is one stonka of a flathead, you must've been stoked with that one. The fact that it was on such light line must've made the fight so fun and landing the fish so much more rewarding.
Do you use soft plastics on the surface/bottom or hardbodies for these mainly?
Cheers Hamish
99% of the time it’s soft plastics mate. Use as light line and jig head as you can to reach bottom. Fish it nice and slow.
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3 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:
Hey Fishaman
That looks like a great session you had just then, great job on the new PB and ticking it off the bucket list!
I have always wanted to catch a Diamond Trevally, but it must've been so fun on 6lb on the flats!
By the way, just subscribed to your channel.
Cheers Hamish
Cheers mate. I need to get some more vids up. I have heaps of footage, just too busy to edit.
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5 hours ago, ellicat said:
Sounds like a brilliant day.
What size were the flatties ? I've seen some bigger models come from the Passage in recent times.
Got three all around 48-55cms. There have been some big girls moving in with this cooler weather. Got a 79cm last weekend. My cousin has 3 over 80cm in the last couple of weeks too.
this is the time of year to land the big girls.
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16 minutes ago, ellicat said:
Exhilarating angling. Was it a diamond trevelly ?
Yeah. I’ve wanted one for ages. I wish I’d got the initial strike on GoPro. The line was just streaking across in front of the yak. I couldn’t reel in the slack quick enough and then zzzzzzzzzzzz it was peeling drag. I chased it down. The vid only caught the last third of the tussle. Pretty happy camper tonight. Also went home with a feed of flathead so can’t complain
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Have had this on the bucket list for a while. Scored it on about 8inches of water. 6lb braid and 8lb leader
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+ 1 for gulp
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On 31/01/2020 at 9:37 AM, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:
Hi Fishaman
That's some great stuff, I can only dream about catching those fish
Were you using dead bait on a paternoster rig or livies?
Cheers Hamish
Yeah went with paternosta rig and pretty big lead as the current was ripping. Everyone said I was mad until I was landing fish while they mucked about untangling each others lines.
We used squid and strip baits. A bit hard to find livies in the warmer water this time of year.
On 31/01/2020 at 3:41 PM, buzzard said:Fishaman that is similar to the haul I got off double island point. Is that a Tailor I see in there?Well done...Buzzard
Iron jaw was what Damo named it, pert of the job fish family. Will be interested to see how it tastes
On 31/01/2020 at 3:52 PM, Old Scaley said:Very tasty haul there @Fishaman. Is that fish up in the top tray the Iron Jaw? Is it some sort of jobfish?
Thats a big mahwong in the tray. We tried to revive it and let it go but it was cooked so one of the guys took it home for his neighbour that he hates. The iron jaw is between the moses perch and the tuskies
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I got away over the long weekend up to my block at Agnes Water. I had booked a day on Hooked on 1770 charters run by Damo. (Highly recommend him, he works hard to get his crew a feed). We headed out about 20 mile to our first spot in nice conditions. A couple of Tuskies hit the deck at the first drop but that was it. We spent the next few hours working hard to cratch up a few fish. There was a heap of current with the new moon and things were tough. But as i said Damo works hard and he kept moving and we ended up out on the eastern side of Fitzroy and started to fill the esky. I ended up with 4 nice RTE, 3 trout, 3 tuskies, an Iron Jaw, a moses perch and a few hussar. Out of the 7 of us on the charter I reckon I did ok
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4 inch gulp Minnow in green prawn. Killer for flattys and jewies love them too
4 inch Zman Streakz - Snapper lollies!! Also rig them weedless, fill the hollow belly with S Factor and chuck it out the back of the boat/kayak as a sleeper rig and wait for the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
5 inch Gulp jerk shad - Tuskies, pearlies, snapper, Nannygai etc
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2 minutes ago, ellicat said:
Yeah, it's been pretty quiet of late.
Must admit I've been pretty slack.
Heading up to 1770 this weekend for an offshore adventure. Weather looking awesome at this stage, who knows, may do another report
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We got 146mm of rain Friday night and into Saturday morning so when I set out for a fish as the tide came in on Saturday after the last of the scuds rolled through I didn't hold too much hope as I've learnt the flat ones don't fire up immediately after a big deluge. It usually takes a day or two. I decided to go have a poke around anyway. Seems I was right. Only one flatty landed that went 43cms. I let it go and decided to take the kayak out the next morning and fish the top of the tide in close to the mangroves. So I arrived at my launch spot at 4am and turned the car off. Then I restarted it and headed home because I had left my rods at hime. Luckily I only live 10 mins from my launch spot and I was back and on the water at 4:30am as the first of the light started to become visible on the horizon. There was plenty of bait around and there were swirls aplenty so I was feeling confident. By 5am I had my first flatty that whacked the 4inch Gulp curl tail grub as soon as it hit the water. After a fun little tussle on the light gear I had it in the net. A nice 58cm model. Into the keeper net it went and I continued to hunt around. By 6am I had bagged out. I caught a couple more and let them go and by 7am as the tide topped out they had shut down so I headed in for a cuppa.
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On 15/11/2019 at 4:04 PM, deye223 said:
I've got the 5 to 8 kg 7' with a biomaster 5000 , I use it on snapper down here in Vic keep an eye on the guide frames even with washing after every trip mine went green ......
Yeah so have mine but mine cop a flogging ng and I must admit I could treat my gear a little better
still I’ve had it a good 4 years and I’ve landed a few with it
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On 13/11/2019 at 3:35 PM, deye223 said:
G'day fisherman is that rod a Shimano nano cranx
Yeah mate. 7ft 6in 1-4kg heavy. I run it with 6lb Nanofil and 8lb flouro leader. Casts a mile and handles decent size flathead without a problem.
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Welcome Dash, tell us a bit about yourself and what types of fishing you are into.
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Gumtree is your friend
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/yamanto/tinnies-dinghies/4-2m-stessco-catcher/1208550318
Personally I would be looking for a 4.2 - 4.7 meter tinny (not punt or v nose punt) if you want to head to Moreton or out in the bay. Also wide gunnels. A Yamaha or Honda donk 50hp (40hp at a bare minimum. Don't even contemplate a 30hp).
So this one below would be ticking a lot of boxes. Those 2 banger Yammy's are bulletproof. Looks in good nick.
Fishing Trip To 1770 Is A Bit Of A Non Event
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Head down the 1770 Marina Cafe and try his vanilla slice. It’s awesome