Went to upper Hunter river in search of a big dusky flathead.
Found a sandy bank in the middle of the river that look the goods, near the fingers .
Decided to troll with the current with a few deep diving 11$ special hard bodies due to the weather wind and lots of rain.
First run over the patch of sandy goodness not a touch, lures where nicely bumping along the bottom.
Second run which is about 150m each time got 3 flathead from 42 to 70cm respectively.
3rd run. Big hook up, a sleeper. The rookie fisherman on the boat had the rod. Pulled it up so quickly (samaki zing 7-12kg) it slammed into to boat and the lure knocked free. Looked like a 80cm flatty. During the commotion the over head reel got a birds nest. As it was being fixed a 42cm bream slams the semi floating chubby lure down it neck. Birds nest fixed by bream. Bream caught.
In tne end we all hopped out and fished a little ledge with the current flows at a nice pace. About knee deep water going to your shoulder. Some massive fish were lost ( 10+ flatties caught and released ) during the session but the weather came in and it was cloee to hitting us a few times (severe). Everyone was getting static shocks from thier gear.
Awesome quick session.
A very healthy river the mighter hunter is!