Been a while since I've been out for a fish and yesterday was the perfect chance to get out. Walked out onto the sandflats and had a bit of trouble with the nippers, only about 20 in 20 minutes. Fished the incoming tide along the flats and drop-off with them and proved to be one of the best days I've had in a long time. Lots of small baitfish were congregating just on the sandflat next to the drop-off. First fish was the longtom, dad ate them as a kid and wanted to try it. My friend got his first flathead (the bigger one) just off the drop-off on a nipper and I had a day out catching basically every other fish. The odd stingray thrown in it was a good result considering our low bait supply, as well as salmon busting up often. About halfway through the session the biggest whiting I had ever seen came chasing my nipper whilst I was reeling in, hit then gone. Estimated high forties if not bigger. After about 2 minutes I hooked up to another big one over the shallows, we could see the dorsal fin and tail out of the water and geez the fish looked massive again, then gone. Another heartbreak. Both trevally were hooked in the shallows then ran into the channel, my guess is all sorts of fish were pushing bait up and feeding on them. A few small bream later we called it a day. A very mixed bag and a few feeds to share around.
Cheers, Isaac