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jenno64

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Gathered some good sized poddies on Friday before heading out early in the bay on Saturday morning. Poor man's downrigged the poddies in the hope of a king amongst a carpark of boats early on then headed up river to a couple of reliable spots. Didn't do much good losing half poddies to tailor but just as the tide started running hard, first drift in a deep water spot had my rod bent over and a very feisty flathead came on board just short of 80 cm. A couple of pics and released in good form. Headed further up river to a a couple of spots with no action so back to another haunt nearing the bottom of the tide and a screaming first run saw a very fat fish come aboard, this one also in the high 70s. As I was close to shore I took some landbased shots and revived her to swim off back to the bait! One more drift and on board cam a 50cm model that went onto ice for a meal. Pretty happy with two nice fish from a paltry total of 5 fish all day!

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On 1/10/2021 at 6:28 PM, Killer said:

Good work Rob. You have gone grey since I last saw you.

It's the work not the fishing:)

On 1/10/2021 at 6:39 PM, big Neil said:

Not a lot of fish but definite quality Jenno. A couple of big girls released and a nice one for dinner...sweet! bn

Good for a busy day!

On 1/10/2021 at 6:44 PM, kingie chaser said:

Just one fish makes the effort all worth while.

 

Nice work.

 

Looks like you loving the tinny!

Getting used to the tinny but I had the kayak covered!

On 1/10/2021 at 7:07 PM, Yowie said:

Some nice flatties there Rob.

Thanks Yowie

I'm going to need to some help from you as I start fishing the hacking!!

On 1/11/2021 at 5:13 PM, Scratchie said:

Wow! Some great lizards there mate! 
 

cheers scratchie!!! 

Cheers Scratchie!

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6 hours ago, jenno64 said:
On 1/10/2021 at 7:07 PM, Yowie said:

Some nice flatties there Rob.

Thanks Yowie

I'm going to need to some help from you as I start fishing the hacking!!

I don't specifically target the big flatties, but sometimes the silly bastards grab my baits in the deeper waters. 🤣 Biggest at 88cms so far.

An old fishing mate (gone for some years now) used to fish along the main channels, Gunnamatta, Burraneer Bays, along the main channel near the Ballast Heap. His best was 12 pound, and he said he dropped one beside the boat, about 15 pound and 1 metre, spat the hook.

He targeted the big ones  during late spring, summer, early autumn.

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