Went to the good old Port Hacking today and got my PB flathead ! Caught on a whole squid aimed for Jewies.. She went to good to and was released to fight another day She was a genuine 87cm. Dad also got a 28cm bream and a 38cm on whole squid aimed at jewies :S

AWESOME TRIP that was !! cant believe it still

Great work dan, Its nearly as big as you are!!! Very Very nice flatty!!!

had a dream yesterday, (im on nightshift) that I caught one that was 106cm and trying to take a pic i fell in the water and wet my camera phone and no one else had a camera so i had to let it swim with no proof of its size,,,, was not happy!!!

That's huge Dan, playing hooky were you?

Nice flatwun Danial Sun

Tell me

Pt Hacking cleans up pretty quick after rain wot was the water like clear or still a bit murky ???

Thinking of sneaking over there 4 sum squiddys

excellent catch father and son.


Love the pics and the release.


bafoo

Thanks guys.

Yeah jumpy the water was pretty clear.. Thats why i went there over Botany

Good one Danny. Good to see it was released. There are some big flatties in Gunnamatta and a lot of fishos just launch there and head out or into other bays. Nice drop offs and fish holding areas. Seen lots of noahs in Gunnamatta over the years I worked in Pt Hacking.

Well done Danny. Damn fine speciman there mate.
You could rightly change your user name now to " Flattie CATCHER "
and congratulations on releasing that fine fish to allow one of us blokes another chance of catching it.
Very proud of you.

PS Hope you put your hand through the liniard of those lip grippers before you let it go.

Well done on a great catch and release....thats a massive flattie....

Thankss guys

Yeah this was the first time ive fished Gunnamatta.. Wont be the last time tho !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgyWguws_PM

Ahh forgot to post that up

Thanks mate

Danny. There's no law that says you must do it and I am not having a shot at you , just trying to give a little bit of educated advise.
When you place a fish ( especially a head shaking type fish ) it is best if you can place your hand through the strap and use one hand on the grips only ( don't swap hands while fish in water ) what can happen is the fish gives a few powerful head shakes and pries the grips from your grasp.
This is not only a loss of a pair of lip grips but the poor fish has to swim around with them clipped to it's lip forever more.
Might never happen, but it could.

Ohh crap never thought of that.. Thats a good point ! Thanks Frank i'll do that next time

Na Na Na

That's no GooDarus

Wot ewe need to do is carry a big Hammer with ewe

Whack Whack twice on the head [thats how the species got it's name FLATHEAD]

And the fish goes into a calming mode making it easier to release

Double Whammy also

If ewe ever have probs with your outboard motor ??

Well MC Hammer can fix that as well, it specialises in fixing carbies that want to stay stuck

Very nicely done on your fishing.