Abundance of baby flatty :

[chopzor]

Got to the boat ramp at about 6am and was out on the water at around 6:30am.

Anchored about 300m from a muscle farm and instantly started getting hits...from 6cm flatheads...

We caught about 30 in that spot and threw them all back.

Moved to a new spot and caught a fair bit of undersized snapper, had to throw them back as well...they were good fun to catch though.

We then left with nothing but severe sunburn.

If anyones interested in launching at port you're better off taking your chances with the pier :/

Beware...the fisheries were monitoring the area!

[Rod Bender]

....Beware...the fisheries were monitoring the area!

That's a good thing!

[Steff]

Good to see you threw them back.
Where abouts did u go fisthing?

[chopzor]

Yes, the fisheries are indeed a good thing. If only they inspected the warmies a bit more, so many undersized fish are not thrown back there.

We only went a few km off shore, the water was very choppy. The pier was in view.

[Time Poor]

Plenty of fry at Inverloch too, a good sign.

[Jaka474]

When ive been going spearfishing recently around indented heads and Portarlington, i cant seem to find any big flatties! my biggest i saw the other day woulda been 10cm aha and theres heaps of them...

[chopzor]

Have you tried around that rock formation that's fairly close to shore?

An uncle has caught a few banjos, flatties and he's even seen a gummy around there.

If you're unsure where it is I'll try find it on Google maps.

This was a few years ago though.