First flathead!

[kabo]

Hi all,

So after a long and sunny afternoon catching nothing at all at Brighton break wall and Sandringham yacht club, I thought I would fit in one more go at Lagoon pier around dusk (after a fortifying cuppa at the grandparents ). And lo and behold, after a short while - the bait had barely landed in the water- chomp! And much to my surprise I pulled out a 31 cm flathead! Not enormous, but big enough a couple of Lagoon pier regulars were cheering me on and were all-round helpful. Glad I stopped on more time!

Cheers
Kabo

[bowl]

:banana: :banana: :banana: :woohoo:

[Raulfc7]

Well done Kabo looks like lagoon is the pick of the bunch for you lately

[rixter]

WD mate . No offence to you or you catching a flatty , but gee times have changed !.
Years and years ago, all ppb was full of pretty much just flatties, you could catch nothing but flatties one after another non stop, yet pinkies and snapper were rare. Yet now days flatties are more rare , and pinkies galore and a lot more better size snapper and other good catches of fish available.
I still like a feed of flattie though , they are one of the best saltwater eating/tasting fish imo .

I caught thousands of them over the years, years ago, and was sick of catching just flatties. But now days I'm happy to even get a few if lucky, as they are a good eating, and no where near as many around as years and years ago in ppb .

Good stuff with your first Lizard . Nothing like some flattie tail fillets in bread crumbs , deep fried , and served with tartare sauce.... yum :dinner:

Cheer , Rick.

[spudtrans]

well done nice flatty, good eating fish,

[AVG_Fisho]

Good work, Enjoy it!

[Raulfc7]

WD mate . No offence to you or you catching a flatty , but gee times have changed !.
Years and years ago, all ppb was full of pretty much just flatties, you could catch nothing but flatties one after another non stop, yet pinkies and snapper were rare. Yet now days flatties are more rare , and pinkies galore and a lot more better size snapper and other good catches of fish available.
I still like a feed of flattie though , they are one of the best saltwater eating/tasting fish imo .

I caught thousands of them over the years, years ago, and was sick of catching just flatties. But now days I'm happy to even get a few if lucky, as they are a good eating, and no where near as many around as years and years ago in ppb .

Good stuff with your first Lizard . Nothing like some flattie tail fillets in bread crumbs , deep fried , and served with tartare sauce.... yum :dinner:

Cheer , Rick.

Maybe that's why flathead fillets are worth $50+ A kilo these days not as common as the old days

[Plas-Flicker]

Good post and nice fish. Love flatty, persistence paid dividends, well done.

[biggar]

Congrats mate! Took me a while to catch my first flathead too mate

[kozy]

congrats with the flatty, great eating
just watch out for those damn spikes