80cm Flathead caught in the Logan in a Kayak

[Dunks]

Here's a few pics of the big girl I caught today. She was caught on a 3" powerbait minnow in pumpkinseed on a 1/16th oz jighead. Also caught 3 other much smaller ones.

Fish was caught out of a Viking Espri kayak. There is a more detailed report at AKFF.net

[Dunks]

Another

[Murks]

nice fish mate well done :)

[F1SH_BOY]

awesome looked like a nice clear day ;)

[Smailesy]

great fish love the pics

[Matthias]

Nice fish mate. How do you go landing big fish in a kayak? I am thinking of getting a hobie and seeing fish like that re-enforces the pro's. Do you think it's worthwile getting a sounder mounted?

Pete.

[Lone_Wolf]

That's a big girl Dunks! Musta been close to the top of the tide cos that water is as blue as gets for the Logan.

[richos]

Great fish mate and good report on AKFF.net, sounded like great fun! ;D
congrats

[R_K_HILL]

Great fish ! ;)
Just out of curiosity, when you catch something of that size in a kayak, do you have to row back into shore to land it?

[Dunks]

This was only my third trip out in my kayak and let me tell you it was a struggle to land the big girl. I had her in the foot well of the kayak with both my feet on top of her to stop her from going anywhere. I paddled to a nearby sandbar and took the happy snaps.

Lone Wolf - it was actually right at the start of the run in water was muddier where I actually caught it but at the sand bar the water was crystal clear.

Matthais - there was a guy out on the Logan today in a hobie. He was cheating though and had a 3.5 hp motor on the back. Definately get a sounder in the pic where you can see my yak the odd looking bar thing that I have over the footwells is my sounder and the waterproof box tucked under the front bungees holds my battery.

Here's a close up pic of it. The transducer runs of the arm you see going over the side. It is made up of 20mm pvc pipe.

Get a yak they are lots of fun.

[StevenM]

Nice work Duncs

Cheers

Steven

[gnf]

:o very nice fish and a good setup. i fished the susan river up here at hervey bay yesterday with good sucsess landing 6 flatties in all.they ranged from 57cm to 85cm but i forgot to take the camera with me.

[Canoedle]

Nice flatties guys. ;)

[fishbrain]

Awesome Croc Dunks, Go the Stealth fisherman well done. Cheers fishbrain

[slymo]

Nice fish Dunks :) I think the idea of fishing from a kayak looks like fun. A few years ago I saw some guys out fishing for mackerel on the Palm Beach reef from their sea kayaks. The brag mat is a great idea as well. Where do you get them from? You can mark the mat with any big ones you get as well!

[shayned]

Well done mate, makes me want to break out the credit card and get my yak now, instead of slowly putting away funds in the cunning kick. Go the seabourne speed bump brigade.

[KGW2]

Released ? Kept?

[Dunks]

Biggest we can keep them here in Qld is 70cm so she was released, but I wouldn't have kept her anyway even if she was just under 70cm, don't like to eat fish.

[Phoenix]

Well done mate.

[DICER]

magnificient! love that pic with the kayak in the background

[BennyJ]

nice catch mate ,
what part of the logan were you fishing , i grew up on the logan and have got some great flatties good to see there still around .How is the old river anyway has she cleaned up a bit

[Great_White]

Great catch dunks, didn't look that big until I saw the photo with kayak in it HOLY MOLY :o :o :o


Peter ;D

[Dunks]

Yes the kayak certainly shows the size of the girl. That photo is now on my desktop at work :)

BennyJ I was fishing near the prawn farm. I have been fishing the Logan for about four years and I would say that it is a very clean river, especially where I fish up near the mouth. People always say, I wouldn't eat anything you catch from there, but there is nothing wrong with it as far as I am concerned, and I have taken home many a feed for the neighbours from there and they have never complained about the fish and how it tastes.

[vanurose]

Awesome photos.
Unbelievably so, that the 2 best photos of big fish lately have been caught in a Kayak. The other fabulous photo is of Fish head with the 10kg Trevally photo. I have now saved his photos and now yours in a folder for posterity reasons.
Keep up the good work and thanks for releasing her to make more like her for the future.
Cheers
Rose

[BennyJ]

Good on ya dunks

We never used to eat bream out of the logan but the odd jack when the whiting run and the odd shark around xmas graced our bbq plate but we used to catch some pretty sick looking bream from time to time so we stayed away from them. good to see the old logan still goes all right . keep the logan river reports coming .

Cheers
Ben

[gregdeeth]

great flatty, that pic next to the kayak really shows how big she is

[KGW2]

Dunks

Same here.. I do like fresh fish, and 70cm means NOTHING where we live at Caloundra. I see people taking undersized fish all the time, so why would a big one go back ? I've never seen a fisheries officer anywhere around here.
I would release it because it if everyone kept every fish caught, as they seem to do out at the reefs.. There will be nothing left. A big 70cm Flattie is a good breeder and will help replace some of the fish taken by the greedy... and the commercial Pirates.

[fieldy]

nice work

[Toppy]

Good effort from that on your 3 trip Dunks, I bet your hooked on your new toy now!
cheers
Toppy

[shayned]

How are you liking the esprit so far, any dramas? Can you remember what the sounder set up cost you with battery and such?

[Dunks]

Shayned

All the pvc for the sounder cost me about $30, velcro ties $5, and some screws $2. The bit of ally it sits on I aready had in the shed. The sounder only cost me $100 from someone on this website. So all up it cost me less than $140 to set up. I already had the battery. Oh and the charger cost about $25 from Dick Smiths.

The espri has handled itself beautifully and I have had it out off Cleveland point with rather large boats flying past me throwing out some large wakes. It is quite content just going up and down over the waves. I have a big trip coming up this weekend and will post on AKFF on Tuesday and let you know how it goes paddling long distances and through the surf.

[Runaway_Bob]

great fish!