FLATTIES IN THE TWEED

[flickflack]

Me and Steve went down the Tweed for a fish this morning.The conditions were great,no wind bit of tide and not too many boats.We fished with sp's and had some good fun with the flatties.We ended up with 17 between the 2 of us with Steve getting the best fish at 86cm.It looks like with this warmer weather and water temp the big females are already starting to move to the mouth of the river.
Bring on August!

Roderick

[stunnedmullet]

Great fish flickflack. Any particular sp you find work better than others?Wonder if Nth Qld Flathead are interested in sp's ???
The mullet

[Brenno]

that's a big flathead.

was that pic taken in the bay between the Tweed mall and Twin towns?

[flickflack]

Mullet
A flathead will eat a sp wherever it is mate, they are ambush predators and I dont think that will change from location to location.
We didnt really find one that worked better I was using minnows and Steve was using grubs,we did find the darker colours seem to work better though

Brenno
Yup that is the place.
FF

[Fishin_Dan]

Mullet - Try the Berkley Bass Minnows in either 3" or 4". Great flathead SP's!!!

Trevally love em too.... ;)


Flickflack - That's an awesome flatty! And an awesome day of fishing! Congrats mate ;D

[Sandman]

Nice fish Rod , the tweed certainly holds some of the best and biggest flatty, did you catch him behind Tweed Hospital? or in the lagoon? They seem to Congregate in big numbers behind the hospital when in spawn, have not caught or seen to many at the mouth but thats not to say they are not there.
My last good catch on SP's was near Kero bay .
Sandman

[flickflack]

Sandman
Steve got him behind the hospital,just took her in there for a quick foto.There was too much tide in the main river to take a nice pic.

[gogecko]

Mullet,
flattys love the SPs with the paddle tail like the Squidgy, it stirs up the bottom and attracts them. I prefer pink ones, but change color to suit the day. Naturals colors on clear days, bright colors on overcast days.

The Sps with the twin tails are really for bream.

My biggest flatty 70 cm was caught on a hard body bibbed diving lure in muddy shallow water 3-4 ft.

[RICHO]

NIIIIIICE. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

[stunnedmullet]

Thanks for the pointers fishing dan, flickflack and gogecko. Have had some success with sp's but have never really put too much time into them. Fresh bait man myself. Did see a bloke at the tackle shop recently with 4 packets of pink squidies and he didn't look like he was a collector......
The mullet

[Poseidon]

That is a spectacular looking fish. Its great to see that these fish are around. So many fishing locations, so little time.
Cameron.

[StevenM]

Top fish Rod, Love the size of the shovel head and how thick the body is,

Cheers Steven

[flickflack]

Steven
Yeah the fish was in excellent condition, very heavy for its size.
Can't wait for next month.

Rod

[HAZY]

Hope there's a few there tomorrow. well done nice fish.... ;) ;)

[Bonesy]

nice fish there mate :o [smiley=speechless.gif]
Bonesy [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[beatle]

It's great to catch a big Flattie of that size but it is a big breeding female and you would of released it. Although someone less caring than you will catch it next month and keep it and brag to everyone. Release the big breeding females and keep the smaller ones,they are much nicer to eat.

[flickflack]

Yeah its wierd how in Qld you may not keep any big fish but in NSW you can keep one .

[Spaniard_King]

Hell of a lizzard [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Garry

[NeMo84]

mmm very nice, who am i kidding?its bloody huge ;D good on ya letting it go too ;)

[jackash]

Giday flickflack,
Thanks an awesome fish. The kind one may only catch once in a lifetime... Anyhow, just wondering about the sizes of lure and jig heads you were using, and the water depth and current strength in the area you were fishing. We have caught some nice flatties (up to 58 cm)around the moolooaba warf using mainly size two squidy fish and a 1/8 ounce jig head. To tempt the sort of animal you've got there - do i need to try with larger lures and jig heads?? Any info you could give me would be fantastic,
Regards, Fritzy.

[flickflack]

Fritzy

Steve got that one on a 1/2 ounce jighead with a 4 inch grub
We were fishing in quite a strong current in 25ft of water.I was catching 40cm fish on 6 inch minnows,so dont be shy to use big plastics flatties arnt scared of them.If I am targetting them I will go bigger even up to a squidgie 150 on a 3 ounce jighead.
Good Luck

[Heath]

Might have to hit the Tweed next week in search of a lizzard!

Top fish!

[fritzy]

Cheers Flickflack,
Thanks for the tips. Might have to have a go at em at soutport this arvo - any word on how the seaway has been fishing?? Can i also ask what sort of braid and leader (weight) you like to you. I tend to use my light spinning gear with 6 pound fireline and 8 pound nitron leader - probably too light for a horse like that eh??
Fritzy

[a]

Thats HUUUGGGEEE
I pulled an 85cm old girl out of the pumicestone about a month ago but had no camera on board. Thanks for the memories, you really know your onto something when these old girls give you the famous head shake...

Well done.

[flickflack]

Fritzy
If I am going to just be targetting flathead with big plastics then I use my baitcasting outfit with 14lb braid and 40lb leader.Dont want to be rubbed off by a big fish that you have been trying for a few months to hook because your leader is too light. If I am fishing areas that have bream and flathead then I will fish a spin stick with 6lb braid and 10lb leader with smaller plastics.I got one of 78cm last year at currumbin on 4lb braid with a 6lb leader and there wasnt a mark on the leader.
You could probably land 9 out of ten big flatties on the light stuff but If I am fishing for them I will rather make sure.I use any of the florocarbon leaders and fireline or platapus super braid,but I dont think it really matters that much.
Roderick

[fritzy]

Beautiful mate,
will note that down. Have to respool the old abu with some new braid!! Thanks heaps again for the hot tips.
Fritzy

[mattooty]

AWESOME!!! Any idea what it weighed? My biggest was 79cm and it was really skinny. It only weighed about3kg if i rememeber.
Matt

[flickflack]

Matt

Not sure but it was in really good condition, maybe 5kg.

Rod

[DICER]

top fish, beaut photo

congrats Steve and Roderick

[stu68]

Hi guys.After seeing flickflacks nice flatty it inspired me to give the SP"S another go.Went down to the pin on Saturday fished the run in tide around the bar,and to my surprise I started catching fish which is a nice change.caught lots of flathead around 35 to 40cm.Can"t wait for the next trip, it"s funny how catching fish on lures is so much more fun even if they were small.