Flathead fishing

[grant H]

ok yeah thanks man im using a 1/4 jig head would that be a little to heavy keep in mind i am fighting the current quite a bit since it is the broadwater

cheers,
grant

[blackjew]

Mate im not familiar with the broardwater ,but someone will be .

[grant H]

no problem man hopefully someone post but yea gonna experiment tomorrow with these placcies to see if they live upto their reputation

[grant H]

with that said if anyone knows any other places i could try out im taking my brother out for his and my first time using plastics and if the spot we go is producing nothing can anyone suggest a few other spots where flatheads have been picked up?

[blackjew]

H ey mat e check this guy out on ebay .scumline wriggle grub plastics 70mm x 40 hey grant check these out i just bought a set for $ 11.00 total to my door they look good i like the colours chem em out .cheers Rob

[Worky83]

Grant, Flatzie is on the money! I first read the tips he gave "Want to catch and succeed on plastics in Estuaries" quite a while ago now, and since then 2" shrimp have became my favourite SP for estuaries. I like the peppered prawn when fishing close to weed beds, and banana prawn when its mostly sand. These little SP's have been responsible for nearly all of my biggest flatty, and it seems there's not too much that wont take them. I've caught flatty, bream, tailor, snapper and a very unexpected estuary cod, all while using them to chase flatty.
On a good day I can get away with a 1/12 jig head, and some times I have to go to a 1/8. Obviously you will have to match the right size jig head to your particular conditions.
As you already know, hammer the drop offs and edges of weed beds... and have fun!
Good luck with it mate.

Cheers,
Worky.

[grant H]

hey mate trying the shrimp didnt even cross my mind and with your jig heads seems very light im using 1/4 jig head but i have to against a decent current whether its low or high so is 1/4 alright? or too heavy im very new so i have no idea to be honest mate well tomorrow ima give the 3" shaky shad in pumpkinseed colour and see how it goes might pick up a pack of the shrimp to im going to wheres its completely sand but if i walk about 100 metres theres some really nice weed beds now im not sure do i fish the weed beds? or just stick to the sand what colour would be best peppered or banana because i know a bit deeper there is weedbed and i have located the only drop off at the location and does it make a difference if the weed bed is on a drop off?

[Si]

grant, 1/4 is fine for flathead, especially in any sort of current you will struggle to keep the plastic on or near the bottom with a anything smaller in the broadwater. Also you wont be able to cast a 1/8 and lighter very far at all especially if there is wind in your face. keep your distance from your quarry and your casts long as possible.

[grant H]

thanks guys leaving soon for my voyage will upload some pics of the catch (if there is a catch ofcourse)

cheers grant

[j_man_84]

I agree def the lightest jighead you can run with still staying in contact with the bottom, 3 and 4 inch pumpkinseed minnows are a killer for flatty they cant get enough of them, in regards to your weed question, u want to keep it above the weed dont let it sink into it or your hook will soon catch heaps of it, fish light jigheads and work it a lil quicket to keep it up over the weed. they will come out of it and smash it up. Hope this helps. cheers

[grant H]

thanks j man, well after 2-3 hours picked up 2 legal dusky Flathead one being just on the 40cm mark and the other was 51cm and my god was it fun to catch but during the day caught a few 35-39 flatties and it contemplated after bout the 3rd undersized flatty where the hell are all the big ones then finally bam the 51cm flathead hit the shaky shad as if it had never seen food before. All in all was a good day went through a pack of the 3" shaky shads in pumpkin seed cant complain because you would spend at least that on bait and suprise suprise no extreme fishy smelling hands but thanks guys for all the info definitely went a long day with today's performance just wondering what the hell do you do about toad fish i was fishing the drop offs but as soon as it was in the less than 1 foot of water deep they would just nip the tail which was very frustrating as the plastic was fine cept the paddle on the tail was gone , but maybe that's just fishing with soft plastics but is 1 pack per fishing trip about average or shouldn't i have gone through as much. Also fishing plastics at night whats the trick i came back to the spot later at night and not 1 thing what so ever is there a trick to it or just the fish would have moved?

cheers,
Grant

[wakakiwi]

I have been cleaning them up in the caboolture river lately just drifting arround across the channel near the mouth with 3 inch nucular chickens on 1/8 jig heads and are now converted to the dark side well and truely. The long weekend just gone i got 5 nice ones in 2 hours plus a nice sole PS all were realeased to fight another day (couldnt be bothered cleaning fish in other words!!!)

[blackjew]

Thats great Grant done well mate to land some nice flattys on your first placcy outing, when did you find they came on the bite ,dont they hit hard .I have not fished them at night,someone will give you the heads up on night placcying.1 bag hmm i have been sometimes and get 4 or five and use 2 or 3 .But as you said its still a cheap feed and heaps of fun.How did your bro go did he have any luck.
Nice effort there wakakiwi lol ,love your nickname rofl,youve been cleaning up alright. The Clarrence is like chocky milk at the moment,and the flattys were just starting to appear around grafton before the last rain .

Cheers Rob

[grant H]

thanks blackjew well i figured a bag wasnt 2 bad of a tradeoff really but sadly my brother didnt catch 1 lol he's still getting used to flickin the plastics so next time he should land a few next time but yeah was a good day for first time using plastics caught more fish aswell so cant be angry with that only that guys remember im a shore fisherman i dont have a boat to go fishing drop offs that are deeper out so i have to rely on the shore drop offs and have to fight the toad fish but all in all thanks guys and yeah can someone describe what a barometer is?

cheers grant

[blackjew]

Mate check google,and do a search of the ausfish heaps of great info on barometer and fishing ,some people swear by it some dont ,its your choice mate .
Cheers Rob