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Damn nice lizard cobber.....
I caught one bigger than that about 10 years ago and it went about 5 kgs. My old man freaked out when he weighed it cos he thought the poor thing was gunna die, didnt move a bit. We released her back to the water and watched he slowly salter back to the bottom. She fought like a train when I hooked her and I did so on 6lb line. I rekon she was just stuffed and needed a rest. The old fella was so damn excited he lost a pair of expensive RayBans over the side. But went home telling me how proud he was that I did such a good job catching and releasing her.
I havn't seen one like her since.
Nice catch tho, and glad to hear you will release next time, good fella
cheers
Les
my best is 80cm caught at the pin in september last year, broke my brand new Daiwa procyon spin stick,( warranty)
come on september bigger 1 this year i hope.
maybe you could come on 1 of my trips Jack!
i prefish for the flathead classic a lot in september.
Cool pickie Jack.
Nice of you to hceck out our fish El Carpo.
The flattie is a common one down this neck of the woods, good eating size is 40-50cm as stated earlier and they have a ripper set of spikes one either side of the head that you have to watch out for. The big ones go back as they are all breeding females. Some sort of sex change they all enrol for as they grow up I believe.
QLD is the state for the serious fish down here.
Thanks Burley. You posters at this site are a wealth of information. If I ever win the lottery, I'll take a trip to Australia and go fishing with you guys.
"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.-- Mark Twain"
my best todate is a little one at 95cm caught on a soft plastic that i let sink a bit too much! >
i don't rate the flatties that much but thats mainly becauses your get a bit sick of catching them on the plastics
i would much prefure a nice big 50cm breambo