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

[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 [smiley=speechless.gif]
Bonesy [smiley=thumbsup.gif]