PB flattie
Submitted by iphaen on Sun, 2009-11-01 10:00
Long time user, first time posting here. I have recently relocated to QLD from WA and have found it hard to find a decent place to fish around here. We went on a fishing journey up to Hervey Bay recently to wet a line off the local pier when we caught this flattie off a live tailor. Not used to seeing decent sized flathead that we initially thought it was a baby shovelnose shark when it came to the surface! Definately a PB. He probably weighed around 7kg and was about 90cm long.
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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flatty!
A big flatty indeed and wish we got them around here to the same quantity & size as the East......congrats on ya PB!
Simon C
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abslolutely ryan - sad that
abslolutely ryan - sad that my PB flattie is bigger than my PB BArra - but at 98cm it was a very big lizard!
DazSamFishing
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Nice flatty mate. I'm from
Nice flatty mate. I'm from QLD, so if you need some advice where to fish, give me a PM. Did you release her?
Fathom
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"release her" most this
"release her" most this size are females, caught heaps as a kid much bigger then this in NSW and kept them but now know to let the big girls swim again
flangies
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Holy shit james that is a
Holy shit james that is a monster! nice to see you've signed up too Congrats
iphaen
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Hey Daz yes we did,
Hey Daz yes we did, thankfully there were ppl around that let us know the size limits.
DazSamFishing
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Good stuff.
Good stuff.
Colin Hay
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Great fish iphaen
And welcome to the site. It does take a little while to get used to the different fishing conditions here, so don't hesitate to ask questions as the FW crew should be able to point you in the right direction.
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7739ian
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Beautiful lizard
the fun is in the catching at that size - well done mate.
flangies
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Its shocking to think it
Its shocking to think it would nail a live tailor, flattys just moved up the food chain in my head
PilbaraBrad
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nice work good couple a
nice work
good couple a fillets there
one of the better eating fish IMO
wogboy1963
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Well done!
That's a beauty!
iphaen
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Thanks for the comments guys
Unfortunately you cant keep them over here once they go over 75cm. Caught a few below that mark recently and they tasted fantastic.