swan flatties
Submitted by newtomaylands on Mon, 2012-03-12 18:50
Hi folks, new to here and to the swan river. Been fishing bath street in Maylands and getting lots of small bream, but am keen for a swan flathead. No boat but any hot spots would be awesome. Thanks in advance
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Liquidtension
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Fish the flats on high tide
Fish the flats on high tide man.. I have had a bit of luck when its been really really hot high tide & flicking softies around
try around canningbridge & applecross flats and around the mt henry bridge!
also the left bank I hear is producing some ripper fish
Cheers Steve
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newtomaylands
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Date Joined: 21/02/12
thanks heaps steve
thanks heaps steve
falttymatty
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Date Joined: 14/01/11
alos try claremont jetty
alos try claremont jetty always catch flattys there on soft plastics youll even get the odd flounder aswel
to fish or not to fish is that even an option?
BigDunc
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Date Joined: 27/11/11
Beware the blowies
I had accidental joy at Claremont Jetty with flathead while chasing tailor (got lazy retrieving a metal twisty, stopped winding mid way for a reach into the esky, one jumped on, changed retrieve, more flatties followed) and reading posts here and other reports, it's a great place for flathead both from the jetty and walking/ wading the shore.
However THE BLOWIES ARE BASTARDS! When I snagged the flathead, I went straight to the soft plastics, chasing more. Five casts, each one only retrieving the jig heads. Kids next to me dropping crab nets were pulling easily 15 - 20 blowies in each. The metal twisty produced a few more flatties and no blowies. Also the jetty produced alot of cute girls from boats tying up to take a run for more alcohol (a warm Saturday afternoon, God bless Perth) and very few of them were "flatties". Good luck man.
Mitchisdatwitch
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Date Joined: 10/05/12
I go to claremont tons and
I go to claremont tons and fish you should go there using hardbodies like the ecogear sx 40,43 I find they work great. I have also had lots of luck using the Z man grubz soft plastics, they work great because they are blowie proof!