Swan river lizards
Today i got bored of sitting at home and with the weather looking not great for tailor i set myself up with a new rod and some 3lb line, 6lb fluro leader and a few lures for my little sustain for small stuff after ive been using it with 12-15lb up at steep or tailor around the place.
bought a new daiwa generation black 1-2kg rod to suit my 2500 and armed with a few SX40's and Zip Baits i hit the river to try my luck at getting a few flathead on the flats. This is my second time trying for swan river flattys so i think i did fairly well for a novice at it in water that olny just cleared up.
managed a nice fish 5th cast that went 32 then over the next 2 hours picked up another 5 fish with one 25ish cm fish and the rest 30-42cm.
caught and released 6 flattys off the flats all on a SX40 before getting it snagged and losing it and calling it quits for the day.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Willlo
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Well done Chris as the A
Well done Chris as the A team says love it when a plan comes together.
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tim-o
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Nice mate, I love my drunken
Nice mate, I love my drunken monkey too, didnt know they do a 2 piece now . Some nice lizards, get many blowies amongst them?
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Chris fish
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For what you pay for it the
For what you pay for it the rod is great. I just don't like the size of the grips and would rather a rod to suit a 1000 as I prefer to use them but this does just fine for now. Not a single blowie around either.
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smitho89
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They do
They do a 2 and a three piece (I think a three) :)
opsrey
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Nice session.
That's a good ad for that lure :) . First pic is very good.
smitho89
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Great
Great session ! Love going for lizards on lure haha
do you find they go harder on lure ?
Rusty Balls
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Yea agreed 1st pic is good
Yea agreed 1st pic is good mate .. well done Chris !
Don't worry you will get to catch a blowie eventually ;)
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Agreed
First pic is a cracka
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Chris fish
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Never caught flattys before
Never caught flattys before on ultra light gear but they do go very hard once you move them a bit. Still no blowies after today's efforts, only got 1 fish at 54cm and a mate got a 32 for his first on lure. I'll put photos up later
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nice!
nice!
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Great pictures! Love
Great pictures! Love flattys.
Of all the fish i have brought home from Barra, red emperore, whiting, spanish mack, coral trout, my Mrs loves flattys the most of all. might have to go get a few
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