massive flathead

[Fisherman02]

hey fisher-people
not sure if this is big compared with other flathead caught but yeah here is my 65cm flathead
cheers jack

[Jack_Lives_Here]

Seen them in excess on 1m in 0the Seaway, while diving the pipeline. They sit in the troughs around the pylons - they seriously look like an alligator when they are that big. Heads like a shovel.
Remember Jack, if you catch a big one, they are the females and should go back.

[Fisherman02]

ok then :D
mind you wouldn't chuck em back without a photo ;D
cheers jack

[northsboy]

REALLY MASSIVE JACK!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE U HEY!!!!!!!!!! :-X

[Dylan_Rylatt]

an ok lizard 4 eyes. i like liams comment

[Fisherman02]

what can i say dylan u sheep!
Fellas stop replying to my posts, dont u have better things to be doing ::)
cheers jack

[el_carpo]

Nice catch Jack! What did you catch him on? Are those guys like catfish or sturgeon or are they totally different altogether? Sorry for the basic questions, I'm on the other side of the globe and don't know very much about your fishery. Thanks.

Also, smile man! ;D You got a great fish there! Be happy! ;D ;D ;D

When you catch nothing but tiny three inch bluegills like me you can be stern faced. :-[..... ;D ;D ;D If I caught a nice fish like that, I'd be a grinning goofus for at least a week! Again, congratulations on a nice fish! Good goin'!

[jeffo]

lmao..... ;D ::)

[Maria]

That should have gone straight back to the water man...

Ben

[webby]

That fish is about 2 years old Jack :-X
regards

[Fisherman02]

hey fellas
el_carpo they are totally different mate they are the biggest member of the family Platycephalus fuscus. Caught it on bait but as brian says it was caught 2 years ago (with him).
Ben that was 2 years ago mate, nowadays I would not hesistate to throw it back.
cheers jack

[setthehook]

Top lizard mate well done!!! ;D

[el_carpo]

Thanks for the info. I never saw anything like that before. Cool fish!

[Fisherman02]

thanks fellas
you have given me the motivation to go out there and get me something bigger (well a photo at least)
cheers jack

[Big_Kev]

Good fish Jack
I love eating lizards but I rekon around the 40-50 cm taste the best.
And there are bigger Lizards out there for sure so go hard.
Cheers Kev.

[Fisherman02]

we will have to catch up some time kev
be good to catch some biggies
cheers jack

[MTpockets]

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

[Cloud_9]

my best is 80cm caught at the pin in september last year, broke my brand new Daiwa procyon spin stick,( warranty) ;D
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.

Cheers Cloud 9

[Cloud_9]

heres 1 the wife caught.

[Fisherman02]

hey jamie
would be thrilled mate!
Just gotta get back into the fishing routine, already getting the s-s-s-shakes
cheers-s-s-s-s j-j-j-j-jack

[mr_phishy]

HEY CLOUD 9, IS THAT REALLY UR WIFE???

NICE FISH THOUGH...

[northsboy]

LMAO JACK UVE GOT MORE POSTS IN THIS SINCE IVE RE-OPENED IT THEN U DID WEN U FIRST POSTED IT AHAHHAHAHA

[michael_Brewer]

nice fish jack!

[Burley_Boy]

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.

[michael_Brewer]

OY! whats the deal with usin a name like that.. BURLEY BOY! ya need to earn that name! Guess I should hear your story first i suppose! ;D ;D ;D

cheers burleyboy the 2nd!
;)

[el_carpo]

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. ;D

[mekong]

sorry to knock your nice dusky off

[MrLuminous]

Nice fish mekong
what did it weigh approx.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers

[Hornet1]

Nice fish

[basserman]

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 ;D

[Cloud_9]

me thinks a nice big shovehead would pull your prized breambo backwards.

Cheers Cloud 9