68cm for me off the beach near the Bribie bridge. Weather conditions were raining and blowing about 30 knots and it smashed a small squid. It was also the first and only time that I saw a flathead leap up out of the water shaking his head like a barra.
Seen some truely HUGE fish taken out of the river here (clarence) on a regular basis. Saw a 7.9kg fish a week and a bit ago that was the 9th fish for that bloke in a week over 6kg. All released bar one which was hooked in the gills and was bleeding profusely.
Edit: I know a bloke who has told me he has pictures of a 3 1m+ flathead. Ill try and get them to put on the net. they're back in the dark age (film)
76cm, caught in the Elliott river on a killer tomato squidgy.
Bag em 'n' Tag em,
Gumbo1
i've been using killer tomato's for bream,but i will have to try and catch flathead on them now,that's excellent mate
Regards
Dylan
69cm on gold squidgy shad Coochin ck, pumicestone passage. also a few 64cm models. they sure play up at that size.
Hey, lucky me, I seem to have the smallest 'biggest' flathead. Caught one on Monday that went 55cm. Caught one a year or so back that went about 58-59cm, but I have no proof of that one.........
Hey, I'm a useless fisherman, I was shocked that I even caught one that large. It's the first legal sized flathead I've caught since switching from Land-based to the canoe 6 or so months ago.
The biggest flattie I have caught was just over 89cm. (35 plus inches). I caught it on a No 6 longshank hook on 7 lb line. I was fishing for whiting in Corio Bay/Yeppoon. I was using a fresh yabbie for bait and fishing from my canoe.
Eagle
14 pounds 10 ounces, 38 inches , Northern tip of Bribie, 1971. 9lb line. Pillie.
i got one 93cm from piont vernon in hervey bay
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Many years ago I caught one off the bank at Jacobs Well which measured 83cms. Was alovely fish and yes I returned it. I did take home a feed that day however. Followed the big girl up with a 68cm and a 60 cm for dinner. Gotta love that flathead for taste. Yummy!
Poodroo
He who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
Caught one as a early teen (25yrs ago) off the Wangi Powerstation outlet on Lake Macquarie. It weighed a crack under 9kg and was caught on a live poddy working over the edge of a weed bank. Don't know the length, but it was a really big bugger, especially for a kid. That outlet had a rep for some big lizards and I saw one bigger than mine caught on some really small gear. Took the bloke a very long time to land it.
80cm at mouth of bells creek on a frozen prawn sept 07.
1.08m of noosa river croc. Caught on 8 pound line, 12 pound leader using a natural coloured squidgy fish. caught near the mouth.
whoever used a squidgy fish,could you tell me what retrieve you were doing
Regards
Dylan
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