fish....

[kaneg]

gone fishing yesterday, had fun

the small one measures 40cm, the large one 71cm...... sorry don't know it in inches

[Smitty]

flatties...???
40cm = 15.7"
70cm = 27.5"

what was for dinner last nite..???

[kaneg]

Thanks Brad,

It's going to be tonight, some friends coming by to indulge

[Wattie]

Nice Pete well done!

Not many big flatties like that around any more.

[fireyrob]

EDIT - Not sure how I ended up posting twice

How long did this one take to reel in?

[fireyrob]

Awesome Pete! Flathead makes some good eating too

[kaneg]

Awesome Pete! Flathead makes some good eating too

yep, this one is still going to be good, some of them by the time they reach that size can be quite tough and a bit dry. You can tell when they are older they don't grow that fast in lenght as they grow their width.

I never forget watching a guy once pulling out a huge specimen at Tuncurry. It was a hot summer day and this thing was a monster. It taken him a good twenty minutes to get it landed, many people watching the event, he was very good at it you could just tell, how he managed to get it on shore, it wasn't the his first time landing a decent size fish.

When he got it on the grass, he virtually sat on the thing and drove his knife through it's scull, which the most "human" way to kill it.

What happened next was unbelievable : He picked up the fish and put it on the backseat of his Datsun 120Y. This thing almost reached from door to door. He, then went back fishing for MORE

First of all, that monster would have been half cooked in there in half an hour, secondly what was he hoping to get ?
He already got Moby Dick ...

[photomike666]

Who's Brad?

[kaneg]

Who's Brad?

you're right Mike, i was thinking of smithy5

[Tack]

I'm Brad....

[scottyZRX]

Thats a very nice Flattie.
But I reckon my daughters first fish is a lot more impressive

[kaneg]

you're quite right, the look on her face is just great

[mike-s]

Hmm, i should get the retractable rod out and take the bike out and see if i can find a nice spot out somewhere.

[zx899r]

....the look on their face ....priceless$$$

nice feed

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good size

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[scottyZRX]

She told me that is the fish they make fish fingers out of.
She did improve over the day though.

But Flatties are my favorite eating fish by a long shot.