SUMMER SPECIES COMP - FLATHEAD ENTRIES

[Davey G]

This is the thread for entering your BIG FLATHEAD entries into for the AKFF Summer Species Competition.

SPONSORED BY ETTALONG BAIT AND TACKLE

Please enter the following information.

Angler Name
Size of Fish
Location Caught
Tackle
Bait/Lure etc
Conditions
Other

Note - Each angler should only enter their biggest capture. Please enter a picture of the fish in this thread. Flathead entered must be minimum 65cm size and must be photographed and shown alongside a measuring device (unless they're bloody huge and theres no doubt as to whether theyre legal). Judges decison is final. Competition finishes 31/3/2009..

NOTE - ENTRIES INTO THIS COMPETITION ARE RESTRICTED TO AKFF MEMBERS WITH A MINIMUM OF 50 POSTS

Good luck

[DougOut]

Angler Name: DougOut
Size of Fish: 76cm
Location Caught: Brunswick River NSW about 10a.m. 3/11/08
Tackle: light spin, Silstar HF-30 on a Shimano Sonic Pro Series rod, 6lb. braid &12lb. leader
Bait/Lure etc: small hard body lure ?
Conditions: light breeze, over-cast with showers
Other: shallow sand flats - looked fishy, lost a bigger one yakside.

[T-curve]

Angler Name - T-curve
Size of Fish - Flathead released - (81cm)
Location Caught - Nambucca river (14th Dec 2008)
Tackle - Daiwa advantage/heartland combo with 10lb braid/10lb FC leader
Bait/Lure etc - Sx48
Conditions - Quite windy and annoying at times, but always somwhere to get out of it.

[sbd]

Angler Name: Dave/sbd
Size of Fish: 77cm
Location Caught: Oil wharf, Kurnell (Sydney), 121208.
Tackle: 15lb
Bait/Lure etc: Big placcy, targetting kingfish
Conditions: windy, raining, cold, here. 3 big flatties entered so far, all overcast crappy days...








Fish was released to harass more baitfish.

[Brownie]

Angler Name - Brownie
Size of Fish - 67 cm
Location Caught - Pioneer River, Mackay Qld
Tackle - light spin outfit with 8lb mono
Bait/Lure etc - 50mm black & silver popper
Conditions - during a 2.00 metre run out tide, Lightly overcast with less that 5 knots wind
Other - cast almost on the sandbar and into in less than 30cm of water. 4 keepers caught that trip all in the same conditions
1 x 67cm; 1 x 63cm; 1 x 60cm; 1 x 45cm

Flathead -(from top down) 45cm; 63cm; 67cm; 60cm

[paffoh]

Angler Name : Paffoh
Size of Fish : Dusky Flathead 71cm
Location Caught : Wallagaraugh River, Genoa VIC
Tackle : Daiwa Procaster X 1-3kg 6', Daiwa Proshooter 1500, 4lb Berkley Crystal Fireline, 4lb Siglon FC Leader
Bait/Lure etc : 65mm Squidgy Wrigler in SIlver Fox, Chat tail, 1/32 oz Jighead
Conditions : Ideal in the shade, melting!
Other : Good scarp on super light gear, plastic fell out of his mouth in the net.

[ronston]

Angler Name; ronston
Size of Fish; 68cm
Location Caught; Woy Woy Bay, Central Coast, NSW
Tackle; 50lb handline
Bait/Lure etc; live garfish
Conditions; windy, run out tide
Other; caught while fishing for mullet, picked up a gar and put him out on a handline i use for catching mud crabs.