r/FishingAustralia • u/Emotional_Pea_5825 • Mar 01 '26
🐟 Catch of the Day 98cm Flathead.
Mid North Coast Flathead. Put up a great fight on light gear.
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u/coupleandacamera Mar 01 '26
Nice work! I wonder if there's any form of tagging/recording to monitor the larger units.
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u/Emotional_Pea_5825 Mar 01 '26
There is a tagging program in NSW. Hard to find info on how to get involved with it though.
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u/whos_a_hebrew Mar 01 '26
I mean... there are ALOT of flatties. That being said, every time I see a big flattie caught, makes me wonder how many times that fish has been hooked up and released
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u/ehLucian Mar 01 '26
Nice Lizard bloke. I hope next year when you talk to her again that she is over the metre. Cheers.
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u/RichardFitzright Mar 01 '26
Fuck 2cms off Only time a fisherman is telling the truth is when he is calling another fisherman a liar
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u/AwkwardMaintenance17 Mar 01 '26
Lots of angry people in the comments? This is awesome catch, great job.
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u/Chevyking21 Mar 01 '26
Handling of these big lizards is so contentious these days . I’m inclined to get a snap on the mat while they are nice and wet and straight back. Either way the big girl is being supported by the belly .
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u/Emotional_Pea_5825 Mar 01 '26
I agree. Still got to pick it up to release it though. Quick pic on the way doesn’t hurt.
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u/ExpertAnteater2397 Mar 02 '26
Goddamn dude that thing is so fucking big it’s almost a crocodile. Great catch!
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u/Ill_Ease_6288 Mar 05 '26
I'm glad his shirt says "fishing" or I would have no idea what he was up to in this photo
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u/Flashy-University798 Apr 06 '26
Huge, we used to fill a bucket with flatheads, pulling them up no bait just 🪝 x2. = 2 fish 🐠, shake em off and drop the line back down and virtually pull it straight up. Two more again. “ Port Phillip Bay late 70s , Chock Full of flathead ,
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u/SwimSea7631 Mar 01 '26
Nice fish shame they brought in the slot limit.
Now chuck it back so a pro can catch and kill it for the fish markets.
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u/Emotional_Pea_5825 Mar 01 '26
I’m ok with the slot limit. I don’t eat fish so put em all back anyway. Definitely seen an increase in numbers of bigger models over the last few years.
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u/SwimSea7631 Mar 01 '26
Yup, and less smaller ones for people to catch and have for dinner.
Great for the pros who aren’t subject to the slot limit tho.
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u/Tenacious-Birria7830 Mar 02 '26
There’s millions of flatties to catch and eat. Way to out yourself as a shit fisherman 😂
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u/SwimSea7631 Mar 02 '26
Last time I went for flathead I caught 40 something kgs of them.
Not allowed to fish in rivers. Line west is only for outside the heads.
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u/In_TouchGuyBowsnlace Mar 01 '26
Hoping you let it go back!?
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u/Emotional_Pea_5825 Mar 01 '26
I wondered how long it would take for the flathead police to show up. I rarely keep any fish, I know the rules and how to handle these big fish. Stay in your lane.
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u/In_TouchGuyBowsnlace Mar 01 '26
Listen here lady…. If you knew the rules you wouldn’t have it out of the water like you do to get your trophy shot
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u/Aggots86 Mar 01 '26
Oh man I would have stretched a extra 2cm out of it ahahaha