help me catch flatties
Submitted by gumbyconts on Thu, 2009-12-03 00:13
Well ive been going at it for a while now on the lures to catch some flathead. To date I've only managed 2 hookups with no luck landing them.
The main areas I try are around Matilda Bay in Crawley, Claremont Jetty/yatch club and the Narrows and Canning Bridge (and couple of times at Graham Farmer bridge).
I've been using baby vibes, tt switchblades, halco laser pro in pink, purple and gold with a light set up.
I'm not one to plan my fishing around tides and time of day too much.
So, if anyone has any tips of tides, time of day, other locations and any additional information that you can think of please let me know as its getting frustrating as I have put the hours in and ended up with no results.
Cheers,
Jay
wopjrb
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iveheard the freo traffic bridge is good for flathead
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grayzeee
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aren't those more like bream
aren't those more like bream lures??
not to say you won't catch on them but
i'd be using soft plastics bumped along the (sandy) bottom near weed or structure.
if the tide is running they'll prob be lying in wait in the lee of something , ready for anything that gets washed over.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
schecky
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bream lures work for
bream lures work for sure
give point walter a try, starting to warm up now
Colin Hay
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Try some soft plastics and the good old old prawn stars as well
I have seen a few nice flatties sitting near the jetty at Jojos at Nedlands at night.
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gumbyconts
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I have been trying the
I have been trying the hardbody lures as I've never caught anything on them. I'm trying to practice my action etc both for bream and flatties.
Is there any particular action or hb that I can get that have found to work for anyone?
grayzeee
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lizards pretty well go for
lizards pretty well go for anything that comes within striking distance mate. they're ambush predators , but you def want your lure to be on , or close to , the bottom
if you've had no luck within a few casts , keep walking and casting. cover some new ground.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
fishcrazy
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east freo
try east freo mate along to chidley pt mate prawnstar or soft placcys jigged along the dropoffs heaps down there
Rudog
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Easy does it...
I reckon flatties are very aware of your prescence, too. It pays to cast up ahead of you, into an area you haven't walked through yet, kinda like mine sweeping. A few casts around that area, then walk forward and cast ahead again. As Grayzee says, bumping along the sand stirs up a little cloud and gets the lizard' s attention.
They like to wait on or just under the lip of a drop-off, or the downstream edge of a channel and let the outgoing tide wash prey towards them. Always work your lure with the tide; injured bait fish don't swim upstream! At high tide they're likely to be up on the flats, in suprisingly shallow water.
I love spinning for flatties, but they throw plenty of trebles. I just use slices or minnows, and lose plenty, but land a few, too. I know some guys that swap the trebles on their lures for a single 1/0 - 4/0, depending on the size of the lure.
I've heard the upstream edge of the Point Walter sand spit is holding good lizards.