The fish shook its head real fast a number of times and removed all the skin from my thumb…I never did that again! It was a good fish, around 40cm and I tried to pick it up by the mouth. I found out just how sharp they are when I landed one in the Yarra river, just near the entrance to Port Phillip bay. The size of the lure doesn’t seem to matter and I have been amazed at how small a flathead will take a big lure.įlathead have small sharp teeth. These fish lay on the bottom and a plastic lure bouncing on the bottom with plenty of tail action is almost irresistible to them. This means that once you catch a big fish it may be the only one around and you have to move on to get another.Įver since soft plastic lures came out they have been popular choices for targeting flathead. They are ambush predators and lay in wait in gutters, dips, the edge of channels and drop-offs….anywhere that food will pass by.įlathead tend to stay still until they launch a fast attack…and then go into ‘wait mode’ again and wait for the food to come to them. If you watch a film on the way these fish feed it’s a real eye opener on how predatory fish catch a meal. This gives you more time to target these great eating fish. These days the numbers have declined but there are still plenty around willing to take a bait or a lure.įlathead will bite on the incoming tide but they also like the outgoing tide. When I was younger, I’d fish Port Phillip bay, practically anywhere, and always come home with a feed of ‘flatties’. Flathead are easy to catch and great to eat….
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