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Hailes
07-09-09, 02:37 PM
Took the old fella for a fish for fathers day!!

He ended up landing this beast, not a bad pressie I reckon!!

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/hailes85/BigFlattie005.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/hailes85/BigFlattie011.jpg

She took a live pottie mullet drifted along the wall under a bobby cork!!

The big girl was released to fight another day!!
tenterfield hunter
07-09-09, 02:44 PM
great flatty, how long was she...im getting keen to get to the gold coast flatty comp in a few weeks..love flatty fishing
Hailes
07-09-09, 02:52 PM
She was around 105cm, my best is 12lb and she was heaps heavier, I'm guessing around 16lb i reckon real thick and massive head, photos dont do it justice!!
Greggyboy
07-09-09, 02:53 PM
:eek:

photos dont do it justice!!

Never do. Well done to the old fella!
acthunter
07-09-09, 03:05 PM
Awesome fish mate and congrats on letting it go.
Julz
07-09-09, 03:20 PM
top flattie!! great catch

julz
Clemo
07-09-09, 03:23 PM
Thats a cracker mate, dont see to many that size these days, well done to the old boy.
Nice work putting her back too.
hutcho
07-09-09, 03:29 PM
That there is a nice fish.

Congrats to you and your dad.

what time of day, by the photo's there is plenty of light so my guess would be an early morning start on a rising tide?
Hailes
07-09-09, 03:38 PM
Hutcho, about 2 in the day, was pretty much on the dead bottom of the tide, run had nearly stopped.

We started fishing about 8 in the morning but took us about 5 hrs to get enough potties, bloody wind!!:rolleyes:
Jeffro
07-09-09, 03:57 PM
nice flattie
tenterfield hunter
07-09-09, 03:58 PM
that is a cracker..brett
LukeBeaman
07-09-09, 05:22 PM
Top stuff...
LAMBO
07-09-09, 08:23 PM
Awesome flattie, See quite a few like it when diving for oysters at _ _ _ _ _.
Not often they're landed at that size.
Hood
07-09-09, 09:06 PM
Now thats one big lizard.
Thats one species of fish I am yet to catch and want to no matter the size.
Well done to ya dad.
rossbow
07-09-09, 09:08 PM
Speechless
wtp omen
08-09-09, 12:06 AM
Well done to the old boy ;)

Well done on letting the big one go. Smaller ones are a bit better eating, but either way you can't beat a feed of flathead :D
Bowhunters Lodge
08-09-09, 07:50 AM
im sure most of you may know,but if not,the flatheads change from males to females,so large ones like that are females and are best released, i believe there is a size limit in qld ,just for that reason,it may also be true for barramundi..

there s a name for them,im sure someone will know the name for this....

hailes,they reckon its good flathead fishing off the coast up here,yet to try,but sure to be in the new future..

good fishing
pat
Clemo
08-09-09, 08:21 AM
im sure most of you may know,but if not,the flatheads change from males to females,so large ones like that are females and are best released, i believe there is a size limit in qld ,just for that reason,it may also be true for barramundi..

there s a name for them,im sure someone will know the name for this....

hailes,they reckon its good flathead fishing off the coast up here,yet to try,but sure to be in the new future..

good fishing
pat

I believe the term is protandrous hermaphrodite.

But I also believe that Flathead are not protandrous hermaphrodite's, as studies have shown that they retain there sexual orientation throughout their life cycle, with males and females being identified across their entire size range and in every sub-species. Females have a much higher growth rate so it is more likely that a large fish would be a female. Also as the size of a mature female increases her ability to produce eggs increases expediential, say a 2kg female produces 0.5 million eggs when she reaches 4kg she may produce 5 million eggs. It is also suggested that older, larger fish produce eggs with a much higher survival rate.
So that is why it is important to return large specimens. :)
MaDsHafTeR
08-09-09, 01:26 PM
Bang on Clemo. I have head a few disagrements over the years with some older fishos about it, Ive done a bit of research and found that this be the case.

There is no scientific study that can conclude that the fish (Flathead) change sex, unlike some other fishes.

Either way that is a crackin flathead. My best was 102cm and 7kegs. But that one looks well into the 8's.

Congrats!!
Adamthebowhunter
08-09-09, 08:29 PM
thats a nice big flattie

good stuff
Mozza
09-09-09, 08:18 AM
cracking lizard
Great to hear she lived to fight and breed another day
Good stuff