Some nice stretches of river there, Adrian: would be ideal for fly-fishing, too, with a little "twig" rod and perhaps 3-weight line. The fish look in excellent nick at the moment.
What camera are you using for the video? And are the stills also out-take frames from the video, or are you taking them separately with another camera?
It's a great stretch of fast water Paul, very tough & unstable rocky river bottom and easy to take a tumble, not that I have yet, this is also one of the beats where the WWFC were held. the video is done with my Canon SX620HS camera as are the photos..
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« Last post by reddory on February 19, 2020, 02:17:32 pm »
Some nice stretches of river there, Adrian: would be ideal for fly-fishing, too, with a little "twig" rod and perhaps 3-weight line. The fish look in excellent nick at the moment.
What camera are you using for the video? And are the stills also out-take frames from the video, or are you taking them separately with another camera?
« Last post by Sorell Phantom on February 16, 2020, 02:14:33 pm »
I think its because there is a recovery and there are lots more flatties now its just the little ones are more aggressive and get to the bait first. Dropped go pro down last year attached to swivel and was amazed with footage there were heaps of flatties little ones came up to bait and camera bigger ones in the background
« Last post by reddory on February 15, 2020, 06:48:22 am »
Can't say for sure, Lin, but if you consider that 2-3 years back, there were hardly any flatties of any size to be caught around the southern inshore waters, then the fact there are now heaps again is a positive sign, I guess. As to there being such a big proportion of littl'uns, it may be that the waters where you are fishing have been fished pretty hard already over the summer, so size fish have already been removed. IMAS recently released results of its rec angler survey that showed flathead is by far the most popular fish caught: around 1.7 MILLION taken last season around the state, with around half of them returned to the water - the biggest part of that effort was in southern / south-eastern waters.
I guess we must just be patient and let the huge numbers of juveniles get bigger - next summer (or the one after) should be excellent!
« Last post by Lin on February 14, 2020, 11:20:32 am »
Have done two trips in the last week, Channel out Middleton and Frederick Henry Bay out of Cremorne. Am puzzled by the high numbers of flathead that are undersize and the number of 32cm keepers that I came across. Four hours of fishing resulted in hundreds of undersized hookups for a total of about 8 size (just) fish. Overfishing cannot be a reason and trawlers do not operate that close inshore. Do any members have an opinion on this frustrating situation ?
« Last post by Earlybird on February 10, 2020, 07:50:11 am »
The best treatment for a gurnard sting is don't let the buggers get you nuh the best thing is the hottest water you have at hand the water telltale on the motor is better than nothing even waste your coffee or tea in the thermos if not available make it bleed to flush out the enzymes hope this helps cheers
« Last post by meppstas on February 04, 2020, 11:49:07 am »
Yes they are James, a chap from Victoria just bought one of the 6' presso rods this afternoon, everything else is still here.. I still have two Daiwa Presso ULS 1-3kg rods 6'6'' & 6' that I haven't advertised yet anyway I was leaving them for another day.... I was just about to put this Advert on a site I'm on in Sth Aust too.. *PM me if you need any more info if you want ..
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