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Focused on flathead in Isouthern Moreton Bay
HAVEN’T hit the water too many times in the past
Southern Moreton Bay
by SEAN CONLON
Rhet caught this nice 68cm atty after plenty of perseverance casting plastics into the shallows.
There have been a few things happen that were out of my control, which is standard for this time of year.
One day in particu- lar, I took young Rhet out and when I say young it’s because he is younger than me.
Initially, we had heaps of hits and bumps, and missed a few fish – we just couldn’t quite hook up because the fish were very tentative.
month but when I have, fishing the shallows was a little trickier than normal.
On the flip side, we’ve had a few days where everything fell into line and we’ve picked up some nice fish.
tom of the drains at low tide and peppering an area with lots of casts was the way to go.
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Especially with it be- ing a little colder than previous years.
Anyway, I met him at the ramp at 6am and we had a short discus- sion on what he would like to do – he had de- cided to spoil himself by booking the boat for a private charter on his own.
Then after a fair chunk of persistence, Rhet hooked-up – not a big fish but around the 45cm mark.
One morning the wa- ter temperature was 16.1C – obviously that was on the surface, but at this end of the bay it was the coldest it’s been for quite a few years.
We kept putting plenty of casts in and before we knew it, he had caught himself an- other couple of fish, all around the same size unfortunately.
We have had a couple of days where not much was caught – and yes there have been days when it’s tough out there, though with fish- ing we don’t talk about those trips too much.
First, we were going to chase a few flathead on the low tide with soft plastics, as there hadn’t been as many fish around this year, we decided against trolling.
We would hook good- sized flatties and then drop them – we just could not seem to keep the fish on the hooks.
We have a tendency to talk about the good days.
So, sitting at the bot-
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Rhet with an early morning 45cm athead caught casting soft plastics in the shallows.
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