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WesternPort flathead
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:18 pm
by Pethrk
Quick question for you guys, do you find it better to drift for flathead or anchor?
I’m a rookie
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:20 pm
by Lightningx
I have always done a lot better drifting for them
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:26 pm
by Pethrk
Lightningx wrote:I have always done a lot better drifting for them
Through all types of tide?
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:01 pm
by Scraglor
Lightningx wrote:I have always done a lot better drifting for them
In westernport?
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:08 pm
by M9085
From limited experience...if you know where they are, you anchor on top of them and go to work. If you don’t know where they are you drift until you find them and then anchor.
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:52 pm
by smile0784
To find them best to drift and they bite better if bait is noving sinve then are a ambush fish.
With the tidal flow in westenport its hard to drift unless you fish when there is slack tide.
If you find themthen drop anchor and fish
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:44 am
by Kimtown
I've caught nothing but 15cm in WPB. I tend to avoid attempting to catch them (still manage 100 each session)
I go off the eastern entrance for good size ones and I drift.
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:12 am
by crumpet_avenger
Plenty of 30+ cm flatty throughout wp.
Look for sandy bottom. Straight out from cowes in 30 ft of water. Straight out from stony in 35 ft of water. Pillie tail or fillet.
Berley up and your away. I berleyed up with my crissy prawns and when i cleaned my flatty from last trip they were full of my tiger prawns.
I saw a guy drifting for them last week at bouy 17 with a handline. Dont know how well he did but he must of drifted past me 4 or 5 times on the same line each time
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:17 am
by rb85
Been some good fish caught by people fishing for gummies the last month throughout the port the last month few 50cm plus fish.
Re: WesternPort flathead
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:41 am
by Dr Snapper
M9085 wrote:From limited experience...if you know where they are, you anchor on top of them and go to work. If you don’t know where they are you drift until you find them and then anchor.
Ok, so once you find them and anchor, do you cast pass where you think they are slowly 'roll' the bait back to the boat or
cast on top of them and wait or
a bit of both, and find what is working on the day.
When anchored, is it best to use a patenoster rig or running sinker rig?, or, again, try and see what is working on the day.
I drift shallow around Altona and Williamstown.
Thanks in advance.