02-06-2004, 05:20 PM
Haha, cheers fellas,
Sorry AK, I speared that flathead in the head...... <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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No seriously, it was off Chelsea, incoming tide, still and moonless night.
I have seen at least 3 that big in the past month, and dozens smaller.
I knew the big fish were there, but (as those of you who have done a bit of floundering will know) flathead usually don't hang around, I reckon I get a CHANCE of spearing about 1 in 10 that I see, the rest take off before you can get close to them.
So I decided that I would put in the time, until I got a big one. And eventually I did, but this was after at least a dozen trips, in the freezing cold, and after seeing heaps of fish that I couldn't get (but it was worth it!).
MORAL of the story is persistence pays!
Cheers
Jaz <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Sorry AK, I speared that flathead in the head...... <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> No seriously, it was off Chelsea, incoming tide, still and moonless night.
I have seen at least 3 that big in the past month, and dozens smaller.
I knew the big fish were there, but (as those of you who have done a bit of floundering will know) flathead usually don't hang around, I reckon I get a CHANCE of spearing about 1 in 10 that I see, the rest take off before you can get close to them.
So I decided that I would put in the time, until I got a big one. And eventually I did, but this was after at least a dozen trips, in the freezing cold, and after seeing heaps of fish that I couldn't get (but it was worth it!).
MORAL of the story is persistence pays!
Cheers
Jaz <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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