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Anyone feel like sharing some info on catching flathead around the place. Used to get them back home for a big flathead fry up and would love to have a crack up here. Only ever caught one up here by mistake.

Never targeted them hally, but have caught plenty at the Catalina wrecks. I know that must sound weird, but have only caught them as a by-catch while fishing wrecks. I don't know what species they are, but not the usual southern type. Not sure if this helps, but that's my observation

Been getting the occasional one in bynoe on the flat 3 in the last three trips out there biggest maybe just 50cm

You get a few at the mouth of rapid creek.
Fish on a droipng tide and folow the water out.
I use small rubber tails and got a couple last year

East Arm not far from the catalinas has been the spot for me but its just one or two here and there, never a lot, never often. Been in 10 plus meters of water on pilchards but bro in law form vic got a couple jigging a soft plastics. Just amused he came all that way to catch flathead. If targeting flathead you may catch more snapper by mistake.

Cheers guys. Wasn't even sure if there were enough catch a feed up here. As uniball said usually by catch. But char fin if you get a few snapper instead Im not complaining. Cheers guys. Might have a cram at the Catalina.

Im tipping u could catch them the same as down south light fluro small grubs vibes and sinking lures. Id fish round shallow rocky sandy outcrops. Ive caught a few round east arm and the lizzie. Also caught heaps in the cast net at buff

Yeah used to used small plastics on the flats. It's just everything up here is different. 2 years and still working it out. Still though. Wouldnt trade it

Hudson Creek I can pick them up as a by catch. Usually on small white clousers.

flatty's love fly's! pick a few up on gun point beach by fly and plastic's, also got one down lizzy river floating ponton on the fly, and one there on bait.

smallest i've caught, also a strange species (tiger flathead mabey) i also have a big sand flatty from a week ago (gun point) in my freezer, if you are real desprite for some flatty you can have it.

If you know how to prepare and cook them they are premium eating.

Cheers camfish. Might have a crack myself before I pinch some from your freezer. Your right hombre. Great feed. Saw a cooking show with some flathead and reminded me of our cookups back home.

I got this one last weekend on a shallow inshore reef jigging gulps.

cam - looks like a fringed eye flathead