Fishing for Flathead - Locations, Tactics, Techniques, Cleaning & Eating
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ม.ค. 2025
- This fishing video is an in depth journey into how I fish for flathead on the Fraser Coast in Queensland, Australia. I run through flathead characteristics, locations to fish, tactics and techniques, including retrieves and lures to use. I detail exactly where and how I fish for flathead, how I clean them and also cook them. All in the one video, enjoy.
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Brilliant. In TCB kayaking. Never had much success with flattys but you've given us the real hope of catching some. Cheers legend.
Good luck!
Thanks for the video, I learnt a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Great to see an Aussie veteran on TH-cam love ya work mate.
Thanks mate, really appreciate it. Looking at your profile pic and that truck looks a tad stuck !!
Brilliant work mate, and so well presented. You're a natural.
Just came across your video today. I see it’s a few years old but mate best content ever come across. I love the defence force training coming into play for how you approach fishing. I have always believed in the 7 P’s around preparation but as my CPTSD has got worse it makes it harder to get in the preparation I need making my fishing results less rewarding. My energy and focus just slows me up to get everything done then when on the water I am kinda winging it. Bloody frustrating! Having said that it’s good just to be on the water some days.
Thanks for watching mate. I reckon that training will never leave us. You are right, just being out there is fabulous. 👍
@@FishingBoatingExploring I am not defence trained but I like your approach using that training. I just wish I had more energy to put into the prep to get better results.
Thanks for posting. I have subscribe from this 1 video and now will search your collection.
Thanks for the sub!
cheers for the vid mate, great content
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers !
Fantastic video mate. Thanks for putting in the time. I’ve used similar gear and techniques and this fish continues to taunt me. However learnt some new tips here so really helpful and very informative - hopefully my next trip will be more successful. Thanks!
Thanks mate, cheers for the feedback, if it helps in some way and you score a fish, please send a photo through.
That was one great video. Loved it and learnt so much.
cheers mate
Very informative. Cheers mate!!
Love to see that you keep your rod tip down, so many younger anglers lift their rod tips up and this can only end in tears as the side sawing action of flathead will almost always wear your leader through, I can tell this is not your first rodeo and you give sound advice on old fuscus, bloody well done.
Thanks mate, first tip for my kids for sure 👍
Great vid.
Love how you explain it.
Learnt a lot.
Keep them coming.
Thanks mate
Thank you so very much for your video and the indepth knowledge you shared....
Heading to Hervey Bay after Xmas with my kayak, this video was most helpful. TY.
No worries mate.
Extremely helpful video mate
Thanks Mate.
Great vid full of info cheers mate
Cheers 👍
Awesome video and some really great explanations to help understand the fish, which is very valuable. Something we do when cleaning our fish. Similar to you, but once we have started skinning, we grab the flesh and pull it off the skin by hand. The bones 95% of the time all stay with the skin, leaving you with a nice, boneless fillet.
Great tip, thanks mate.
Great video helps lot thank you
Cheers
That was a good vid mate
Good stuff Luke! A great how to and where once again.
bildad1234 thanks buddy, really appreciate it 👍
Great video, heaps of great info
Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback.
great video im only starting getting into fishing more and more strictly land bases atm as i have no boat, still finding it hard to get my head around were to loook for fish.
Have a few landbased blog posts on my website which might help.
Very good video and well explained keep it up!
Cheers
Awesome vid mate keep up the great info vids 👍👍
Thanks buddy, really appreciate your feedback.
Awesome video mate really informative, good to see a video in the Urangan pier area that is where I do a majority of my fishing as I don't have a boat or a kayak, I am relatively new to lure fishing been chopping and changing between hard bodies and soft plastics just to get the basic techniques down, I get the odd Flatty as I mainly target them just don't get them regularly enough. I have had more success on hard bodies so tend to use them more often but if I am not having much luck with them I change to soft plastics, if I am not having any luck I change back. Is that wrong to do that or is their something else I should be doing or trying first or maybe the area I am fishing is wrong or the tide is wrong. Cheers
Changing it up is good mate, many tournament anglers carry a dozen or more rods rigged with different lures. They arrive at a spot and give 5 casts with each till they get the fish. So nothing wrong mate, the key is really persisting to get the bite.
Nice video Luke keep up the good work 👍
Stu 4300 thanks mate
Great video Luke i took in heaps of those tips
Zanes lure Addiction cheers mate, all the best.
Superb video, love this channel. Thanks for all the helpful tips 😊😎
Love the recon call. I hunt with an AJ, never fished with one though......good vid n into
Cheers 👍
Do you use poddy mullet mate? , I’ve found they work better then lures in my opinion.
🤣😂 here we go, the great bait vs lure debate!! 🤣😂 I very very very rarely use bait nowadays mate. I prefer the challenge of convincing a fish to take a lure. But, I do not begrudge anyone for using bait, ie if it works for you, then use it. There is no right or wrong option.
@@FishingBoatingExploring I’ve caught some decent fish on lures aswell mate, I agree that it’s more sporty and more fun. At the end of the day whatever is catching you the most fish is what you should use👍😂
@@FishingBoatingExploring Also mate would I you be able to help me with this…
Do you know how to stop leader from rapping around main line (braid) when connected by swivel. Because it's braid it's a real pain to untangle from when twisted around leader and creates a fair mess. I only seem to notice it while drifting with baits and when winding in my bait?
@@nolixss694 I have seen a few people using an inch or so of narrow tubing above the swivel to prevent this.
Sound cut out a couple of times, once at 6:33, again at 16:15 and as others have pointed out music a touch loud but I think that's because you ripped it from your other clip. What editing software are you using ?.
Cyberlink mate, i actually had some issues with copy write claims on a couple of the music bits which resulted in the audio going a bit crazy.
@@FishingBoatingExploring Cheers for the reply mate, that'll do it I guess. Keep the Vids. coming mate enjoy seeing that part of the country. Do you get over to Fraser or the islands much ?. By the way, Adobe Premiere Elements 11 is a good editing software if your interested.
Wow I love your "Tackle Shop" equivalent, sheit!!!. Was a good overview of Flatties videos - well done.
Cheers Peter, I am assuming the comment 'sheit!!!' is in reference to the shed setup?
Yeh mate, I'm impressed...
Awesome vid
Thanks mate
NICE VIDEO and good music
Thanks mate
Great work mate my wife and I are mad keen fisho's moving to Hervey Bay shortly thanks for sharing your local knowledge. Where do you buy your Austackle gear from?
Thanks Mate 👍 I used to buy it all direct but am not sure if they offer that option any longer. Otherwise I know Freedom Fishing in Maryborough used to stock Austackle gear.
Gday mate
I wish I had seen this video a couple of months ago when I visited Australia
I managed to catch a couple of small flatheads from the pier where I was staying using frozen pilchard and pippies
Also Visited the inlet at Anderson’s creek and saw some huge patches or lies as you call them just below the high tide mark
I visited the angling club they have a stuffed record Flathead hanging by the bar Awesome
Loved the video. Very informative
Cheers
Thanks for the feedback mate, better late than never re seeing the video 🤣😂🤣😂
Great video's mate, love the TTP's haha. Hopefully see you on the water when I am home in the bay.
Cheers buddy, thanks for the feedback.
Great video. Nice job.
fishinfox cheers buddy
Nice mate bloody hope this helps, been struggling but eh great fun
Nice work and thanks from sYDNEY!
Morgan Woods no worries mate and cheers.
Hi there Luke, thank you for posting this video, it has given me some good tips for flathead fishing, I to live in Hervey Bay and try to wade the flats for some fish, so far not much luck,
flathead has been my target fish using soft plastics, do you have any advise on any hard body lures to use? do you use these?
Just Flicking g'day mate, thanks for the positive feedback, I really appreciate it. I don't use hardbodies that much but like in the video I found the banana boat 80 from Austackle works well. I tend to prefer hardbodies when fishing over structure, so something that suspends or floats. And then go the softplastics to hit the bottom when there are no rocks etc.
Cheers for that, do you do much wading yourself? I had a go a couple of weeks back around the same area you show in the video but from the beach, and towards the boat harbor more, got snagged and lost me lure :( .... you get that......
PS I like your videos so I subed...keep up the good work mate
Just Flicking thanks mate, yes, I get out wading and stalking many of the rocky points quite regularly. I hate loosing gear mate, so I feel your pain .
Great video, so much better when your talking and not playing the music.
Awesome video man, you know alot about your target species and you can see that through your results, could you recommend a soft plastic for fishing a dropoff. Thanks Luca
Luca Maynes I am a big fan of curl tail grubs and paddle tail soft plastics, depending on depth I would suggest a 3-4 inch. I always throw a natural colour and a bright colour, if one doesn't attract a bite the other usually does.
Cheers man
Good advice, do you wind your lures with the current in general? I'm going to Agnes next week and am targeting flatties, have you ever fished there?
Cheers.
G'Day Mate - I do try to imitate bait movement as much as possible, so do try to have my lures move with the tidal movement. However there are planty of times where this is not possible so then I try to make them look like disorientated and fleeing bait. I am yet to fish Agnes Waters but have heard the Jacks are red hot there during summer.
Awesome video, lots great info and well explained.
However the volume of the music is much louder than when you talk, very annoying when listening on headphones
Thanks mate, yeah I am trying to fix that, I might release it again with a different audio package.
New sub keep up the good work
Very informative. The audio could be edited tho. At times the music is too loud, and there are random spots where your mic is cut out and the video is completely muted
Nice vid, only 1 point, you talk soft but the music overlay is so loud, I was constantly turning the volume down during the music.
Cheers
Noted!
What boat?
Luca Maynes a 440 Quintrex Renegade side console.
AWESOME Video bro, Flat head has always been my FAV fish to catch, Used ti Fish at the mouth of Swan Bay, North to South Stradie , We got some big ones, that was in the early 90's. My Best was 13 lb. We caught 40 fish that day. Let all but 4 go. Out going tide, WA Pillies, then went Mud Crabbing. Jacobs Well, Best Fishing ever. Cheers for the Vid mate
Great to hear mate, cheers 👍
im yet to catch a single fish. imma use it thanks!
I'm with Tom, turned off when the rave started...
Well thought out video and explains things nicely. But sorry mate could not handle that crazy music
One of the best videos I have seen for a while, just one thing.... that BLOODY HEAD BANGING SHIT..... it is THRICE as loud as the commentary.... OVER THE TOP CHAMP so “PLEASE” PISS OFF THE ‘SO CALLED’ MUSIC.... cheers
Cheers mate
Aint no head banging shit. Sounded like techno shit
Good video whilst you’re talking highly can hear you then when the music comes on too loud no good
Shane Healey cheers for the feedback mate, i have upgraded the microphone since this video so the latest videos should be good.
Great vids, just lose the overly loud cheesy dance music...does my head in
Um no sound?
Cheers mate, i will find out what has happened.
Mate good video content pity about the trash music.
Ear rape warning for headphone users. Music is way louder than the rest of the video. 👍
Had to turn down the Audio to not listen to the music just ruined the video for me .
nice video, the music is too loud and irritating.
Too much loud music 😡
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Good video but FFS enough of that hideous music!!!
Couldn't watch the whole video due to the noise pollution...
Filleting wastes so much flesh. Only ever do cutlets on a large flathead. Also, you can't cook a fillet evenly, because there is a thick end and a thin end.
NOTABOOS thanks mate
You really need to get some new music. Was cringing so bad when the music came on
Nick Kenny Fishing sorry mate, I am a doof doof fan.