Giant 95cm flathead on a swimbait!
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- G'day Legends! This week see's some giant flathead caught on Swimbaits as well as some other great flathead hits and misses! one thing we can all agree on is the fish Whytey caught was an absolute donkey!
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hey mate are those blue bottle in the water in the first clip?
Yes, yes, 50 cm
55 on bass yabbie always looking for a big one at tyers or wonbyn lake
Hi Sammy, my biggest flathead went 88cm in the tweed caught on a 3 inch white Paddletail. Keep up the great vids and fingers crossed I actually win 🤞🤘😁Cheers buddy
With the subs I am and I live in the Gold Coast region and if I do win I cannot use the zerek but I can use the Savage gear mullet swim and my biggest flathead is 99.5cm
I was just up from Sydney at Woy Woy and we were staying with some friends after going to Sydney and they live on the canals. They were both into piloting and didn't really fish but they had an old fishing rod in the shed and old rusty hook I just wanted to fish so I caught some baby prawns in the barnicles of the canal "pier" and to my suprize I caught a 35-40cm flatty. Not big but it has a good story I don't know how it saw the small prawn but it must have gone for the reflection of the hook in the sun. I don't know if this still counts for the competition because it wasnt big or caught on a softy or swimbait but its a good story I will never forget. I was 13 at the time I'm 15 now still fishing.
I watch your videos because I think it’s awesome that you return most fish. I’m not against keeping a feed as I’ll take a nice bit of fish over a steak any day. I just noticed this video is 2 years old lol.
G'day legend, loving the latest content.
Pinned and landed at 72cm dusky on 8lb, slow rolling a 7 inch Zerek flat shad inbetween shallow weed beds. An experience that's been hard to beat.
Cheers mate.
My best flathead, a few years ago, is just over 80cm caught in the Nelligen river on a live poddy mullet, released without harm. Beautiful fish in a beautiful location near some oyster leases. Great memories for ever and just what fishing is about.
i fish there a lot that fish would be over a metre now if it’s still swimming around 👍👍
holy cow that was epic as dude. one of those moments where u were at the right place right time n was filming everything correctly
61cm on a bassday sugar deep, chasin the elusive 3 metre Flatty!
Caught a 45cm tailor, 44cm flathead and a 82cm flathead within 15mins of each other on a $5 dollar savage gear diving lure at jumpinpin. With the big girl being captured with 2 glamour fisheries ladies watching on jetski's! Won't forget that day.
GOTTA BE IN TO WIN ,
Haven’t had any luck with the flathead yet , but a good prize pack can and will change that , cheers Sammy ,
BIGGEST FLATTY COMP - biggest flat head was late afternoon while fishing the rock walls located in Bunbury W.A Australia. un-waited mullie with gang hooks chasing tailor only to hook up on a lizard topping a very small 17cm. this was my first ever flatty and honestly never thought they were located in these areas. let the little fella go :) even tho this small lizard wasn't my target species, i was smiling all the way home :)
Iv heard about bigger ones caught south of were I was fishing in smaller inlets but havnt had much luck......now iv seen this video, I'm now going to try a different approach... THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP AND TIPS.
My biggest flatty was caught near Jumpinpin, about 3 weeks ago on a Zman 4” Diesel Minnow. 71 cm and so solid. I was just cruising past a small creek mouth that was flowing out with the run out tide over a shallow sand bank. I thought to myself, there just HAS to be a flatty sitting there. Second cast with a slow roll and bang, new PB. I was stoked. Have just started surface fishing for Flathead with Slapstix, but haven’t tried a glide bait yet. Would absolutely love to win this man. Tight lines Sammy. Love the vids.
G'day Mate, congratulations you were one of the lucky winners! please contact me Via Instagram to arrange postage!
Sammy Hitzke Fishing Wow. That’s so awesome, Thanks so much mate. Have sent you a message on insta.
Awesome vid Sammy Hitzke, great to see Nick Whyte still gets excited when he catches a big girl after the sheer numbers he’s caught over the years. Got me pumped to give swimbaiting a go that’s for sure. My biggest lure caught Flattie to date for the comp, a 94cm model caught on a Pearl Blue Glimmer 3” Zman MinnowZ up at Millionaires row near The Pin at the Classic a few years ago, I did get a 98cm years ago in the Tweed but that was on live bait so doesn’t count, LOL. Keep up the great work 👍🏻
Top video - that 95cm was a crocodile!!!!
my biggest went 85cm, on a pilchard cube !!! after 1000s of casts of everything from paddle tail and wriggler plackies. never any luck! looks like i've gotta try out these swim baits!
released nicely, and she swam off like nothing happened.
keep up the good work legend
Never caught a flatty but winning this would be a step in the right directing for me house boat holiday on the gold coast. Cheers mate keep the vids comin
Awesome video Sammy !! Keep up the amazing work Sammy !! I am loving the Estuary videos Sammy !! Thanks for the videos Sammy !! Cheers William !!
Great ep Sammy. Was fishing with a little live mullet, a fish was on but spat it, only had a bit of flesh and the tail left on the hook so threw it back down and landed my best flathead, 77cm, such and awesome trip.
Great vid Sammy. My PB Flatty was a 87cm caught on a live mullet drifting down the seaway wall.
I rarely laugh out loud from fishing videos, but 11:14 was crack up. Thanks for that.
willem powerfish would be proud, awesome video mate
Hey Sammy, I caught a 65cm flattie drifting in the Gold Coast seaway with a live Pike. Actually thought I was snagged until I got it up and saw the flattie floating there. Was actually drifting for Jewfish. But what a awesome bycatch.
Never caught a dog but can't wait to catch one!
Never caught a flat head and i don't live in Australia lol wish i did though your channel still rocks i watch it all the time
Loving the vids sammy! Keeps me wanting to get out for more.
Just a baby 63cm in the canals on a old green yabbie when i first got into plastic, yet to pop the cherry on the big baits though.
I haven’t caught a flathead. Keep up the awesome videos Sammy
Mad session mate i love targeting flathead I've only been lure fishing about a year and my pb flattie so far is 61cm caught on an opening night slim swim cheers for the entry keep it up legend
Mate i love a good flathead fish! Biggest is sitting at the 76cm mark, but the real story is the 3rd time I took the missus fishing she lands a 84cm flathead first cast and I stuffed up on using the camera and managed to get absolutely zero photos of her with it 🤦♂️
Keep the awesome vids rolling man love it.
my biggest flathead would be the 65cm one that i caught on a good ol prawn and hook, was a young chap got bored didnt fish for a couple hours just annoying dad and his mate then decide to have 1 last cast and there it was waiting for me. Such a great video sammy you legend
76 cm on a live mullet fishing for barra in a creek thanks Sammy for the opportunity to win awesome swimbaits
hooked but not landed on a live bait maroochy river. Was to big (wide) to get head in a twenty liter bucket, as i had no net and was on my own land based off a rock wall. soooo devo. LOVE LOVE LOVE your work.
Only just started fishing again been going to a local boat ramp and practicing lures/rigging/casting with several different setups. Caught a 34cm flattie on a burkley shrimp soft plastic 2 weeks ago.
What a video mate! My best was a 52cm on a Savage gear mpp2 baitcaster with 10lb braid in a Shimano slx150 to a savage gear 3.5inch nuclear chicken shrimp.
Love your videos mate, keep it up!
I mainly fish offshore and have caught 52cm flattie in 80m of water.
Would love to get more into flathead fishing especially when the wind is up.
Cheers.
Pb Dusky Flathead stands at 79cm caught on and unweighted mullet strip. Caught plenty of smaller flatties on lures but still grinding for the big big. Swim n Glide baits are certainly the way to go!
Nice Sammy yep big flatties love the glide baits, biggest for me was 73cm on a Zman 4inch paddle tail in motor oil and next was 68cm on 2.5 in crawz also motor oil both of the flats and shallow mud banks in the passage.. awesome fun and lots of casts but it pays off.
Great vid mate
My best Flatty is 88cm caught on a 95mm double clutch in 300mm of water, cheers Mick
I a 76cm flathead on a 3 inch bloodworm curl tail. Love your videos keep up the good work
I live in the desert so dont get alot of flatties but last month my partner and our 6 month old took our old caravan we renovated and an old tinnie on the roof of my ute with a 3.3 merc and done a month long trip along NSW and VIC coast. I was lucky enough to get a bit of fishing in along the trip and the biggest flatty i got was a 74cm model on a 95mm double clutch in tuross lake.
Got shivers when I saw that stonefish
Great video once again Sammy. My biggest so far is 83cm on the 95 Diawa Double clutch, Lazer Ayu. Such an adrenaline rush. Giddy Up!
I got a 75cm flatty at Bribie Island on my daughters 1-3kg rod, 10lb line, on an 75mm atomic shiner silver wolf lure. I was stoked!
Biggest went 76cm on a jackal squirrel. Love these lures for flathead but keen as mustard to give swim and glide baiting ago
Hey ledgand.... 67cm last Friday down at the entrance. Was using a samaki whitebait vibe. This thing smashed it on the drop in about 1.6m of water. Love catching these fish 🐟🐟🐟🤞🤞🤞🤞🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
Hey Sammy, cool vid mate. My most memorable and biggest flatty catch was a 78cm on 4inch zman diesel in pearl at the Noosa river mounth. Cheers mate👌
I see that you had the net set up pre-fish lol nice work
My PB croc went 95, it was the first proper memorable fish I caught about 2 weeks after I bought my first little tinnie when I was 18, was that excited I could barely breath! Have been #madkeen ever since!!!
Great vid mate.
42 cm is my biggest , just got back into wetting a line. Late 80s in the navy was my last real go at it. Having a ball now though. 🤙
best so far - 65cm Flathead on a gem vibe
Some nice big lizards there mate.
My biggest flathead is 87cm on a live poddy mullet. Was visiting my cousin down sussex inlet, NSW. Caught it in the backyard of my cousins house in one of the river systems from the sea to the basin. Second biggest is 62cm in lake Illawarra, NSW.
My biggest flathead is 88cm caught on a fresh livey chasing kings.
I live in Sydney Australia and would love to get in to those lures.
Been a big fan for a while my whole family watches you and we always watch your hack vids when we are in Bcf
G’day Sammy probably got a better chance of winning lotto with the amount of entries here mate😂.my biggest was 88cm on an 80 mm squidgy fish in the silver fox colour. Another great vid mate.
Biggest flatty i got was 49cm on the good old prawn bait looking to my PB asap ha cheers sammy keep up the good work
Hey Sammy, great video! My biggest flathead was 87cm and it took me by surprise while hopping a savage 3D shrimp along a weedy edge at one of my local fishing spots. Those savage 3D shrimps have caught me plenty of good fish! Keen to give these glide baits a crack to see if I can top my PB with a real 🐊! 😎🎣
Best flatty was an 82 cm pearler on a 5’ jerk shad in nuclear chicken. Took out the Pinehirst Poachers annual flatty comp (bunch of mates catching up). Was blowing a gale, fingers were numb, other soft poachers had pulled the pin and gone home. Persistence persistence persistence.
My biggest flathead was only 40cm. It was caught from the Lake Illawarra bridge at Windang on whitebait using a smallish longshank hook. The fish to hook ratio was so out of whack that the hook was basically straight when I got the fish up to the top of the bridge (it was legal to fish off that bridge back in the day)
Love the vid, never used swim baits but keen to get in. Biggest flathead 87cm on a Gold Bomber, chasing barra
Biggest flatty so far has been 69cm on a zerek tango shad. Great videos Sammy!!
Hey mate once again an awesome video keep it up
My biggest flathead went 75cm on a piece of Pilchard
biggest flatty i ever caught was just over 40cm from memory using a frog mouth pilchard, only just starting too look at lures thats why ive been watching you because you show techniques and explain what lures your using
On crescent head back beach. Cruising down the beach pulled up at a gutter on low tide. Dropped about 3 on a soft plastic, switched to a Berkley shimma shad, first cast 55cms flatty🤙
Another awesome video Sammy, biggest Flathead I have caught is 68cm on o lively lures micro mullet in pink bit color.
Cheers legend
Well done. Love it. 😃🐟🐟👍
Hey Sammy 90cm is my personal best on a kayak. on a Zman 4inch Diesel...Same day I dropped a metre plus doing netting where the Double Clutch lure got caught on the net and gone. also caught 8 other all above 70cm on the same day and area could say it was a great day. cheers
Hey Sammy cracking vid , my biggest flatty is 79cm caught on a zerek flat shad on the Gold Coast in about 25cm of water. I’d love to start swim baiting 😊
G'day Sammy, best landed I think is 830 on a Mann's stretch 20+ during the very 1st Flathead Classic.
77, the Old squidgy fish in gary glitter, weapon of a flatty plastic that one🤘
Sammy! Pb flatty was 67cm off an artificial reef on a chasebait squid. Definately was not expecting it
Hey Sammy - biggest was a 42cm flathead off the shore at the poo shute on the Brisbane River. Would love to get into something a bit bigger with this prize pack. Thanks legend
That flatty is a tank check out the thickness of her and I love the fact you release the big breeders. Ive never caught a horse of a flatty and only caught then on bait. Would definitely love to try glide baits.
Keep up the great work Sammy love your vids
Hey Sammy, another great video mate! Biggest flathead would have to be 65cms on Zman motor oil grub. Very keen to get into glide baiting to land a big girl!
G’day Sammy love your videos mate!!
My best lizard went 87cm, managed to snag him on a zerek fish trap down at the pin bar
65cm flathead on a zman grub down at Tinnie creek is my PB
Love the channel!!
I caught a 42cm flatty in the pumistone passage on a bit of pilchard while I was trying to get a backlash out
Love flathead fishing. largest is only 62cm. keen to hook up on glide baits but need a big rod like you say.
Great vid. PB is a 54 on a soft plastic. I've been wanting to try swim baits for flatties but finding it hard to get lures in the local shops.
Biggest I’ve caught is a 78cm flatty caught on a savage gear baby bass curly tail soft plastic in a yak... was a good purchase when they had them for sale for $2.50 a pack 🎣🎣🎣
Loving the vids mate, keep it up!
PB on the troll with a Manns Stretch 5+ 'Wild Shiner' inside of deep water bend @ Bald hills, produced a fat bellied female Lizard at 76cm that was released of course! Pflueger Trion HM45 4-7kg with a Diawa HRF and NFI on the line size 👍🍻 Yeh the boys!!
3:31 flattys are busting up out the back there
Some solid fish in the comments. My PB sits at 75 from the Richmond river. Miscast a small diver and as I was cracking it back she smacked it. Straightened all but 1 treble
My biggest flathead is 65cm caught on a 95mm zerek fishtrap, even though it was 10pm at night raining and windy as ever it was so worth it !🎣
Biggest flathead I've caught is 70cm on a squidgy fish paddle tail on a light Uglystick rod with 10lb mono
Fishing Tuross heads, on the south coast, court a 46cm dusty flathead using prawns as bait. It’s my PB and would love one new gear to try my luck with a giant lizard!
Best of luck everyone!
My biggest lizard is 79cm caught in the Bribie passage in about 200mm of water tucked in close to a mangrove on a 95mm Diawa double clutch I would love to upgrade and My goal for next year is to get one on a glide bait and a surface lure. Love the channel make keep up the good work 👍👍
62 on a soft plastic. Love the videos.
Biggest flatty THIS year went 88cm using 3" holt productions white spot prawn, 8lb J braid, 10lb burkley vanish flurocabon, diawa itchy twitchy rod and stadic 2500 reel... all from your local BCFing expert shop 😋
Great channel Sammy , caught a 69cm Flattie off Bribie island in the passage ....
Hey Sammy,
Love ya vids mate. Always a great watch
My biggest Flatty was 75cm on a soft plastic
Hoping I can top that with a swimbait !
Cheers
Nicea one Mr Sammy, pick me pick me. My best Flatty experience was at Toogoom near Hervey Bay working the incoming tide for winter whiting, Hooked and landed a nice 45 50 mm on a fresh yabby, l bagged it in my cotton fish sling bag then unhooked it one handed, then the brute got active. It wiggle walked and twisted it's way up the insides of my shoulder bag and was back in the water in seconds and gone.. leaving me stunned, such incredible strength to physically barge it's way vertically upwards. Must have been looking for more yabbies to munch on..
My pb flatty so far is 67cm, caught whilst fishing at night in my kayak on a good old fashioned prawn.
I still feel that the one I caught at South Ballina when I was 7 is my biggest -to be fair, it's gotten bigger over time but in reality it was about 40cm :). But it was off the beach on a green prawn with a 8' glass rod and an old Alvey and it was my first lizard. The best bit was that I was screaming to my dad that I had something (like I had done with every cast) and he just went "it's weed" because that's all he had landed so far - so I got it in on my own and I was so stoked - and nearly 40 years later all the other flattys aren't as important as that first one.
Biggest fish is 71 on a Berkeley chatruse jerk shad at Maclean nsw on the Clarence river on 8lb
I caught my largest flathead in the myall river it was 68cm on small black and silver deep diver thanks for the great video so keen to get back out there merry christmas
Used to fish with the old man down south in Newcastle as a young fella. Always excited to bring home a bit of dinner. Biggest one would’ve been 50cm. Haven’t matched the feat up here yet. Not through lack of trying though.
Hey Sammy, great vid mate. That 95 flatty was a stonka! I hit up the Swan River in Perth a few years ago now and managed to land my PB to date, a 71cm flatty on a Zman Diesel Minnow. Haven't targeted these fish for a while now so would be good to try your recommended gear out if I'm lucky enough. Cheers mate, lovin ya content and keep em coming.
Mate the biggest flatty I’ve caught was 52...no monsters yet! Caught on a nice bit of pilly! 😅 Hopefully I can hook a few with the new swim baits aye. Legend Sammy!
Sammy have fished the top end of Bribie passage opposite Caloundra. Been there once with my son and got naff and was wondering if you could do one on CZcams again if you have done it already thanks
Bill
Largest flatty being 58cm on a zman plastic, would be a sick little kit to get into glide baiting.
36cm flathead on Pilchards. Big Rabbs 🎣
G’day Sammy ya bloody golden snorkel! How ya been old dog? Ya been catchen that many flattys at the pin lately we might have to start callin ya the croc hunter! Just watch out for them stingrays ya bloody kookabarra. Well mate, I pulled up a 3 meter flatty last week while poppin for some GT’s Hahaha nah yeah nah mate, just pullin your 7 foot dobins rod ya bloody pilchard eatin pelican. My biggest brown shovel was 68cm on the old grub tail soft placcy. Tell ya what mate, she hit like a bloody road train goin down the Nullarbor. While I got ya cobb, would much appreciate whatcha handed out there, would look good in the ol tacklebox, not the one the misso soup gets to go through though hahahah ya dirty dingo. Anyway ol cobba mornay, I gotta run Hooroo plugga!
Get the dogs
Never caught one. But I would love to chase the monsters on glide baits. Looks like great fun 🔥🎣
Hey Sammy my biggest flatty was 60cm on a squidgy bio tough natural colour I would love to win these glide baits as I would love to expand my tackle box with variety and more options to chase big flatty keep up the good work mate love the vids.