Flathead hardbodies "?????????.?.

[William007620]

What type of hardbodies do u guys use for flathead I've never really tried it want to try soon what do I need luresconfused:

[Kyle101]

Kangoku Shad is my all time best flattie slayer.

Although any deep crank/shad will do the damage with an appropriate colour to suit the conditions, flathead generally arent the smartest fish and will eat anything that is presented well for them so give any deep divers a crack and im sure you will nail some in no time

[brunsbreambo]

Micro Mullet for trolling Atomic Cranks DD go well for casting

[bargeass]

Anything that runs deep enough to bang into the bottom and kick up some dirt

[breaming125]

why not use soft plastics, they work way better then hards and cheaper

[FishoStu]

I got a couple on the weekend with a coltminnow including one to 54cm.

[forsterfisho]

Hi mate

I've had great success on the Cranka Shad when actually targetting flathead, BBQ prawn, camo prawn and pink bitts being the stand outs

I've caught my 3 biggest flathead on Cranka lures with a 80cm flathead taking a liking to a crank, a 75cm crock taking a like to Cranka Vibe and a 74cm fish eating a blue gil shallow crank.

I've caugh them on chubbies, sammy's, skinny pops, stiffy poppers, zx blades, cult minnows...

[little_ash_25]

crankas, daiwa double clutch and pontoon 21 (greedy guts)

[Canoe]

Tilsan bass or micro mullet

[Moist]

do you really need that many question marks????????????????

anyway you will catch flathead on just about any crank bait, bright and flashy colours will work better

[distractor]

I'm with forsterfisho on this. Cranka shads in the BBQ prawn colour work great in my area.
I'll also throw in the Atomic deep cranks and TT Blade too.

[jgarner447]

Zipbaits khamsin jr -DR
I have caught lots of flattys on this lure and is my number 1 go to lure when throwing hards at flattys

[Green Hornet]

Originally Posted by bargeass

Anything that runs deep enough to bang into the bottom and kick up some dirt

+1
The main factor for a flathead hardbody is that it is running down on the bottom.

[Yellafella]

Originally Posted by Green Hornet

+1
The main factor for a flathead hardbody is that it is running down on the bottom.

As per the previous comments, good advice.

A good cheapy that works really well for good size flathead are the old manns stretch 5+ etc. The advantage with the stretch are they are cheap, run well in current, dive almost vertically down (so you're on the bottom quicker), and they dig up sand and bang in to structure which sends flattys crazy. One of the bigger online tackle stores had the red head colour being cleared out at $2.50 each becuase they had blemishes (still will work heaps well on a flatty), still on too.

Also I find when I fish my ecogear cx35's for bream I always get a bycatch of flattys; ok if you're running good leader, but heart in mouth stuff if you're running light for bream bites.

[Hi Tech]

The smaller gold bomber goes alright too