Big Flatty Rig

[Strictlybmx]

hey,

im heading up to mallacoota cup weekend... just wondering what plastics i should get to get me a big lizzard?

ive heard some people run the 100mm squidgies, i know they have a bog mouth but is that over kill?

Cheers,

Karl.

[Chamelion]

100mm isn't overkill at all...

[Perky]

I usually go for plastics around the 3 to 3.5in mark so around the 75 -90mm mark.

That being said i have caught 60cm flathead on 2in plastics and 20cm flathead on the 6in sand worm pastics. So they will take a wide variety. Minnows usually work best for me on a 1/8 darter style jig head.

In terms of getting big flatties, for some reason all the best flatties i have seen from 75cm and up have been taken on hard bodies and usually trolling.

Hope that helps you mate.

[kingy1978]

Certainly not overkill mate even up to a 145mm squidgy flick bait for a big crocodile. Once I hooked a 30cm tailor fought the fish then had a big weight on the end of the line and thought it was a big clump of weed, when it surfaced a big lizard about 90cm rose to the top and opened her mouth and the tailor swum out. They are certainly not afraid to take massive plastics only problem is you will be limiting your species to big flatties and jewies only. These are really the only two big enough and aggressive enough to take such big offerings at Coota.

[Chamelion]

My biggest flatties have all been taken on 110mm flick baits with 3/8 ounce or 1/4 ounce heads.

[wizard]

heh mate, been fishin coota with placcies since 91'. I would just run a silver fox wriggler in 100mm on about a quarter oz head with at least a 2/0 hook. Btw the abt grand final starts on the thursday after cup day, gonna be plenty of big boats buzzin about !

big flatties love squidgy 100mm fish or flickbaits or 4inch gulp minnow on a 1/4 ounce jighead

[Strictlybmx]

thanks fellas

yeah i dont think ill get the 145mm ones ill need a new rod haha.

i have a few hard bodys but im not much of a troller, ive caught quiet a few to about 60cm but nothing much bigger than that. a mate caught a 89cm last year from there if i can beat that ill be happy lol......

[Strictlybmx]

Originally Posted by wizard

heh mate, been fishin coota with placcies since 91'. I would just run a silver fox wriggler in 100mm on about a quarter oz head with at least a 2/0 hook. Btw the abt grand final starts on the thursday after cup day, gonna be plenty of big boats buzzin about !

really dont want that we are staying for 9 days hoped we'd have it to our selfs after tuesday ((

[subs93]

ive got them on 110mm squidgy fish. The love it

[wizard]

Originally Posted by Strictlybmx

really dont want that we are staying for 9 days hoped we'd have it to our selfs after tuesday ((

Thursday-pre fish
Fri-day one
Sat-day two
Sunday- top 20 shootout........ see you there !

[Strictlybmx]

Originally Posted by wizard

Thursday-pre fish
Fri-day one
Sat-day two
Sunday- top 20 shootout........ see you there !

yeah for sure!!

maybe someone can give me a tow?? hahaha my little tinny wont quite keep up

[Breamingwithjoy]

I target almost all of my flatties on 5inch plastics so 100mm is tiny on my books. Look into grabbing some of the white Damiki Armour Shads. Bloody good on the lizards

[The G factor]

Ive caught some big flatties on tiny zx 35's, and have seen some monster flatties caught on the same size vibes. Big flatties will happily eat a 3 inch plastic, as they will eat a 5 inch. Personally Id go 4 inch for a happy medium, jerkshads, fish, flickbaits, even turtleback worms are kill fished on a heavy jig head. Their fluttering tail attracts heaps of attention and I have seen pictures of some huge 80cm+ fish on them in pumpkinGREEN.

I thought it was a typo, but turns out there is a colour called pumpkin green! Bought some and tried them, worked awesome!

[Strictlybmx]

jig do u use with the armour shad?