Can you catch flathead with lures?

Can you catch flathead with lures?

Flathead are a great species for beginners to target on lures as they can be caught all around Australia with lots of easily accessible land based spots in rivers, estuaries and beaches all along the coast so you don’t need a boat to catch them.

What’s the best lure to catch flathead?

Alright, let’s get rigged and into a few flat fish!

• ZMan 3″ MinnowZ. The number one flathead plastic for me would have to be the ZMan 3″ MinnowZ, the perfect baitfish.
• ZMan 2.5″ Slim SwimZ.
• ZMan 4″ Scented Jerk ShadZ.
• ZMan 4″ StreakZ Curly TailZ.
• ZMan 2.5″ TRD CrawZ.

What do you use to catch flathead?

Even though flathead will eat just about everything that is put in front of them, some baits will stand out more than others. At the top of my list of baits would be live ones. Poddy mullet, yellowtail, slimy mackerel, pilchards, whitebait, blood, tube and beach worms, plus the pink nipper and spider crabs.

How do you rig a lure for flathead?

The slow roll – Cast your plastic or lure and wait a few seconds for it to hit the bottom, then simply do a slow continuous retrieve of your reel knows as the slow roll. This is great with curl tails, and paddle tail plastics as the natural action of the lure a foot or two above the bottom is dynamite for flathead.

What is the best time to catch flathead?

The best time to get yourself a nice Flathead is during the day, two – three days lead up to the full moon and the following two- three days after. The preferred tide time would be high tide 7-9Am and fish the run out from the top of the tide down. The fish will be most active two hours after the top of the tide.

Which is the best lure for Flathead fishing?

Best Flathead Soft Plastics and Lures 2021 A really good alternative to the Zmans is the Savage Gear Fat Curl tails. You have seen me features these in many videos recently. I generally use the 8cm in UV motor oil and they catch just about everything, flathead, snapper, snook, salmon, mulloway I even caught a squid on one.

Which is the best worm to catch flathead?

Let’s start with an oldie but a goodie the Berkley gulp 4-inch turtleback worm. I have caught countless flathead with this soft plastic. They come in a few different colours, this is my preferred colour which is camo. There biodegradable which means they will naturally break down if left in the water.

What’s the best way to catch flatheads with soft plastics?

When soft plastics fishing for flatties I use 2 simple techniques. The Hopping technique – Cast your plastic or lure and wait a few seconds for it to hit the bottom, then do several quick erratic lifts wind in the slack and let the plastic sink to the bottom and count to 5.

Where can I find flathead fish in Australia?

In Australia, flathead is an iconic bread and butter fish species found in many of our bays, rivers and estuaries. They are quite easy to target with a whole range of baits, lures and soft plastics. This makes them such a fun species to target.