Giant 95cm flathead on a swimbait!

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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[@therealfoley9328]

hey mate are those blue bottle in the water in the first clip?

[@frankfowler7009]

Yes, yes, 50 cm

[@jonboyle326]

55 on bass yabbie always looking for a big one at tyers or wonbyn lake

[@yannosadrenalinfishing3794]

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

[@perrysfishing]

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

[@nicolassulejic6643]

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.

[@angelaboulton4934]

Hey Sammy. Another great vid mate. Caught my pb flatly on a 7inch jerk shad in nuke chicken and she went 82. Will have to give the glide baits a go.. do you ever fish them from shore?

[@pauldean6419]

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 ,

[@jamiedouglas2809]

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 👍🏻

[@bigfish6259]

Hey mate, I was chasing flaty down at Fraser last week and got obsessed with chasing the fish. What are some nice locations to catch these bugers?

[@BasicFishingNZ]

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

[@danieloshannassy5733]

61cm on a bassday sugar deep, chasin the elusive 3 metre Flatty!

[@JVCKOWENS]

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.

[@tehliaoshea1643]

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.

[@tmbees]

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

[@matthewlewis8390]

Great vid Sammy. My PB Flatty was a 87cm caught on a live mullet drifting down the seaway wall.

[@grahamlawrence5252]

Hi Sammy, I caught a 93 cm flatty at Noosa on a 3” plastic about 12 years ago, unfortunately have been unable to catch a big one since, just started to try a swim bait, bought the savage ones for $5 on special a few months ago, have had a couple of follows but no fish as yet, will keep trying.

[@amasterfishing5544]

Nice one, Sammy, must be Sunday again, was so afraid that stone fish's gonna jump while you release it...btw, from what size (cm) upwards do you start to call flatty girls? over 60cm ones I reckon?

[@BROADWATERCABINETS]

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.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

G'day Mate, congratulations you were one of the lucky winners! please contact me Via Instagram to arrange postage!

[@BROADWATERCABINETS]

Sammy Hitzke Fishing Wow. That’s so awesome, Thanks so much mate. Have sent you a message on insta.

[@jsh6266]

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.

[@erinyes4833]

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.

[@thomasnelson6083]

i fish there a lot that fish would be over a metre now if it’s still swimming around 👍👍

[@nathancampbell8878]

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.

[@ricedwards8756]

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. 🤙

[@paulvictor9368]

Sammy, I have ever caught one. 37cm. By the way, why are you fishing with gloves?

[@williamatta3279]

Awesome video Sammy !! Keep up the amazing work Sammy !! I am loving the Estuary videos Sammy !! Thanks for the videos Sammy !! Cheers William !!

[@daveshinners3202]

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

[@jono1309]

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!

[@adrianfield7126]

Best flathead caught by me would have been the 60cm big girl i caught down at Foster NSW on a Hard Body that i couldnt remember if i tried( About 20years ago). Biggest in QLD was about 45cm on Savage Gear 3D Manic Shrimp in Gold. What would you recommend gear wise to throw a 4.5 Zerek Live Mullet.

[@DANHAV13]

Fishing for whiting using cockles got a bite was winding that in and bang 57cms of flat head took my whiting of oh about 33cms sooo was I using whiting or cockles?

[@seanohara4464]

Have only caught small flathead that havnt been worth measuring lol but have just bought a new yak so will targeting them soon so keen for lures to try out mate.

[@dustymules]

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.

[@chrisprice2113]

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

[@mhfishing.]

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.

[@MC-rs4zh]

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.

[@mqcamo]

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👌

[@exploring_foggs]

Another awesome video Sammy, biggest Flathead I have caught is 68cm on o lively lures micro mullet in pink bit color. Cheers legend

[@murrayprosser5082]

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.

[@xentoran]

Love flathead fishing. largest is only 62cm. keen to hook up on glide baits but need a big rod like you say.

[@kaynefryday1251]

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.

[@michealw1241]

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.

[@simonlee8327]

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.

[@michaelhone4258]

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.

[@gavmatthews6168]

Hi Sammy, great vid as usual. My biggest lizard to date went 89cm, caught on a Zerek live shrimp, 3 1/2”. I haven’t fished for a few years but just about finished my project tinny, itching to get back into it. Cheers.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Nice mate! Hope you get out there soon 🍻🍻

[@lukegudino2657]

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 🐊! 😎🎣

[@Deansaville61]

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

[@88flathead]

Great vid mate My best Flatty is 88cm caught on a 95mm double clutch in 300mm of water, cheers Mick

[@Rawnfella]

I rarely laugh out loud from fishing videos, but 11:14 was crack up. Thanks for that.

[@williampepper3572]

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 KZbin again if you have done it already thanks Bill

[@kristianpennisi1372]

I haven’t caught a flathead. Keep up the awesome videos Sammy

[@jasperhall3756]

my biggest flathead was a 72cm croc that I actually caught on bait using prawns but I would love to get into using lures and I think theses lures will be a great start.

[@mikes3213]

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.

[@johngilbert6538]

Hi Sammy, I haven’t caught a flatty in years. Seeing as I now live in Nth Qld, but I reckon that pack might help me get a 3 meter flatty. Great video as always👍🏻

[@brendenwilson9262]

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.

[@CastingLures]

Hey bro, mine was 73cm on a Jackal Transam. They are a gun lure for deep water flatties

[@teamroddogiddyupfishing6971]

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!

[@mellittle3543]

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 😊

[@bradholovati9858]

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

[@clintsyakin6844]

great channel mate, Love watching. My personal best was an 85cm donkey of a flathead I caught on a 40 mm black bream crankbait fishing among the oyster leases that bricked me twice around poles in less than a meter of water

[@jus76naround71]

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 🐟🐟🐟🤞🤞🤞🤞🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@braydenmobbs1334]

Never caught a dog but can't wait to catch one!

[@allenkirkland1965]

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

[@rileyhughes2104]

Hey Sammy my biggest flathead that I have caught was 68cm and this was down at the Gippsland lakes, I caught it on a little 3 inch z man in the motor oil colour.Hopefully I can get my hands on some of those lures and give them a flick. And yes I do have an Australian address. Cheers.

[@jackmortlock9217]

Hey mate once again an awesome video keep it up My biggest flathead went 75cm on a piece of Pilchard

[@aceganter4478]

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

[@ryburn83]

willem powerfish would be proud, awesome video mate

[@justchipsfishing8951]

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.

[@davidcooke7661]

I see that you had the net set up pre-fish lol nice work

[@jie000]

Love the vid, never used swim baits but keen to get in. Biggest flathead 87cm on a Gold Bomber, chasing barra

[@2bnvsfishing]

Hey mate, my PB flatty is 58cm and just my luck I caught it deadsticking a 2 inch gulp shrimp behind me in the kayak while i was flicking ahead. My biggest i actually contributed to catching was a 56cm on a pink zman 4 inch curltailz. Cheers for the tips at Everton Park the other day 👍

[@darcyhill6581]

Biggest went 76cm on a jackal squirrel. Love these lures for flathead but keen as mustard to give swim and glide baiting ago

[@lachlanhinke9739]

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

[@gregjobson2963]

Hey chief, Best lizard I caught was the Illawarra classic 2018, off the bank coz boat was up the shit, a crappy Kmart rod and a piece of 4hr sun baked prawn went 54cm. Still wasn’t good enough to win but was a good mornings fishing.. see how 2020 goes. Cheers

[@chrismiller1155]

65cm flathead on a zman grub down at Tinnie creek is my PB Love the channel!!

[@zackemp7637]

Caught my biggest flathead on a micro jig ahaha. I was jigging a small little jig in a bait school in about 15 foot of water and this flathead smashed the jig just as it hit the bottom. Haha the fish ended up going 75cm which is not the biggest flatty in the world but was certainly a surprise on a jig. Haha cheers Sammy and thanks for the awesome content

[@TheUaeb]

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 👍👍

[@redman9098]

Hey Sammy. My best flatty is 57cm on a 3inch chartreuse black charley brewers slider originals. But i know i have had some big ones on soft vibes but drag was to tight. Keep up the good work and tight lines.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

G'day Mate, congratulations you were one of the lucky winners! please contact me Via Instagram to arrange postage!

[@matthewburke3366]

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

[@63off]

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)

[@killerslothgaming9568]

Hey mate been a subscriber for a long time and haven’t yet caught a flatty although when the missus and I went to Coffs Harbour she caught one. Would love to give those gilde baits a go. They also look like they would be mint on Murray cod

[@revhead757]

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

[@wildtraka]

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

[@Stakes86]

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.

[@CLAY-bn6kb]

I a 76cm flathead on a 3 inch bloodworm curl tail. Love your videos keep up the good work

[@eionmark7424]

What swimbaits did you use in this?

[@wellzy222]

Hey Sammy, my pb is a 84cm caught on a squidgy bio tough 110mm paddle tail

[@Braides96]

Hey Sammy, best flathead so far went 67cm on the little zman slimswim 2.5 inch plastic in motor oil colour

[@lukereid2125]

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

[@ryburn83]

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

[@cameronsharlen-robertson1068]

My biggest flatty was a 83cm rig taken on a gancraft jointed claw on the northern rivers. Great way to hook someone to swimbaiting catching a pb first cast. Since then that lure has been absolutely destroyed and won’t swim straight so some new ones would be super

[@aaronlouw02]

My biggest flatty is out of the Jumpin pin and only went 50cm, on mullet..... but I’m going on a flatty hunt soon and would love some new lures 🤙🤙

[@willcoates9729]

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

[@UncleTokes]

Nice vid bro My pb was on a zerek fish trap 90 Went 78cm

[@manr.9106]

Hi Sammy, my biggest flathead is only 62 cm, caught on a squidgie red white 7cm soft plastic. This bit on a bream setup with 6lb leader on 8lb braid.

[@stevedonaldson2373]

Hi sammy steve here i love my flatty fishing i have got a few at 750mm on soft plactics but my best is 900mm on a live squid

[@NelsonPhilipsInsanitynArt]

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!

[@mickdakers1241]

G'day Sammy, best landed I think is 830 on a Mann's stretch 20+ during the very 1st Flathead Classic.

[@jasetheace8102]

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!

[@robmarshall8719]

Great channel Sammy , caught a 69cm Flattie off Bribie island in the passage ....

[@michaelfabriracing]

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!

[@GettinHookd]

Get the dogs

[@shaynesebire2983]

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.

[@rileydunlop69]

whats that swimbait reel you are using

[@bigjay5594]

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!!

[@joshknight9208]

What the name off the company that does the wooden carvings?

[@jackmorgan572]

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.