Butchers Bite Ep 11 - Lake Mac Spring Bite 🎣 & Flathead Action (Plus By-Catch)

Описание: Spring is here and Lake Macquarie is alive with bait, birds, and flathead on the chew! 🌊 In this episode of Butcher’s Bite, we hit the estuary flats and channels during the spring bite chasing flathead on soft plastics. While the fish weren’t giants, the action was steady with plenty of bites and good signs for the season ahead.

✅ What you’ll see in this video:

Casting soft plastics for flathead in Lake Macquarie

Spring fishing tactics in warming water 🌞

Sounder tips for finding bait schools & ambush points

Small flathead action and what it means for the season ahead

Lake Macquarie fishing conditions during the spring bite

📍 Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW Australia
🎣 Target species: Dusky Flathead (plus by-catch)
🔑 Techniques: Soft plastics, lure casting, estuary fishing

If you’re planning to fish Lake Macquarie this spring, this video gives you a look at what’s biting and where.

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 – Intro & setting up for a spring session
01:05 – First hookup (small flathead)
03:10 – Brimbo on the board 🎣
04:50 – Taylor in the mix
06:30 – Chaos as the salmon bust up begins
08:10 – First salmon landed
09:40 – Double hook-ups on light gear
12:15 – Moving locations to chase schools
13:00 – Shallow water switch & lure change
13:20 – First flathead on soft plastics
14:30 – Sight fishing flathead smash
17:20 – Another flathead on the drop
18:10 – Heartbreak: lost metery hookup 💔
20:30 – More flathead & lure testing
23:40 – Solo spring afternoon session begins
25:00 – Saved by the neighbour with bait delivery
26:20 – Night fishing setup (glow beads, burley)
27:30 – Flathead success after dark
28:50 – Another flathead and a small squire
30:50 – Bites picking up mid-run-out tide
31:40 – Wrap up & reflections on the session

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