I Can't Believe It! || The Hunt for the Metre Flathead

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10 ай бұрын

Last year I set the goal of catching a metre Flathead on big swimbaits over the spring months but was unable to crack the full metre. It didn't sit right with me that I hadn't yet caught that big girl, so this year I started early travelling all over New South Wales and Queensland try to achieve the impossible.
I fished my local at Tweed Heads, my not so local up on the Gold Coast and many other spots up and down the coast.
I love challenging myself and this video was so fun to make, I hope this inspires you to get out there and really challenge yourself.
Tight Lines,
Mark Berg

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@MattsFishingEscapes 10 ай бұрын

Rodney is still the star 🌟! He so deserves the rocky theme music coz he's always fighting...Rodney doesn't get invited to Ballina? Coz he's the champ🏆! Still happy for you Bergy... but next time take Rodney coz he'll find the 1M! 🎉😂

@samuelgeue999 5 ай бұрын

thank you so much for releasing that beast, the big breeders need more respect.

@dogmachine2406 10 ай бұрын

*Willem Powerfish has entered the chat*

@fishingandoutdoorstuff8051 10 ай бұрын

They have been caught in Qld… eurimbula back in about 1992. 106cm on a yabby while whiting fishing. Great ep Bergie, keep ‘em coming!

@roguefishing 10 ай бұрын

Beauty of a fish mate. I used to brag to my partner while watching your show about how I had caught a bigger flathead than Mark Berg, but now I can't do that. Epic stuff mate. Beat me by 3cms. Fish that big are honestly breathtaking to see in person. Ps would love to see you grind it out for the true metre plus specimen 👌

@steverichards9087 10 ай бұрын

Bloody great fish mate, time and patience really pays off in the end. Like most of us here, my dream too is to catch the elusive 1m flatty. My PB 78 cm at the pin a few years back, halco laser pro 45 1.5m. It was bloody great fight and she swam away beautifully to give us more flatty's to battle. Tight lines big fella. 🎣

@jamesbudworth9296 10 ай бұрын

1. 11 in a cast net Broadbeach Waters and 1.04 rod and reel are my biggest on the Gold Coast in 2004

@dennishall2696 8 ай бұрын

I live on the other side from where you caught that big flathead Mark. I’ve caught bigger, but not often, to be fair. Try snorkelling in the swimming area in the enclosed Shaw’s Bay. You can hang in the water over them and watch them watching you. Best not to fish there though. In summer, I can sometimes walk down to the water, and have a flatty on the plate in 15 mins

@michaelobrien1444 10 ай бұрын

Love watching your shows Thanks keep it up

@aaronclift4925 10 ай бұрын

Great ep, I particularly enjoyed the drone footage of flatty hitting lures 👏

@grafikkrime566 10 ай бұрын

What a highpoint, nice catch Mark. 30 years to catch that one mate, what a feeling it must have been

@shaneyule3484 10 ай бұрын

That drone footage is awesome 👌

@terencephilipstrydom4838 7 ай бұрын

Awesome catch! We'll done!

@jamieboydmusic6956 9 ай бұрын

Great fish!!! So broad!!!! I got one like that a few years back now in Cresent Head. Killick Creek. 87cm and similar in girth to yours. Congratulations on a massive PB. Fish of a lifetime. I hope you crack the metre one as well one day soon on camera for us all to see!

@lovefishncookn14 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations Bergie 👍😎🎣 stinking flathead. My PB is 80cm but that was using bait, I’m still that big girl on plastics.

@mardy7788 6 ай бұрын

Great video mate!

@outaboutwithmarkjustine3183 10 ай бұрын

well done bergie thats a massive flattie, well worth the time and effort you put into it!! i'm a addict member i wld love to go flattie fishing with you👍🏻😁🎣

@colbystar4557 2 ай бұрын

Great video guys! Just a FYI, plenty of 1m and 1m plus flatties have been caught in QLD though.

@jarrodtodd918 10 ай бұрын

Awesome mate! 👌👌

@ricktalbot6548 10 ай бұрын

well done mark what a nice flattie

@user-xt2xh5pq3m 9 ай бұрын

Great episode mate I would tip now in the Tweed 5 years ago landed 112cm you have seen the photo keep chasing mate you will nail it ✌️

@barearsedprospector4495 9 ай бұрын

Great vid Mark Ive just discovered your channel....being from the GC I much prefer fishing the Tweed. Ive been pulling some nice fatties off the end of Boyds Island, my PB is 70cm 2 weeks ago I pulled up a 63cm but dropped a stonker. I'm fishing from a Hobie PA14 chasing jacks now you've got some great vids on chasing those too.

@petermann7207 9 ай бұрын

Big fish stories right here. 😂😂😂

@kelliehundt 10 ай бұрын

So awesome 👏🏼 39:39 great size!! In my home town 👍🏼

@justinadams5159 9 ай бұрын

When a plan comes together!!

@rynoriffs6505 10 ай бұрын

GET THE DOG!

@Jpgundarun 10 ай бұрын

I believe I have seen a metre monster in the channel at Lake Illawarra. I was standing up in my front steer boat heading back toward Winding bridge on a rising tide and I spotted a shape in about 4 foot of water that made me turn around and go over the same spot again. All as I can say is it looked massive in about 4 foot of water so out of the water it would have definitely been a monster. By the time I anchored and tried to flick something out it was gone.

@robberlin2230 10 ай бұрын

Well done mate

@mattspinaze15 10 ай бұрын

I love how there's all those bream there at the Yamba Shores Tavern - great fun for the kids to give them a feed. If you go back to Ballina again try heading a little bit more upstream towards the flats around Burns Point and Emigrant Creek - there's always decent flattys there and last session we had a really big girl get near the boat just out of net range before she just shook her head and cruised off.

@The_Bushman 9 ай бұрын

I've landed a 73cm specimen up near Pimlico. I have on good authority there are much larger getting around too.

@mattspinaze15 9 ай бұрын

@@The_Bushman I'd believe it too - Pimlico to Wardell always seems to produce some big ones.

@tomclarke5786 10 ай бұрын

Is that a double clutch I saw at 15:25?? I never thought I'd see the day

@simonbardega5962 10 ай бұрын

You need to get down here to Gippsland, Lake Tyers if you want that metery Mark..

@suitinaute 9 ай бұрын

Nice fish.

@zacn2817 10 ай бұрын

Hats off to you for the dedication to the grind 🎉 Anyone know what make and model the last boat bergy was fishing out of in the richmond? Looks exactly like what I'm after

@nudgerss 10 ай бұрын

I caught a 70cm on 8lb line up in Mooloolaba last year. That was my biggest but back in England now chasing Pike, Perch and Trout.

@LongyAUS 10 ай бұрын

0:14:45 No, you didn't lose that fish, no you're not an idiot, that was the DAMN BANANA pure and simple.

@brettellis1837 10 ай бұрын

Omg omg what next 512mm bream lol love it.😂😂😂😂😂.

@samasim3944 10 ай бұрын

Go Uncle Rodney and Uncle Burgey 👌😁

@thaddeusnagas4253 9 ай бұрын

Thanks mate great fight greater fish

@kyus1974 10 ай бұрын

Got a 99cm in currumbin creek in 2007, on a metal vibe.

@TheAutisticEducator 10 ай бұрын

I've only caught 2 over a metre in 60 years of fishing. But I only use 6-pound line (4 pound with braid) and very light gear and have lost MANY!

@darrylmackie9184 10 ай бұрын

REALLY !

@TheAutisticEducator 9 ай бұрын

@@tjf5148 What was the point of this comment?

@TheAutisticEducator 9 ай бұрын

@@darrylmackie9184 yes really

@TomAtkinson-gq2wx 5 ай бұрын

Many moons ago I had the privilege to catch two over the magic metre mark at Ballina 1-8 and 1-10

@danielfarmer8012 10 ай бұрын

We're you fished in North Creek on the flats is in my apinyon the best large flathead fishing spot in ballina most of my massive flathead were cort in that creek.

@MrSkybeau 10 ай бұрын

Holly shitballs!!! That is a bloody big Lizard 😯😯

@tiller_gorilla7220 10 ай бұрын

My biggest is 96cm port hacking nsw.and a lil trick i learnt down at narooma to get big girls is to throw a few stinger hooks through a slapstix and unweighted in shallow water less then a metre

@jamessippel7489 10 ай бұрын

Well done mate. 👍

@user-ii5pe9qi6z 10 ай бұрын

You need to go to Lake Macquarie that’s were the monsters are mate

@afseale 10 ай бұрын

1080 bro……..ya got all the 4k gear…..lets go! Cool video anyway.

@needmoreboost6369 10 ай бұрын

2014 at Caloundra there 2 over 140cm were caught one of which was killed!

@redman2787 10 ай бұрын

you are mistaken i got one over a meter ono my whiting rod land based at the pin 20 years ago.and pelpole could not belive it when i let the big girl go before max catch limits. that is why we still have good fish and big girls out there

@jaigriggs3197 2 ай бұрын

my dad has, in the net in Queensland

@viol8r007 10 ай бұрын

Bergy you ok you look a little thin my man hope ya healthy ....

@collector7993 10 ай бұрын

At Tin can bay in Qld about 9 years ago I caught a 70 cm dusky flatty and thought it was terrific. About two months later I caught a 120 cm one and it blew me away. The jackal lure I always used is no longer available and I've never had another lure that performed so well. The big ones are only in certain areas and are very elusive.

@unclemarkyeatonshill5803 9 ай бұрын

Go over to Iluka and up the north arm

@aussietesla7821 10 ай бұрын

best to wet your hands before handling any fish so you don't rub off it's protective mucus with dry hands else its dead in a week or two.

@oliewray8357 10 ай бұрын

Come on mate so you're trying to say if you touch a flatty with dry hands it dies😂😂😂 that's so dumb

@aussietesla7821 10 ай бұрын

@@oliewray8357 done a lot of marine science work in the past breeding and handling marine fish particularly snapper , bream and mulloway....

@oliewray8357 10 ай бұрын

Only dry hands have the ability to kill them 😂😂 don't worry about hooking it netting it then having it thrash round the boat for a few minutes then lip gripping it and get a picture all that stuff is fine 😂😂but if you forget to dip your hand in the water it's dead 😂

@oliewray8357 10 ай бұрын

Did you do a lot of study's on the wet hand technique 😂 your a clown

@NashPercy 2 ай бұрын

How long is the zerek affinity

@johnlighton7025 10 ай бұрын

Well done but if I watch someone catch the metery it has to be ...

@davidrich2389 10 ай бұрын

What lure was that minnow called

@MarkBergFishingAddiction 4 ай бұрын

Duo Tide Minnow Slim

@tightlines106 10 ай бұрын

I caught a 3mtr back in the day before all this technology

@4x4andfishing 10 ай бұрын

Actually seen footage of a bloke catching flathead with banana peel on a jig head

@OnlySnxgz 5 ай бұрын

What lure

@MarkBergFishingAddiction 5 ай бұрын

The lure is a Duo Tide Minnow Slim in the Neo Pearl colour

@brettellis1837 10 ай бұрын

Shit fizzer I though you had the meter plus ➕.

@MrBlocky00 10 ай бұрын

Nar mate everyone looking for those stingray dog 3m long flatty found deep in the mangrove male brothel

@darrylmackie9184 10 ай бұрын

Fishing my arse, netting or dredging, same result.

@redman2787 10 ай бұрын

just like barra when they get old enough they become girls. please tell me if i am miss informed

@redman2787 10 ай бұрын

got lots f big ones back then about 50cm is good eating.please dont take the big girls

@TheYuyuChannel 5 ай бұрын

I bet this comment won’t even get any likes

@mattewscott9684 10 ай бұрын

Tbh I saw another channel where a guy used his drone when targetting flathead, it just seemed like the perfect addition to ur hunting big flatties kit. Was amazing to watch ,unfortunately I dont know the name of that channel but you might want to lookit up .

@exaygeetee9454 10 ай бұрын

Nev's Fishing.

@1isdom 10 ай бұрын

👍🏽 yep