Something Fishy: born to catch flathead

October 12 2017 - 2:00am
FAMILY TRADITION: Eight-year-old Rylan Coles knows all the flathead secrets.
FAMILY TRADITION: Eight-year-old Rylan Coles knows all the flathead secrets.

Tanilba Bay flathead champion Rylan Coles, 8, knows where all the cracker flathead are and he knows how to catch them. On his last outing, tossing soft plastics into shallow water in front of the oyster racks in Tilligerry Creek, Rylan landed a heap of fish to 60cm, keeping a couple for the kitchen. The Coles family are the local flathead experts and they are predicting a bumper season as we head towards summer.

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