Flathead
An aussie icon, different species of flathead can be found throughout Australian estuaries.
Their are several main species of Flathead commonly caught in Australian waters, Bartailed flathead (Platycephalus indicus), Dusky flathead (Platycephalus fuscus), Northern sand flathead (Platycephalus arenarius), Yellowtailed flathead (Platycephalus endrachtensis) and the Blue Spotted Flathead.
They are heavily targeted in high population areas such as Perth, Brisbane and Sydney. For their weight flathead can fight pretty hard and their unique head-shake guarantees you know when your onto a flathead!
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80 Mile BeachAlbanyAlligator Creek FishingAnketell PointAugustaBalla BallaBarnhillBarron RiverBellinger RiverBlack RiverBoambee CreekBonville CreekBrisbaneBrisbane Land BasedBroomeBrunswick RiverBunburyBurleigh HeadsBush BayBusseltonCaloundraCamden Haven RiverCarnarvonCathie CreekCattle CreekCawarral CreekClarence RiverCleavervilleCoffs CreekColosseum / Wild Cattle CreekCoomera RiverCorindi RiverCorio BayCrocodile CreekCudgen Creek / KingscliffCudgera CreekDampierDampier PeninsulaDeep CreekDenmarkDerbyDouble Island PointDunsboroughEvans RiverExmouthFitzroy River Western AustraliaFortescue RiverFraser IslandGeraldtonGiralia Bay / Exmouth GulfGladstoneGladstone CampGnooreaGold CoastGosford, Brisbane WatersHastings RiverHaughton RiverHinchinbrook ChannelHull RiverJohnstone RiverKalang RiverKauri CreekMandurahManning RiverMaryboroughMooball CreekMooloolabaMooloolah RiverMoonee CreekMoreton BayMossman RiverMurray RiverMurray River WANambucca RiverNerang RiverNoosaNoosa RiverOnslowPalm CreekPardoo StationPerthPoint SamsonPoonaPort DouglasPort HedlandPort SmithPumicestone PassageRichmond RiverSandon RiverSeven Mile CreekShark Bay and Cape PeronSteep Point / Dirt Harthog IslandSwan RiverSydney Land BasedThomatis CreekTin Can BayTrinity InletTurkey BeachTweed RiverWallis Lake / ForsterWalpoleWeipaWooli Wooli RiverRivers and Creeks Flathead are found in Australia
Alligator Creek, Barron River, Behm Creek, Bellinger River, Bells Creek, Black River, Boambee Creek, Bonville Creek, Brisbane Offshore, Brisbane River, Brisbane Waters, Broadwater, Brunswick River, Burpengary Creek, Bush Bay, Caboolture Creek, Caboolture River, Camden Haven River, Canning River, Cathie Creek, Cattle Creek, Cawarral Creek, Clarence River, Coffs Creek, Colosseum Inlet, Coolongolook River, Coomera River, Coongul Creek, Corindi River, Crocodile Creek, Cudgen Creek, Cudgera Creek, Currumbin Creek, Deep Creek, Dickson Inlet, Dirk Hartog Island, Double Island Point, Esk River, Evans River, Fortescue River, Fraser Island, Gladstone, Gladstone Harbour, Hastings River, Haughton River, Hays Inlet, Hinchinbrook Channel, Hull River, Hussey Creek, Inskip, Johnstone River, Jumpinpin, Kalang River, Kauri Creek, Kedron Creek, Logan River, Macleay River, Manning River, Maroochy River, Marrett River, Mary River, Mooball Creek, Mooloolah River, Moonee Creek, Moreton Bay, Mossman River, Muddy Creek, Murray River, Murray River WA, Nambucca River, Nerang River, Noosa River, Oaky Creek, Packers Creek, Palm Creek, Pancake Creek, Pimpama River, Pine River, Poona, Poona Creek, Pumicestone Passage, Richmond River, Sandon River, Scott River, Seven Mile Creek, Shark Bay, Sportsman Creek, Steep Point, Swan River, Sydney Harbour, Tallebudgera Creek, Thomatis Creek, Tin Can Bay Inlet, Tin Can Inlet, Trinity Inlet, Turkey Beach, Tweed River, Urang Creek, Wallis Creek, Wallis Lake, Water Park Creek, Wathumba Creek, Weipa, Weyba Creek, Willie Creek, Wooli Wooli River, Woralie Creek, Yeppoon OffshoreRegions to fish for Flathead
Sunshine CoastBrisbaneSouth East QueenslandNorth CoastGold CoastMid North CoastCentral QueenslandCentral CoastGreat SouthernFar North QueenslandSydneyWide Bay BurnettGascoynePilbara
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