Flathead. So called because it has a? Anyone? Correct. I think of school when I think of flathead - and this is probably because we spent every May holiday at Port Macquarie - and most days in Port Macquarie fishing on Hastings River or up Limeburners Creek. For flathead. Sometimes bream. Occasionally garfish. But most flathead. Some big fillets at the fishmonger - and you know what that means? Yes, right again. Big flathead. The thing about flathead is that they get to a certain length and then seem to stop growing longer, but get wider and wider so that old fish look like the aspect needs to be adjusted on the TV. The other thing about old flathead is that they seem to have no fight in them. Hook one and it feels like you are dragging a discarded kettle to the surface. Think a kettle is a strange object to suggest? My dad caught one once. He thought he had a big flathead on the line. So judging from the size of the fillets, my guess is that these fish were about 70 cms in length.
CRUMBED FLATHEAD WITH CHICKPEA SALAD AND ROAST GARLIC AIOLI
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