Portrush, East Strand beach tues 28th Dec

[polmac]

People:myself and a mate

Duration:10am to 2pm

Tide:

Weather:dry, no rain or wind

Bait:mack and squid

Rigs:2 up one down

Results: Plaice x2

headed to this beach on tues morning as i hadnt been out in ages. i was told this beach was decent for a bash and we thought why not. the snow was gone and it was a blistering 6 degrees out there now!! lol

set up on the beach with frozen bait ony ass we couldnt get any live stuff at all due to the bad weather. opted for mack, squid and blueys tho the latter never got used.

i landed a double of plaice on squid and mackeral. one being very small and the other weighted in over 1lb. this was dinner for the evening.

sadly that was out lot for the day and we never caught anything else which was disappointing. very busy beach with walkers and pain in the arses dogs over the place.

i have pics on my moble and i will uploaded later

[cathalger]

Well done, a pound plaice isnt bad at all, any pics?

[polmac]

i have both of the pictured on my mobile. i wil get them uploaded tomorrow

[dave316]

nice one, don't think i've ever caught plaice without worms

[nicki d]

well done on the plaice mate

[Al and Jordan]

that was a good result for daylight fishing man i can't remember the last time i got a plaice over a pound . we usually walk a half mile up the beach from the carpark to try to avoid the masses as it can still be a busy beach even in the depths of winter. but you do need to keep an eye on your gear as the dogs can make off with your bait or cock a leg on your box

[fishermannum1]

but you do need to keep an eye on your gear as the dogs can make off with your bait or cock a leg on your box

a bit like fahan beach
buy the way nice plaice polmac

[polmac]

finally got the pics off my phone

[minty]

in my limited knowledge i'd say they are both flounder, but i could be wrong... but a big well done landing a few as i've not even been on an antrim beach in 6 months....welll done

[polmac]

ah nps. im crap at telling the difference between all these species anyway. it was a tad disappointing day as they were the only 2 we got and i landed them in the first 5 mins of being there lol

[chuckaroo]

defo 2 nice wee flounder mate. plaice have pretty big red/orange spots!
flounder every bit as good!
very nice
doubt if either would be anywhere near 1lb either......., sorry!

[paul skelly]

nice catch man
they look like flounder to me

[yngkmd]

i usually find if the fishing starts off good it either stays good or stops completely and i catch little or nothing else after half and hour. theres no middle ground

[polmac]

defo 2 nice wee flounder mate. plaice have pretty big red/orange spots!
flounder every bit as good!
very nice
doubt if either would be anywhere near 1lb either......., sorry!

ah dont worry i had scales to weigh the bigger one lol im a child of the grammes and killogrammes, i couldnt tell what a pound or 2 pound fish looks like

[KERRY1]

Well done on getting out for a session, thank goodness the snow has gone eh! You got a couple of nice flounder for your effort and trouble going out which is great. Good luck this year, hope it's a good one for you

[cathalger]

Plaice have a better rep than flounder in general, but I love flounder and I think a lot of people like them. I'd rather have a flounder on my plate than a plaice, plaice arent to everyones taste even though they have a big name commercially, my Ma cooked some Donegal catch breaded plaice a while back, it was inedible. I had to spit it out, the strongest plaice I ever tasted.

Flounder are good fish in my book.