fishing for place and flounder

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Fishy Wishy

fishing for place and flounder

#1 Post by Fishy Wishy »

latley i fished the light house in youghal and caught a 53cm flounder it was the last cast of the day ,all day i used flapper rigs looking for that one place my last cast i through on a pully rig with a size 2/0 hook and loaded it with lug and half a crab 5 mins in i caught that flounder if any one out there can tell me whats the best place rig out there i know every one has there own ways of catching them and if you can tell me if colour on the snoods work as i had no beeds or anything else on the pully rig thanks.
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#2 Post by nicefish »

53cm Flounder:shock: we should be asking you for advice.
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#3 Post by saving private brian »

thats a specimen.did you take a pic


Fishy Wishy wrote:latley i fished the light house in youghal and caught a 53cm flounder it was the last cast of the day ,all day i used flapper rigs looking for that one place my last cast i through on a pully rig with a size 2/0 hook and loaded it with lug and half a crab 5 mins in i caught that flounder if any one out there can tell me whats the best place rig out there i know every one has there own ways of catching them and if you can tell me if colour on the snoods work as i had no beeds or anything else on the pully rig thanks.
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Re: fishing for place and flounder

#4 Post by myworldfishing »

Fishy Wishy wrote:latley i fished the light house in youghal and caught a 53cm flounder it was the last cast of the day ,all day i used flapper rigs looking for that one place my last cast i through on a pully rig with a size 2/0 hook and loaded it with lug and half a crab 5 mins in i caught that flounder if any one out there can tell me whats the best place rig out there i know every one has there own ways of catching them and if you can tell me if colour on the snoods work as i had no beeds or anything else on the pully rig thanks.

WOW dude, I would have loved to see that. My biggest is about 10cm...

But I can swear by bling.... Bright beads and spinners. anything to attract them because they sit hidden on the sand waiting for the pray to swim by but if they see something they like they will move close to investigate... I sometimes use a 2 hook flapper with loads of beads on the snood and 2 spinners for attraction and that works a charm. Bait depends on where your fishing.
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#5 Post by blowin »

Any preference for a particular colour of bead ? Would this change with clear or murky water ?
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#6 Post by fishmad »

yellow an orange i was told but they take anything i find glow in the dark works well cause they are very curiouse fish
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#7 Post by roger de dodger »

one up one down rig, i like to use a plain lead and if its not moving give it a twitch every now and then,flatfish are just sitting around waiting to ambush food as it passes alot of the time so try to cover more ground,a lead bouncing off the sea bed will send out vibrations for a long way and attract fish :wink:i like to use a floating bead as it gives the bait a bit more movement the white ones with red spots work well and glow in the dark too .
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#8 Post by seanmatthews2012 »

Monkstowns good for them should give it a try

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