blueboatdriver Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I quite often hear the term 'flattie bashing' bandied about on this forum Well Matt and my self went out on my boat Marlyn on Wednesday and on his boat on Thursday. We tried; Seagull Island; three spots in Holes Bay; Wytch Channel next to the paint barges; baitor and Evening Hill. We caught two checkers and did not get one flounder bite in two days. The only bashing going on was our heads against the wall I do think really though that our problem may have been on both days we had to leave before the top of the second high water and maybe it would have fished on the main ebb away. Desperate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 having caught 1 flounder in 5 years (by accident inevitably) I simply don't go fishing for them. your experiences echo mine - I quit................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I agree, unlike plaice which are really easy to catch, in fact I threw several large ones back last Sunday as it was a flounder competition. I was amazed to see the monsters presented for weigh in but never though much about it at the time. But in hindsight I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Agent X Vee ave vays in keeping you in our sights! In just over twelve months I have caught only 3 flounders. My biggest was last Sunday's at 3lb However, I have only ever caught 1 place and that was last year in the swash so if you can catch plaice and I get flounder how about swapping seats sometime and showing me how. Coddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Years ago the old time fishermen who fished with hemp long lines and cat gut traces for flounders would talk about flounders 'going down' (stop sniggering in the cheap seats! ) and conversly 'coming up'. The first frosts were supposed to send them down. Therefore after the first frosts one fished for them hard on the bottom. That is untill they 'came up' when the water warmed up again in the spring. At this time they switched to trotting a baited spoon about a foot off the bottom. At the end of each trot the spoon was slowly retrieved. I wonder if with our base water temperatures being higher than say 50 years ago if the founders feeding habits have changed. I don't know how people fished for them recently but I wonder if the baited spoon would be more affective these winter days as the water is definitely warmer at this time of year than it used to be. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 or even dry flies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 or even dry flies? One should always attempt to keep ones flies dry. Unfortunatly in life one comes across the odd drip. 'honi soit qui mal y pense' Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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