dabs

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:44 pm

for you who like flatty fishing my mate was fishing at insurance buildings this morning and he had 5fish while i was talking to him

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:40 pm

royboy wrote:

for you who like flatty fishing my mate was fishing at insurance buildings this morning and he had 5fish while i was talking to him

Where abouts is that? And did he tell you what size hooks he was using and what bait?

Cheers Dev big grin

Member Joined: Dec 14, 2009 Posts: 20 Location: coventry

Hi All.
Is there a size limit for Flatties. I will assume they are OK to eat.

As above post, What tactics would you use, Please. big hug

Member Joined: Oct 14, 2008 Posts: 6

Hi, the following is only based only on my own experience so it colud be complete bull but i thought id share my knowledge (or what little of it i have to share!!), ive always found that flatties love to play with their food so putting beads or spoons near your hook is always good, and they dont always take the hook on their first bite so be sure its on the line before you strike or real in, ie let the rod wobble a bit first. smaller hooks are good and as for bait ive always found peeler or mackrel work well but they will pretty much eat anything. There is a minimum size but im not sure what it is of the top of my head and im pretty sure you can eat most types of flatties and they are pretty nice fish too, hope this is of some help

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:00 am

Hi size limits for flatties are.
Dabs, 20cm 8 inch.
Flounder, 27cm 10 inch.
Plaice, 28cm 11 inch

Other fish sizes can be found on the left of the page, under NFSA size limits. Cheers...Mick

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:03 am

Dabs are one of the tenderest and sweetest eating fish I have ever tasted.
Flounders taste like mud.
Plaice are beautiful
Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:28 pm

i was with him today he had a couple more today while i was there if you drive onto st andrews quay and drive towards the store p c world and then walk to the end of the dock you will come to the old lock gates on your right is bull nose to your left is insurance buildings if you need any more help let me know he uses o/2 hooks and lugworm

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:52 pm

0/2 hooks or 2/0s
Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:13 pm

2/os i only put that to see if any one noticed lol

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:05 pm

i seem to get flatties on half rag, with size 2/0 or 3/0 hooks, i got a nice 13" dab the other day got it home and nobody would eat it cos it came out of the tyne lol

Member Joined: Jan 04, 2010 Posts: 33 Location: Grimsby

Hi all, was fishing at Humberstone about a week ago with a friend and we had 5 flaties and the guy about 50 mtrs away who had been there a little longer had about 12 or so. I am going to go there again this weekend if the weather is not to bad. The fish were taken on size 2 hooks with lug topped of with squid strips. Only just started fishing again after about a 15 year break so it was a nice outing for the first trip.
Trev.

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:36 pm

Hi Sands, welcome to the forum, why not put an intro on the general forum, let peeps know your here. Cheers..Mick

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:11 am

dont forget the soles,9inch (min),use a small boom rig with upto 12inch snoods,size 2,4 or even 6 hooks,use worm only baits salt lug is good,summer is good to use bits of small rag,great to catch on light tackle.

dabs (lovely fish) can be had on upto 3/0 hooks in my experience,also they dont shoal prefering to stay in very small groups of about 3 fish

bendy rods 2010

Andy1i

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:22 pm

Think I may try Humberstone again, it's been a while Roy??

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:35 am

yes i think its a long time since ive fished the creeks when do you fancy it