tips for catching flaties

Occasional Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 177

tips for catching flaties

anyone got anything they use special for bait for these?
favourite time of tide to fish?
what types of rigs?
beads or no beads?
long or short distance when it comes to casting?

Guest

3 hook flapper with small hooks (size 2 or 4) and use smelly old lug baits. Make sure you keep the hooks on the bottom by letting the line out so its slack(ish).

Occasional Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 177

kk will try that on next fishing trip (saturday)

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:49 pm

it depends on were you are fishing i prefer to fish low water up at short range using rag worm i allways use plenty of beads usually green ones dont no why thay just seem to work well.hope this helps stew

Occasional Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 177

the last time i fished this mark (its of a sea wall lol) it was a windy day and took home some nice sized flaties when they was caught the water was barely touchin the bottom of the sea wall and i could only cast bout 50 yrds then i can now hit 140-160. and was wonderin should i go long or short range.

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:55 pm

id keep short if it worked b4 why change

Occasional Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 177

yh spose so

made up lots of 2 and 3 hook flapper rigs with loads of beads and large sequins above each hook for extra attraction

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:06 pm

sounds like a good idear .if you use two rods put 1 out far and 1 in close cover your opptions thats what i do untill i find were the fish are feeding then put both rods there and you should av a good bit of sport

Guest

When I first started sea fishing I used to get flatties using the old Avis booms, again with coloured beads on the hooklengths baited with Lugworm or Harbour rag. I dont know if the beads really serve any purpose, as I have also had the same results without them.

I dont use booms anymore from the shore, so now when I'm flatty bashing I use either a 2 or 3 hook flapper, or a wishbone rig.

Hook sizes I use are 2 or 1 or 1/0 (Just incase anything bigger picks the bait up).

Guest

and remember to use a suitable location with sandy beaches or sand bars.

Occasional Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Kent

i prefer to use a big ragworm on a runing ledger rig and ive caught a flounder on a 1/0 before!

Occasional Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 177

dont worry i will be fishin on sand so everything ok in that department

Occasional Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 177

anyone out there make there own custom rigs for fltaies that you can't buy in the shops and want to tell me how to make them?

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:17 am

As you mayhave gathered most rigs you can buy of the shelf, but that is not to say that you can't copy andorve them. For instance I myself use a two up and one down for general fishing, but I design them so that the hook length can be unclipped from the swivle on the main line, thus making it easier for the tackle to be put away in plastic bags ready for the next trip without fear of tangles. When I say twoo up and one down I' fering to one hook below the weight and two above. If you want to increase you casting distance go for one up and one down. For the bottom hook use a lenght of about 8inches with about 4 or 5 beads trapped two inches away from the hook. Experiment with hook size and find out what suits you and your location, as a starting point try size 1 for the bottom hook and size 1/0 for the hooks above the weight. Hope this helps. Keith in blackburn. Oh by the way any locals fishing Blue bridge a Fleetwood this Sat Call over and have a chat I'll be there trying my luck.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:20 am

i use a 2 hook paternoster rig and sometimes a running ledger