MY FIRST FLOUNDER?

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Hi everyone,had a short session at Greenhithe today fished for about 3hrs only had 1 fish my first flounder i think so another species for me and still to blank this year.species caught this year are ; dab,whiting,pouting,rockling,codling,bass and flounder?

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:33 pm

well done lee nice fish mate looks like a flounder to me big hug

Regular Joined: Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 334

well done dude that is a plump flounder

Occasional Joined: Aug 21, 2007 Posts: 106

Well done mate that is a nice plump flounder.

I bet it made the rod tip rattle like a good 'un.

If it helps - dabs have rough skin (if you feel from tail to head), flounder are 'diamond' shaped and plaice are 'oval' shaped.

Also, I find that flounder don't put up much of a fight until they're in real trouble and then they really go for it! Plaice on the other hand fight from the off.

Some things I wished I'd learned many years ago after throwing four or five decent sized plaice back from Victoria Wharf in Leigh (because they could only be flounder from there, especially in February, even if they did have orange spots!). Then I caught a flounder and realised my mistake!

I've been led to believe that the plaice spawn on some sand banks off of Canvey or somewhere in that region and I've seen a few caught early in the year during my time sea fishing.

It's probably a short lived run a bit like the roker in the Crouch although the plaice do come back in summer (not that I've caught anything other than palm sized things in the summer and then only from the pier - but that's just me).

As for turbot and brill I can't help but if I caught one off the beach in the Thames I wouldn't care which it was winking

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:50 pm

That luck of yours Lee had better stop by the 29yth ha ha,

Otherwise I will have to kidnap you off the Jolly Rodger "Pirate Ship" and hold you to ransom to fish for Boat 2 the winning boat.

devil

Good report mate..

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:57 pm

well done lee..........top haul so far for you. my fishing is suffering from lack of funds at the moment!!

also well done wattsy for a really good and imformative description on identifing some species nerd

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:17 pm

nice one !! try to add one of those to my species list next time out.

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:26 pm

well done shadow... another one for the diary!!

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:33 pm

Well done Lee, I take it that’s the 24 (or was it 30) inch filleting knife we talked about.

big grin

Occasional Joined: Aug 03, 2008 Posts: 187

unlucky catching the flounder ..! better luck next time..

Guest

Cheers for all the replies guys.