Boathouse and Walkway 28/03/2011

[garyp]

tried a couple of hours at the Boathouse, sea was as flat as could be, lovely and sunny, but no fish, not even a bite.

Popped along to thw walkway on the way home for an hour or two, again nowt, but the very last cast got this lovely Flounder (I'm sure it wasnt a Plaice?)

Biggest one I've ever caught, just on 32cm's. He was cleanly hooked so went back in without an issue

Caught on runnydown, but also had rag.

 

[ozzjohn]

well done mate cracking pictures

 

[g.ordon]

Nice flounder mate

 

[Parky]

Cracking fish m8 and a lovely day for it nice picture : )

 

[skiny]

nice flounder mate,which part of the walkway did ya get the flatty.
big well done.

 

[nick1]

Nice fish mate but I would say that's a plaice, am sure there will be plenty that'll disagree though

 

[skiny]

Nice fish mate but I would say that's a plaice, am sure there will be plenty that'll disagree though

had loads out with them markings and nearly all have been said to be flounder ,still cant figure out how to tell to be honest.

 

[curtis.dunn]

welldone

welldone

think it is a flounder if you look at the fins around the out side there is one small fin near the head like on the pic

 

[nick1]

Ah know u get flounder with faint red dots but they look a bit more vivid and it has the boney nobbly bits on It's heed, have a look at my pics, there's a flounder on there

 

[Parky]

Here is a picture of a flounder & a plaice you can tell the difference but i have had flounder that have had a full set of red spots.

 

[g.ordon]

I reckon it's deffo a flounder

 

[YoursTruly]

Wasnt gonna get in on this but here i am.
It is a plaice.
Easiest way to tell is turn the fish on its back, white side up.
The profile of the flounders is a kite shape while the plaice is a more rounded shape.

This time of year flounder have been on open beaches spawning and are light in colour which does tend to make them look very much like plaice.

 

[codseeker]

welldone m8 and i also agree its a plaice the notches on the head is a giveaway

 

[Charlton]

concur with Terry it's definately a plaice, dorsal fins are rounded while a flounders are squarer, also no tubercles dorsal fins meet the body, also tail fin rounded while a flounder hhas a square cut tail.

 

[shaun]

good report gary, never fished the boat house before did you fish directly infront of it or to the right on the cleaner ground? And looking at your flatty proberly say plaice just looking at the shape of the fins(charlton beat me to it)

 

[g-force]

Yep, scrolled to the end & a few others have beat me to it - it's a plaice alright

Gary

 

[g.ordon]

Hybrid

 

[steak and kidney pie]

defo a plaice, flounder dont have the klingon forehead! might be a hybrid as its spots are not very bright.

 

[garyp]

good report gary, never fished the boat house before did you fish directly infront of it or to the right on the cleaner ground? And looking at your flatty proberly say plaice just looking at the shape of the fins(charlton beat me to it)

walked down the left hand side of the boathouse and fished straight out there, never been there before so wasnt sure where was best, didnt lose any gear, but got a bit of kelp!!

 

[garyp]

nice flounder mate,which part of the walkway did ya get the flatty.
big well done.

I was right on the corner facing the groyne mate.

The flattie was caught just past the wooden jetty on the corner, wasnt that far out really.

At first I thought it was a Plaice, mainly because Ive never caught a flounder that size before, lol, and the orange spots on it. But after looking at other photos, I'm still not sure.

It was quite a strong little thing like, certainly didnt like getting near the surface.