Lynemouth 29/7/11

[mad john]

spent a couple of hours on lynmouth beach bait crab 4 flattys biggest 1oz short of 4lb am trying to upload pic

 

[Splythy]

Cracking catch m8, well done

 

[mad john]

 

[mick dunn]

Well done looks a nice fish.
Mick.

 

[wheres the fish?]

That's one heck of a plaice mate nice catch

Dean.

 

[fish fingers]

its not a plaice dean just a good flounder:red:

 

[fisherman58]

Well done mate nice catch.

 

[apollo mk3]

thats a belting flounder mate, well done

 

[wheres the fish?]

its not a plaice dean just a good flounder:red:

Flatfish identification not my strongest lol, only thing I can't really do. But what's up with the orange spots all along it mate? Thought that is signature to a plaice?

 

[steak and kidney pie]

plaice have a "klingon" forehead, a line of lumps behind eyes.

flounder do not.

 

[Pete from shields]

nice report John, no cod though.

 

[micky-quayle]

certainly appears to be a flounder, certainly not a plaice, the only other possibility is a flounder / plaice hybrid which are more common than most people think, when flounder / plaice produce hybrids they appear to have many more charcteristics of the flounder than plaice, there is apparently only 2 ways to be certain a flounder / plaice is a hybrid 1) dna analysis and 2) disection and the counting of certain body parts (dont have a clue which parts). one of the main characteristics of a hybrid is apparently its much faster growth rate than a pure flounder, so i think a hybrid is a distinct possibility, no matter which it is its one hell of a flattie !!! well done

 

[bushwacker]

What

What

MY MONEY WOULD BE ON ITS A FLOUNDER ?

 

[BAZACODBASHA]

You would have been able to tell if you ate it ! Plaice are lovely fish to eat..........flounder are like soggy cardboard.
It definitely looks like a flounder to me (orange blotches rather than pronounced red spots), and it's shape is more oval than a plaice's more round shape.
Could have even been a 'baby halibut' !!!! (same shape - but only joking)
Has to be one of the biggest flounders caught from the NE coast for many a year...........well done mate.

 

[mad john]

have eaten it 2 sittings for me and wife tasted lovely with butter and lemon sause.

 

[codseeker]

lovely size fish m8 welldone on your catch not many about that size these days

beware mr charlton might be wanting to track ya down

 

[Charlton]

John can you please send me details mate, sent you pm send detials to [email protected] doing my report for papers from Nth Yorks,but miffed at minute lost four big carp oneafter another, so news of your catch will be great, don,t forget your full name

 

[skiny]

monster fish whatever it it,seems the sizes of the flat fish are on the increase.