Beach Fishing - Poole Harbour - Flounder - 2/2 

I always have my base rigs to fall back on but every mark/species can have those tweak to improve or make efficient. I really liked the detachable snoods for this type of fishing for easier baiting and unhooking. 🎣🎣🎣

No crab activity at all but I did have pop up rigs as standby.

I’m prepping kit as I type this message. 😉

Nice to see a few coming out.

Everyday is a school day and I love the challenge and keeping my mind thinking. The lighting along here is amazing. 😂 The weather was really grim but still nice to be out dipping a line. 🎣👍🏻

Cheers Jay, did you see the cheeky one in the background whilst I had my back turned?

I’ve got a full year with more opportunities than I can commit to. Boat training atm while the fishing is poor.

Cheers buddy

Thank you, very much appreciated. 🎣👍🏻

Cheers buddy 🎣👍🏻

I always have my default rigs to fall back on but I am keen to learn and every mark can fish differently. Part of it for me is to adjust what you have or return with modifications. It makes me happy if they are useful to you. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling Extremely helpful to me ,. spent a long time away from fishing due to health reasons but this past year I've been getting back in to it , getting the gear back together and the fact I'm just round the coast in Portsmouth most videos are from places I know or have heard of so are even more helpful

@@Geneticlyinsane1 ideal. 🎣👍🏻

Some don’t like them but I think they are just miniature halibuts 😂. The outcome may be muted but enjoyable all the same. 🎣🎣🎣

Thank you. 🎣👍🏻

Cheers buddy

I have my goto rigs that are always the same but I do like to experiment and it is usually reacting to something I don’t like. Trying to unhook fish in the last video was a pain trying to do it still attached but was loads easier detached. 🎣👍🏻

Cheers Trev, thanks for watching. 🎣👍🏻

I know flounder and plaice are very sight orientated during the day but catching them at night shows they must use other senses as well.

@@seaangling wonder how it would fish in the boat out front 😁 we used to use slipper limpets and done well but i think there banned now unless i suppose you managed to snag a few at the venue 😁🏴‍☠️👍

It’s funny isn’t it, I would never have known about that bite until I saw it during editing. I guessed I had something on it by the way it loaded but that was spectacular for a flounder bite. It does make you wonder what else we miss 🤷‍♂️ All the best buddy. 🎣🎣👍🏻

Thank you, I hope you are well. 🎣👍🏻

I am trying the C&G scratching hook on the next session which is roughly a J hook with a circle style end.

I love a flounder. 🎣👍🏻

I’ve made up snoods with 2 different hook sizes for tonight, ideal for that. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling tight lines bud

They are good for unhooking but there are times when tied direct is better. 🎣👍🏻

This weather has been relentless and fishing has suffered from the amount of fresh water running out of the rivers/estuaries. Let’s hope the fish are ravenous when we get a break.

I wondered how the freshwater would effect your session actually, but you done well. I was going to try the Hamble on Sunday but with the weather forecasted I’m going to give it a miss I think😂. Iv allready been blown of the beach twice since Christmas, I can wait a bit longer😁

@@jonnygilbert233 next weekend looks like it is easing.

Yeh and some frosts, usually makes the flatty bashing better. I’m on a project in Lymington for the nxt 10 months do you what the fishing is like in the harbour there please? I drive past it if I take the bealieu road out of Lymington. I will definitely be trying for bass on my paddle board in the summer😁

@@jonnygilbert233 the guilt head fishing can be good at the entrance, there should be a healthy stock of bass and the chance of a stingray.

This weather has been relentless. Got to look after yourself Alan and getting zapped bloody hurts. 🎣👍🏻

I’m getting over COVID atm which is why I’m behind on my videos.

@@seaangling oh mate. hope and wish you a speedy recovery, look forward to your return take care

They are the very reasonable Shakespeare Agilities (12’6”) which are very light/tippy, ideal for flounder/plaice.

They were short, 7-8” I think anything between 6-9” would work.

The only restrictions I know of are for Bass which you can look up and size limits.

Yes buddy, next film in making.

You could use Termalinks but they may be too bulky/heavy compared to the Gemini rig snood clips.

There are suppliers that will mail order but I’m not sure on the speed of delivery to the I.O.M. I think black lug would carry better than ragworm. If it is difficult to get on the island is it a relevant bait, are sand eel a better prospect?

I do buy frozen sandeel mackerel and blueys but I'm targeting flounder n plaice so I guess theirs always a chance as you know you get some unexpected catches like a mate of mine caught an 8lb thin lip grey mullet on shrimp feather and I said u foul hooked it but ont of the shrimp feathers was right in the scissors, I'll have to wait until all these post strikes are definitely over and make a few enquiries about delivery but hopefully weather will pick up and I can get back to collecting my own and freezing any surplus. I just have alot of back problems so it's not an easy job and it's a hell of a long walk as digging bait in the harbour is prohibited even though no boats moore its a bylaw, some fool dug a huge trench for bait alongside a yacht and as the tide came in it slipped and caused 50k of damage to the boat he was right beside and broke the mast off another boat so now none of us are allowed to dig bait. Thanks for your reply 👍 tight lines

No I didn’t. There was no crab activity and baits were undisturbed. I thought I would increase my chances with both rods using the 3 hook flapper. The shorter snoods were the version Shane showed me who is local to the mark.

It is shore road

@@seaangling thanks mark, im thinking of trying here saturday night

@@mat_allthegearfishing if you go closer to the sailing club there are small gilthead bream as well. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling not sure where that is bt i will look for it

Shore road

Hi Nick, The conditions over the last 2 sessions was worse than the film shows. I wasn’t filming when we had the worst of the rain and I’ve edited most of the wind sound out. Possibly plaice next. 🎣👍🏻

@@seaangling good luck with the spots mate 👍

Welcome 🙏

Nice one Mervyn 👍