It had been nearly two weeks since my last Flattie, so i needed to feed the habit. Bait was required and i drew a blank in the supermarket so i gambled with the fishmongers in the high street in Portobello where i was fishing , they had one mackerel and i made up the rest of my bait with a few sides of herring.
I was fishing about 30 minutes after low tide with a relatively calm sea, a set up in a nice looking crease that caught my eye and soon i took a wee flounder.
Off the mark i was thinking they were going to come thick and fast but i was wrong i moved closer to the burn and took another. But it was slow going.
I have a hunch my bait wasn't up to scratch today , the mackerel looked a bit dull or maybe the flatties were having a off day one thing noticeable was despite it being calm it was a big tide.
Before i decided to call it a day i hooked into something different , i was hoping it was a bass , but no a sea trout that was festooned with sea lice. One of these days i will get a bass from these beaches!
Again you have some fine table fare.
ReplyDeleteThose flounder blend in s well with their surroundings.
Hi Alan in this case they were released the fight another day, theres a major water treatment works not far round that bend , that puts me off the idea of eating them.
ReplyDeleteyeh really good camouflage , i reckon though the Turbot have the edge on the camouflage front.
it was very quiet down in east lothian today as well Col, i managed three palm sized flounders and a micro turbot, the smallest yet!
ReplyDeleteWould love to see that micro turbo Brian , wonder where all the big ones are?
ReplyDeleteLove that grayling photie on the pebbles guys. Catchin' a sea troot's a nice surprise!
ReplyDeleteI got my first flattie of the winter yesterday! Cod time soon, hopefully.
John
Cheers John, were you on a Arbroath beach?
ReplyDeleteI was at Elliot beach (near Arbroath), Col. 1 decent sized flattie each for me and my pal, but the fish supper at 'Peppo's' in Arbroath was the star fish on the day!!
ReplyDeleteWe often fish round about Arbroath, for just that reason. Yum, yum!!!
John