best way of catching flatties ??

[steve devon]

i never caught a flatty using float though :?

only when the bait is right on the bottom

[Ben]

i dont have that much of a prob with crabs in my area but you do get the odd 1 or 2

[steve devon]

lucky!

[Ben]

to be fair i havent caught many fish
i would rather be somewhere where theres crabs and fish to be caught thatn somewhere where there dont seem to be either

[JuanPablo]

Originally Posted by Ben

ok
thanks
will booms help?? or are they not needed

Ben if you use booms on the traces they will ensure that the hooks are pinned to the bottom. this is fine as long as you are not being plagued by crabs!

[steve devon]

if you want it on the botom what lot of people do when fishing for plaice is add a small ball weight to the trace then it stays on the botom and disturbs the botom a bit aswel

[scottish john]

i have had a lot of problems with fishing as i have just started about a year ago
can any one give me some tips

[Brian of Nazareth]

White plastic spoons from the supermarket, handles broken off and a small hole melted through the stump with a hot needle. Thread this on the line above the beads (I use 6 alternate red/yellow) or tie it to the side bit of a 3 way swivel and use the rest of the swivel as normal. The spoon flaps around in the tide as an attractor and if the tide is strong it will drag a round lead along the bottom so you cover an arc. If you fish the tide out the flatties will become concentrated in the gulleys, the best places I found are the sloping sides of the deep channels outside harbours, my guess is that they wait here for food to tumble down as the tide goes out. Ragworm has always worked best for me, you can collect small harbour rag at low tide and they survive well in a bucket of sea water, hook a bunch of them because they are very small. Fine wire aberdeen hooks size 1/0. Good luck.

[lucky]

Originally Posted by steve devon

if you want it on the botom what lot of people do when fishing for plaice is add a small ball weight to the trace then it stays on the botom and disturbs the botom a bit aswel

How light a ball weight would you recommend Steve? Something like 6gm or less maybe?