Eastney 24/2/11

[bassmanrob]

I headed down to Eastney to to see if any plaice might be about as conditions looked perfect. I arrived at the end of low water and only one other was fishing. I used wishbones with plenty of bling in breakaway devices allowing me to head hook the ragworm so they'd wriggle in the clear water.

Plaice were the target but anything would do and I was delighted to find I'd saved my blank and kicked 2011 off first cast. A short spined sea scorpion:



Others turned up and the beach soon filled up with fisherman, dog-walkers etc. Things were very quiet right through the flood, chatting to other anglers it seemed my scorpion was the only fish caught. Right at the top of the tide I felt something kick on the retrieve then saw white in the surf. Brought it in on a wave and a flatty was on the beach, the white underside facing up. Could it be the elusive plaice?

I flipped him over........flounder! I wasn't too disappointed as it was still nice to catch on a day session in February.

[MRG2000]

Nice fishing Rob, 2 species in the bag,more than makes up for the lack of plaice....

[John Marshall]

Those plaice are arriving, good luck.

[cuckoo]

Good effort mate , not a bad runner up

[big ebbs]

cracking fish mate

[Jolly Piscator]

Nice flounder , well done mate .

[gullyworm]

Cor you've done well to catch anything off Eastney, well done

[Vagabond]

Nice to catch any fish Feb Daytime

Well done

BTW the Sea scorp is a Long-spined

One easy way to tell the difference is the Long-spined has a gap between the two dorsal fins, which shows well in your excellent picture.

The Short-spined has no gap between the two dorsal fins. It grows bigger than its cousin, and I have only caught them in the north and west - usually out in a boat.

[BaggieRich]

Well done Rob. Won't be long before the Plaice are in mate.

[pingu]

nice one

dave