Year Long Species Hunt 2007..Sponsored by Ian Golds Tackle

itll be ballycastle co.antrim

3 bearded rockling off the menu now (rumour has it you can ask stevecrow74 for a recipe )

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20 Species of fish from the irish coast on the list so far ,not bad for january/febuary .just shows whats available if you are willing to brave the cold :lol: Good going everybody.

i am becoming more interested in just seeing the species count going up than my own personal status...(or is that because i know im not gonna win :lol: :lol: )

you didnt get a pick of that turbot you caught - neither did petekd - or me

someone must have got a picture of one at this stage?

plaice got today

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looks more like a flounder, seems a bit light for a plaice.maby i'm wrong??

thats what i was thinking aswell maybe im wrong bigger orange spots on plaice? flounder have orange spots aswell but not as many

I was with Barry when he caught this and my understanding of this is that the spots are not a good indicator of species but that a place is smooth when rubbed up the lateral line and a flounder is not. This fish and a few others that we caught were as they say, as smooth as a baby's a**e

I was with Barry when he caught this and my understanding of this is that the spots are not a good indicator of species but that a place is smooth when rubbed up the lateral line and a flounder is not. This fish and a few others that we caught were as they say, as smooth as a baby's a**e

cant argue with that :lol:

The lateral line looks a bit rough for a plaice ,looks more like a flounder to me .

thought myself that the lateralline on a plaice was relatively straight

looks like a flounder to me for sure...had one or two exactly the same at the weekend myself..

as coaster said the smooth lateral line is the way i have been showing how to tell them as flounder can at times have spots.i have seen plaice up in the aquarium in dingle that had no spots at all,im not an expert on it but from what i have been told over the years and read on this site(when looked up flounder) the smooth lateral line is the best way to tell them apart.

Bait....a fly :lol:

Location...rusheen bay

Time.....about 4:20 :D

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Thick lipped mullet?

yep

plaice got today

I thought it was a flounder at firsdt glance, no sign of those bumps near the eyes either..

Plaice spots would be stronger. I've often caught flounder with that kind of colouration.

Donagh

As an impartial observer maybe I can clear up the plaice V flounder.
While flounders can have red spots they will generally be less vivid than on a plaice. This in itself would not be enough. The more pronounced lateral line on the flounder is usually a dead giveaway.
The attached pics give a comparison. On evidence submitted, the fish is a flounder, back to the beach Barry :)

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