freaky flounder

who:jason and myself

bait: lug,mack,sandeel

tide; low at 6.10pm

well,myself and jason headed out for our usual monday session,we decided to hit a north mayo beach for the first time this year,this beach never disappoints,and it produced again,we put two rods each out,one in for flounder and one out a bit father to see what was there,first cast i got a treble of flounder,and jason got a double,and for the next four hours it was a fish a cast,big ones,small ones, medium ones,a man could barely get a chance for a coffee! then jason got a good fish and when he landed it,we got a surprise when we saw it was a double sided flounder,(see the pic) by the time we finished up four hours later,after running out of bait,i had 24 flounder,9 over the 30cm mark,jason had 23 flounder,11 over the 30cm mark,a cracking mark that never lets us down,and i got to try out some new rigs.

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48 flounder between the two of you - well done.
That's a very strange looking flounder alright - never seen one like that before.

Nice busy session lads. Well done. That is a freaky lookin flounder alright.

great session lads ! av u ever caught any dabs????

who:jason and myself

bait: lug,mack,sandeel

tide; low at 6.10pm

well,myself and jason headed out for our usual monday session,we decided to hit a north mayo beach for the first time this year,this beach never disappoints,and it produced again,we put two rods each out,one in for flounder and one out a bit father to see what was there,first cast i got a treble of flounder,and jason got a double,and for the next four hours it was a fish a cast,big ones,small ones, medium ones,a man could barely get a chance for a coffee! then jason got a good fish and when he landed it,we got a surprise when we saw it was a double sided flounder,(see the pic) by the time we finished up four hours later,after running out of bait,i had 24 flounder,9 over the 30cm mark,jason had 23 flounder,11 over the 30cm mark,a cracking mark that never lets us down,and i got to try out some new rigs.

Unbelievable session lads. Well done !!

[doggie3131]

48 flounder between the two of you - well done.

That's a very strange looking flounder alright - never seen one like that before.

it was a great session all right frank,as for the freaky one...its a first for me too,it will be intresting if others have seen one like it before!

Nice busy session lads. Well done. That is a freaky lookin flounder alright.

cheers evan

[quote="leadhead"]great session lads ! av u ever caught any dabs????[quote="leadhead"]

we have caught them,but as bycatch,never targeted them,not to many places down here that you could!

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brilliant flounder fishing. great result
just out of interest.. do you, or anyone else on the forum here, kill and eat flounder or flatties over 30cm..??
would there be sufficent meat on there to make it worthwhile or would there be another general length that you are prepared to kill them..?
thanks
weird wee flounder there indeed

Nice session. There was a post on the WSF site about this last month. Apparently the double sided lads are quite common in parts of the UK.

brilliant flounder fishing. great result
just out of interest.. do you, or anyone else on the forum here, kill and eat flounder or flatties over 30cm..??
would there be sufficent meat on there to make it worthwhile or would there be another general length that you are prepared to kill them..?
thanks
weird wee flounder there indeed

i love them,a nice tasty fish,i brought home to of the bigger onesfor the dinner today but there still a bit thin at this time of year,much nicer later in the year when they fatten up.

Unbelievable session lads. Well done !!

cheers fecker good for the time of year.


and leadhead ive just noticed where your from,rosses point throws up a few every now and then.

Peculiar flounder there alright, theres a man from Cork calledf Declan Quigley who asked on the forum some years ago for reports of unusual fish such as this one, his post is in here somewhere, I have his email, pm you later.

Nice one.

cracking session Noel, weird looking flounder , never saw anything like it, not saying that I was seeing a lot of flatties anyway recently

well done noel,,,havent been back there in a bit but its good to see it producing,,,

Nice session. There was a post on the WSF site about this last month. Apparently the double sided lads are quite common in parts of the UK.

must check that report out jayball,bet there catching them around sellafield!

cracking session Noel, weird looking flounder , never saw anything like it, not saying that I was seeing a lot of flatties anyway recently

cheers martin,you not getting out yet?

cheers martin,you not getting out yet?

just got my car back today, contrary to the belief of at least 4-5 so called expert mechanics and Landrover specialists it turned out that only the wastegate regulator on the turbo was banjaxed, all hunky dory now, time to plan a flatty session me thinks

funky flounder wtf

Great fishing lads, That flounder got a lick of paint!

cheers martin,you not getting out yet?

just got my car back today, contrary to the belief of at least 4-5 so called expert mechanics and Landrover specialists it turned out that only the wastegate regulator on the turbo was banjaxed, all hunky dory now, time to plan a flatty session me thinks

well that sounds quite a bit cheaper than what you expected!! give me a shout if your heading this way.

well done noel,,,havent been back there in a bit but its good to see it producing,,,

must get down to that beach near your town soon,bet that is producing now.

funky flounder wtf

Great fishing lads, That flounder got a lick of paint!

cheers lads

well done lads great session that flounder looks like it does not know it arse from it elbow

Well done lads, heard of the double flounder but never seen one before - nice catch.
Must catch up soon for a cast.

Mick

nice one there lads.. a good session..... noel that coffee is bad for you.........