wicklow 26/0510 stonker plaice..

people: me,my bro,vino

time: 5.00pm-12.00am

tide:flooding

weather:windy at the start but overall a beautiful night

bait/rigs: rag,sandeel,peeler.. 2 hook flappers,single hook clipped down

result: coalies,doggies,flounder and 1 specimen plaice


decided to head out yesterday for the day with newly turned sea fishing fanatic vincent and my non fishing brother (who i belive came soley to annoy us an pass comment on how bad we were at fishing and what the right way of doing it was etc etc,, ) for a few hours in the nice weather.Had no real gameplan as to were we were going or what we were hunting an after a brief chat in the tackle shop was really tempted to head northbound in dublin as rumour had it some big smoothie catches had come in the last few days on the northdublin beaches..So after a quick chat with the other 2 and a lot of arguing i decided to head towards ennareilly were i believed there would be other fish around even if the hounds dont show an we were on our way. A quick pitstop and a chat with shane h in bray and i was more confident as he heard of smuts showin around wexford an i hit the n11 in that direction.After a half hour of driving my non fishing brother was moaning that much about the drive and wanting to go the toilet that i cut my losses and stopped off at a beach in wicklow . Fishing was slow for the first hour with a heavy wind blowing but it soon calmed down an bites started to show with a few doggies hittin the sand between us.My mate vino has been sea fishing with me now for a couple of months and loves it but although he has been catching consistently he hasnt really had anythin special yet and was hoping a hound would take his bait. After a few strong but not savage knocks on his next cast he decided to lean into it and reel in when to not only his but my shock as well a wat looked like an obese flattie came up onto the sand to all our delight it was the biggest plaice ive eva seen caught it was a speciman.. . It weighed in at just under 3lb and measured 38cm and needless to say he was over the moon with his first real catch We also landed 1 flounder and a load of coalies before we left, no smoothies but still a great days fiashing... he has pics on his phone ill put up later in the week wen i get them transferred to my computer

cant wait to see the pics, that a savage plaice well done!

ah it was a peach ive seen them in magazines an all big but with my own eyes this was the biggest

Can't wait to see the photo either, that's a super fish. Well done

it wasnt my fish but thanks boys

That is some size of a fish, I can't wait to see the pics too

ye it was lovely ill get the pics off em when i see him durin the week an put them in my gallery

nice report great plaice looking forward to a pic.
a specimen plaice is 4lbs

nice report great plaice looking forward to a pic.
a specimen plaice is 4lbs

sorry john i meant a big plaice not a specimen

Happy days a fine sized fish, well done.

Well done lads. Not too many plaice of that size caght lately.

i got a nice one at portballintrae a couple years ago. i was using tripod and 2 beachcasters, but also messing with small spinning rod and clipped on bubble float. i took the float off, cast in and walked off for a quick pish. 1 min later my mate had to dive for my rod before it got pulled in. he handed it to me and i pulled in a 6 and a quarter pound plaice. you would have to see it to actually believe the size. not my biggest fish but def the best i ever caught.
ps. precisely this time of year too

Sounds like a beauty! Looking forward to seeing the pics.

well done nice fish good fishing

sounds like a very nice fish well done

cheers

Nice fish, well done

nice report great plaice looking forward to a pic.
a specimen plaice is 4lbs

sorry john i meant a big plaice not a specimen

for the east coast i think it was a stonker of a plaice did it have a welsh accent i think it took a wrong turn somewhere or maybe it was a cork fish it didnt have "donal was here" written on it did it

nice report great plaice looking forward to a pic.
a specimen plaice is 4lbs

sorry john i meant a big plaice not a specimen

for the east coast i think it was a stonker of a plaice did it have a welsh accent i think it took a wrong turn somewhere or maybe it was a cork fish it didnt have "donal was here" written on it did it

no not that i recall.. but the next person that lands it will see "sea serpant was here" on it

spanking fish great stuff your mate will be strung out now for sure, he will be cashing in them sick days over the summer lol.