new local mark does the buisness..

people..myself..

bait..lug,squid and mack..

rigs.. two hook flappers..

tide .. fully out

RESULT... decided to head out for a mini session around 6 this evening.. stoped of the dig some bait.. but found it had been nearly dug out.. it looked like a load of bombs had been droped on it.. creaters everywhere... so went to another one ...... got fishing around 7.15pm.. first hour was slow and i was thinking not another blank mark but then the rod tip went mad, a real flounder knock.. first fish landed and a nice size too... soon after that i was taking in flounder after flounder all to good sizes.. average was about 36cm the biggest was just shy of 40cm.. and a good plump one at that... about 10pm i got a knock which was a flounder bite so left it alone for awhile when the rod tiped slamed down,, what the fuc- is this i said.. so got stuck into it,, it gave me a good battle at the start for about 10 seconds and them gone when i got the trace in the flounder was on the hook less the end of him as my photo shows and what looks like teeth marks on the body... so it left me thinking what on hell was it..... never seen a flounder been attacked like that.... after that one the next fish landed was a double hook up flounder and turbot my first turbot in galway close to spiddal....... enjoy the photos....

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well done alan,nice to see the turbot,I haven't heard of any being caught near spiddal before,I wonder was it a seal or a otter that attacked the flounder

nice fishing there alan,maybe a tope hit the flounder, there fond of the old flats this time of year.

never seen that before, love the photo, how would you go about measuring that flounder in a comp

Well done Alan, great results again there mate. I love the first picture, the scenery and sunset are amazing

Nice to see a new mark do the business. Would love to know what did the damage to the flounder. Great photos well done.

It was probably a seal that took your flounder but there is also a good chance of it being an angelshark/monkfish.
There have been a few caught over the years in that stretch between blackrock in salthill and spiddal. They inhabit the shallow waters along that strech mainly in the sandy areas near mussel beds.

well done nice fish and photos alan

nice fish there alan, good photos

nice one alan,some good fishing there,wonder would it be otters,you know that there around that spot.

Nice find Alan!! Will need introduced to the venue hey, some decent fish there!!

Some great fishing there Alan and on a new mark.

last week i fished spiddal and as i was reeling in a pollock as it was about a foot under the water a shadow emerged and just hit it ! i pi attempted to pull it up out of the water and low and behold an otter was staring back at me with the pollock in its mouth and in his paws tried to pull it free and it dived down and ripped the pollocks body from it head so i was left with a pollocks head while he swam off quite happily but anyway thats what i reckon did that to the flounder. Nice report too

Nice fishing alan.

some cracking flatties there alan . i'll bet the oul heart was pumping when whatever it was grabbed the flounder