bait beds as fishing marks

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bait beds as fishing marks

#1 Post by last cast lad »

just a curious question, since the flatfish eat lugworm on our hooks is it safe to assume that they also eat lug worm from along the bait beds at high tides? I don't know of anyone who fishes the bait beds, are they generally just too shallow or has anyone tried such areas?
I plan to try some of these marks at some stage but dont want to waste valuable fishing time if its pointless :| :| :|
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last cast lad wrote: but dont want to waste valuable fishing time if its pointless :| :| :|
valuable fishing time is only wasted when you ain't fishing
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#3 Post by fishermannum1 »

last cast lad wrote:just a curious question, since the flatfish eat lugworm on our hooks is it safe to assume that they also eat lug worm from along the bait beds at high tides? I don't know of anyone who fishes the bait beds, are they generally just too shallow or has anyone tried such areas?


I plan to try some of these marks at some stage but dont want to waste valuable fishing time if its pointless :| :| :|
the place were i dig my lugworm is one of the best marks i have for catching flounder....
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#4 Post by dbrock »

in one spot we dig our bait and fish the tide on the way in, and always get flounder on the rise, so by all means have a go
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:wink: :mrgreen:
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#6 Post by Al and Jordan »

all of my biggest flounder have been caught at the same mark on top of the lug beds on the rising tide in only 10 inches of water :wink: :wink: :wink: other guys to my left and right were casting at distance with not so much as a nibble for their efforts as i was pulling in fish after fish :P and the beauty of fishing under your nose is that you can get away with using silly wee spinning rods. a 30cm flounder puts up a mega scrap on a 10 to 15 gram casting weight spinning rod :D :D :D good luck :mrgreen:
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#7 Post by roger de dodger »

you might even get something bigger :mrgreen:
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