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Post by Pete B on Feb 28, 2007 15:57:47 GMT
Yes, mine is basically a running ledger at the bottom (crude pic). I may try some booms this season. the lead isnt fixed? do you have a bead & stop knot before each snood? how long is the running section Dave? I use something very similar but with the lead fixed off, I use very long 10lb flurocarbon snoods when I can for as much movement as I can. |
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Post by stevieboy on Feb 28, 2007 16:27:37 GMT
Interesting thread.
Reading through some other articles on plaice in particular, seems like they more inclined to be sight feeders. Which makes them more likely to be caught in a daytime session. Anyone had any general experience to back this up?
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Post by Pete B on Feb 28, 2007 16:49:08 GMT
Definetly Steve, without doubt mate, hence spoons, beads & all things shiny! every year the debate of 'what colour beads' goes about without fail!
Also, as previously mentioned they will rise to take a bait, myself & Dantastic watch one swim up the anchor rope of a neighbouring boat. Movement plays a big part IMHO. I quite often cast & retreive for them & if a bite is seen but dosent materialise into anything more a couple of turns usually trigger another IMO.
Pete
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Post by peterpan3494 on Feb 28, 2007 16:58:43 GMT
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Post by lighty on Feb 28, 2007 21:48:02 GMT
When I was young everybody used Brass Paternoster's and I would guess more plaice have been caught using the Brass than any other means but please don't quote me.
Now some what later I remember reading an article that was discussing the Brass Paternoster and a somewhat clever person suggested after tests that it was the chemical reaction of the brass and salt water that attracted flatties to them.
Dunno if there was any truth to it but who knows?
john
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Post by solehunter on Mar 1, 2007 1:33:51 GMT
Yes, mine is basically a running ledger at the bottom (crude pic). I may try some booms this season. the lead isnt fixed? do you have a bead & stop knot before each snood? how long is the running section Dave? I use something very similar but with the lead fixed off, I use very long 10lb flurocarbon snoods when I can for as much movement as I can. The bottom half of my rig is basically a running ledger with a bead in front of the weight and swivel, the weight isn't fixed. My crude drawing is of my sole rig but i use basically the same thing for plaice but with longer snoods. Pete, ....my bottom snood would be no longer than 6/8 inch`s to insure stability on the bottom. |
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Post by Coddo on Mar 1, 2007 10:17:38 GMT
very interseting thread! good too see everyones different tactics for plaice fishing.
dave, do you clip your flattie rig for distance or cast like it is?
i have thought about using a running ledger setup for flatties but for my local plaice hotspot a fairly long cast in sometimes needed...
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Post by solehunter on Mar 1, 2007 10:55:52 GMT
No mate, i dont clip it. Our plaice marks are pretty much short/medium range and our sole marks are SHORT!!!
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Post by stevieboy on Mar 1, 2007 10:56:59 GMT
I made a couple of plaice rigs last night. The first was a long range rig, the single snood is clipped down behind an impact shield. Behind the hook and the obligatory beads is a attractor (blade). This looks like it will fold back nicely when flying through the air. I've also put a couple of lead shot about 9 inches above the hook, this will keep the bait down, but allow a small amount of movement too. If fishing for sole then I'd put the shot closer to the bait. The second is a short range flapper again with beads / lead shot, this time the attractor blade is just below the swivel at the top of the rig. This is all very theoretical at the moment, seeing as the last time I caught a plaice I was about 7 years old... I feel and expensive-tackle-snagging session coming on  Steve. |
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Post by Coddo on Mar 1, 2007 11:31:00 GMT
No mate, i dont clip it. Our plaice marks are pretty much short/medium range and our sole marks are SHORT!!! ok bud cheers, i might "develop" a cliped version of the running ledger.... pretty much an upside down pully rig i should imagine. i know what you mean about sole fishing being close range, most of the sole around my area come at medium-long range.... fishing for them one night last year i decided to plop my rig about 10 yards out.... had a bite.... reeled in abit..... looked into the water and saw a sole of about a pound flapping around on the end of my rig about 5 yards out, then next thing i saw was the fish swimming belly up away from me a split second befor it disapeared!!!! that was the closest i came to a sole last year by the way.. nice avatar stevieboy!! |
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