Southbourne Flatties - Plaice, Sole and Flounder in one session!

[@hunkydoryangling8200]

Quality video, your enthusiasm keeps me watching to the end, keep them coming 👌🎣

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks mate.

[@JackMeredith1995]

Awesome again Tom! Your enthusiasm is second to none! 🤟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks Jack.

[@davidschofield9620]

Fantastic session your enthusiasm is 2nd to none look forward to your great videos they cheer me right up

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks mate. 😁

[@christravis3270]

Another brilliant video, really enjoy them, sooooo informative and enjoyable to watch. Love the bite indication shots, makes me realise just how many bites I’ve not spotted in the past and how many fish I have missed landing 🤦🏻

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

So easy to miss a bite! I actually sit and watch the bite cam the next day and always spot a bite or two I didn't see on the night!! Importance of timing your casts and not leaving the rig out there for ages.

[@christravis3270]

Well that makes me feel a bit better. Thanks mate

[@realjimmywillis]

Loving these videos mate. Well done 🎣

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks Jimmy 😁

[@simonjackson7269]

Just bought a selection of your tackle....now to find the time to try it!

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

I wish we could sell spare time, you'd all be happy and I'd be rich 🤣

[@ironix1]

Nice session Tom. Its good to see something other than pin whiting coming out of the sea for a change. Well done!

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks mate. All gets interesting from here on. So many different species to target.

[@ianoliver977]

Great session mate 🎣 keep them coming tight lines 🎣

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks Ian

[@matthewbrown5677]

Nice to see some flat fish at night…. Love Flounders … bite,s are good… Nice to see your videos are helping so many people…. You’ve started something now Tom….😎👍

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Pressure's on now!

[@thesweetcornkid266]

Awesome! Sole and small eyed ray, never caught either before. Ok, that's it, I need to go fish Southbourne beach.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

You definitely do mate! We'll tick those species off your list for you.

[@thesweetcornkid266]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 Fantastic 🤩

[@Fishingdorsetlive]

Well done Tom we fished there Monday night one plaice and a flounder ,trawlers uo and down all night

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

There's always been trawlers for as long as I've known. Annoying I know as the fishing couple be so much better, but it's still pretty good so I just ignore them and enjoy my fishing. Getting upset about them will only spoil our evenings.

[@Jules551]

Brilliant session Tom , Southbourne beach ⛱️ will be over flowing , Quality fishing Tom absolutely love these vlogs 🐟🎣👍 You may have noticed 3 comment s on your last 3 vlogs in a short time , sorry but had a hectic last 10 days so I will own up and admit I'm on catch up lol , stay safe to all of you and please keep these Brilliant vlogs coming they r really appreciated.... jules 👍

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks for the support, really appreciate it. Glad you like the vids, watching late is better than not watching at all... 😄😄

[@Jules551]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 ty for taking time out to fish , loads of tips and sometimes it's good to see rigs done slightly different , you never stop learning said the Bishop to the actress 😀.. showing my age now lol ....🐟🎣👍

[@makinwaves486]

Nice little session Tom - I love fishing that beach!... time for a visit I think :)

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

It's a beautiful place to be for sure.

[@MrHippo12]

Another informative video Best of luck for the weekend Alas no rockling

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Sadly not mate. Beggars can't be choosers!

[@heredukroman841]

Nice catch mate.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thank you 😊

[@stuartcrane9409]

Great session Tom

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks mate.

[@davewilkins9981]

Thanks for the video . I see a lot of people using a lot of "bling" on their rigs for flatfish . Do you use beads etc at certain times or conditions ? Or not at all ?

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Sorry for late reply! I'm not a fan of loads of bling, but will often add a single high viz bead, or lumi bead at night. Keep things simple and put the right bait in the right place, that's a good motto to adopt.

[@davidcobb8300]

Following your urfe rig video I made a couple and went to Bistro Beach last night. Loads of anglers there, think we’ve all been watching your excellent videos. Anyway ended up with a couple of decent plaice and a reasonable dab all on ragworm. Odd couple of tangles but general no problems.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Brilliant result mate. Well done and thanks for letting me know. Bit jealous of the dab though...

[@davidcobb8300]

Oh also had the fish of the sea, pouting, about 15cm.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

@@davidcobb8300 ha ha. Brilliant mate!

[@seaangling]

Loads of information to help us all, very much appreciated. Do you have a favourite type of tide, big/small/building/falling for Southbourne?

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Southbourne continuously surprises me. I'd pick a building tide with high on dusk, but the weekend before fished very well for the plaice on a very small tide!

[@tytzup5397]

Weirdly I've been fishing next to both of you guys on my last 2 sessions. That was me with the undulate last Sunday at Hurst.

[@martinpaul6146]

Really enjoying this seasons run of videos..thanks Golding greys … how long are they around? What is their season? Thanks again 👍

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

To be honest they only really showed in decent numbers last year, so we're learning as we go, but they certainly hung around for a few months.

[@nickmann2916]

Great video tom that sole looked a lovely fish what was it 1lb - 1 1/2 lb and that 1st plaice looked nice as well and the flounder looked in good condition top angling tom

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

I didn't weigh it to be honest. Probably about a lb, was a nice plump fish.

[@williamsmith714]

Hi tom learn alot from your videos. Can I ask if u can use circle hooks to stop deep hooking on flatties and also is it necessary to strike at bites or do fish hook themselves. Many thx

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Hi mate. Striking is mostly a waste of time in beach fishing. The fish will hook themselves if the rig and bait presentation are correct. You can use circles with a dongle for flatties, I keep dabbling with this myself, I can't quite decide if I like it or not!

[@williamsmith714]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 thanks for that Tom , will try out worm/dingle in future

[@johnkay7354]

great session and nice video

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks John.

[@Anglingaddict75]

Great video mate.. well done!

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks buddy.

[@russlee5500]

How were you going to target the golden greys if they had shown up? Nice little session and video. Cheers.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

I had a 12' urfe rig made of 0.25 fluoro tied to size 6 wormer hooks. A single white pop up on the end snood only, nothing on the droppers. Bait was rag tails, would have preferred maddies but didn't have time to get any. I also had a 2up 1down flapper, like I used for the flats, but again size 6 wormers to 0.25 fluoro.

[@russlee5500]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 thanks, so they feed up in the water like targeting Mackerel and Scad then?

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

@@russlee5500 they're very much up in the water at the moment as you can see them on the surface. Both the urfes and long flappers will cover a lot of water though, not necessarily off the bottom that much, and will add natural movement which is helpful.

[@russlee5500]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 cool thank you.

[@lionelgray]

Just a quick question Tom, why did you choose flappers and not urfe rigs? I'm trying to give urfes a go but never sure where or when they're best suited. Brilliant video by the way.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Mainly because I had flappers in my bag! Lol It would have been a perfect night for the urfes as it was nice and calm and I was fishing for flatties. I did have an urfe ready for the mullet, but slightly lighter and smaller hooks than I wanted for the flats.

[@lionelgray]

Many thanks for the reply Tom, looking forward to the next video 👍

[@iangraham3018]

Well done Tom :-) I do miss the flatfish from the UK !!

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Something wonderful about flatties. Do you get any over there?

[@iangraham3018]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 - not really, not to the same extent as the UK. We have Flounders but they are rarely caught on rod and line, mostly speared or netted. Similarly Sole but again these are rarely caught on rod and line, those that are caught are usually by accident.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

@@iangraham3018 is that because they're not targeted, or just not many around.

[@iangraham3018]

@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 - I suspect a bit of both. People that target Flounders tend to net them in the estuaries. Another factor is bait - we do not have lugworm here and only have small ragworm.

[@kingofrs125]

Keep these vids coming Tom great watch when I can’t fish lol 💪🏽 wat mainlines do u use on ur bullsesye and tapered leaders ?

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

Thanks mate. I'm currently on 0.25 Tronixpro Blaze mainline coupled with either a Yuki Safu tapered leader or a Tronixpro Xenon tapered leader (I seem to have a spool of each on the go for some reason! Both very good).

[@gps571]

Great stuff...again...thankyou

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

My pleasure. Thank you.

[@tytzup5397]

Was this last night? I was down from you. Couldn't get onto the flatties all night but did leave with a 60cm bass around midnight.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

It was mate yes, I was almost infront of the (ex) Bistro. I was long gone by midnight. That's a superb bass, very well done. Usually very fat fish this time of year.

[@tytzup5397]

Thought so. I could see the rods lit up in the distance! Was a lovely fish and actually had a happy wife (For once) when I brought it home.

[@christchurchanglingcentre5428]

"For once"... 🤣🤣🤣