The Plaice will be back soon

I've made a few rigs up.
I bought some chromed plastic tea spoons and cut the handles off,then drilled a small hole in them for the line.
The set up is-spoon-about six coloured beads and a 2#0 aberdeen.
This time round I'm trying 20mm polystyrenes balls about an inch from the hook,the idea being to keep the bait up high enough out of the reach of the crabs.On the mainline it's just a zip slider and a swivel,the zip slider has a clip on it for the weight.
The advantage of a running ledger is there will be no resistance on the line,and using braid,the bites will be more obvious.I never use braid at less then 30lb breaking strain.
I've had double up's of rays on a similar rig.
Hook Bait-Black Lug and Squid or mackerel strips.
Seeing that fish hunt by smell,especially if the water is murky,this time around I've got some sardine oil to dip the hookbait in just before I cast out.
Tight lines "V"

Just watched a vid of a plaice being caught south of england. Bit early for up here still I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOSWweCxDzo&ab_channel=FishHunterUK

It will be interesting to hear how the squid oil works, I bought some rag spray thinking it might help if I am without decent bait but haven't tried it

Went for a walk along the prom at New Brighton last weekend. Blinkin freezin .

Might be a few more weeks yet before any plaice show there.

[quote="Notbad"]It will be interesting to hear how the squid oil works, I bought some rag spray thinking it might help if I am without decent bait but haven't tried it.


It's sardine oil that I have got Paul.
I bought some black lug a couple of years ago and they are oiled and vacuum packed.They have been in the fridge since I got them.
They look the same as the day I put them in there.
I'll be trying them with Squid or mackerel strips dipped in oil.
Seeing as most fish are predators,the oil should be a good attractant.
I watched a vid the other day,and as an example it said if you were to put a single bait in a swimming pool,and the fish were at the other end,you coud be there all day and not get a bite,but with oil as an attractant there would be more chance of getting a bite.
It sounded pretty logical to me.
I suppose if we don't experiment we will never know

MusselMan wrote:

Went for a walk along the prom at New Brighton last weekend. Blinkin freezin .

Might be a few more weeks yet before any plaice show there.

We fished Perch rock on new years day about 6yrs ago,it was so cold I had to get my mate to put the bait on the hooks.

I suspect,with this mild winter,we could see the fish coming in earlier than usual.
Looking at some news items,it sounds like some species have not gone as far out as usual.
The alge bloom coming out of the Dee this year from the excess sewage going into to it could be a problem.