The reason you get those wind knots in braid is the nylon shock leader. Braid and braid leader works ok. Nylon and nylon line works ok. But never mix the two lines. They have different speeds through the eyes. It won’t always happen of course. But more often than not. That will be the issue.
Nice interesting video👍, you tried and experimented with all sorts.🤔 And caught.👏👏🎣🎣🎣🎣 What a beautiful sunset to end the session🌅. Thanks for sharing, take care and stay safe.😷🙊
Your groundbait idea is something I've done for years. Best for me was when we had flounders locally. Dig the harbour rag over a 25mt section then mark the area with with sticks. As the tide progresses fish into the area with great results. I have used large freshwater feeders with pulped fish mixed with bran. Loads of other ideas
I watched a guy fishing for black bream or the equivalent in Hong Kong of all places using a big feeder with excellent results. I’ve used feeders filled with pulped fish bits for pike fishing on rivers and it works really well providing you can keep the sodding crayfish at bay!
You can catch a big fish on a small hook but not the other way round. I'd go smaller hoioks for dabs. Desperate to get a line in the water but don't like the cold much. Thanks for getting a great video out in the dark cold winter months. These vids keep me going. Tight lines Matt
Hi matt totally brilliant video camera work so professionally done, love just how easy you make the pendulum cast look. Would love to see you doing a new series on casting. All the best for all the future projects you are planning. You have given me a the kick I needed to get the rods out again so thanks for that. william
Great video, love the camera angles and editing. Managed to make a poor time of the year very interesting and informative. Learnt a couple of things for which I'm very grateful. Quality mate 👍
Good one, I like your approach to catching Whiting 👍 I'm attempting something similar this winter, with all the usual suspects as targets. I caught a Pout last week, on a lure with a 1-7g rod and the fight was awesome 🎣😊 Whiting and dogfish are the next targets. I like to add a lumi bead too
One to try when fishing for flatties, especially with flapper rigs (although work just as well with clipped rigs, just take a bit of careful setting up) is small circle hooks with a hair to carry the bait. Hooks them right in the corner of the mouth every time then👍
A great video it brings back the memories of my sea fishing days (1950s-1960s). There's still a lot of skill involved, but the modern equipment makes it so much easier, we had cane and greenheart rods and cotton line! So we were fishing quite close in, 50 yards was considered a good cast. I know that you've covered it in the replies but novices always ask how far out are you casting, perhapsy should mention it Keep them coming. .
Wind knots, errrrrr! Beautiful sunset Matt. Had a couple of bad wind knots back in the summer on the lure rod, spent 20mins trying to sort it which resulted in me cutting . Tried a couple of good braids now with fluorocarbon, but time to try another. Or old school nylon? All the best👍
Nice to see the dabs turning up I fished this Wednesday Thursday and Friday at hythe and dungerness. With Blueys and worm. Non stop tings and the odd dogfish got to the point as soon as the bait hit the water rods where rattling away with ting bites must be billions out there. Even went up to a size 6 hook to stop catching them and still managed to hook the bloody things roll on April March.
How's it going matt! Fantastic video and brilliant recording and editing skills 👏 just a thought about catching the dabs, I can't tell how big your hooks are on the 3 hook flapper but they look approx size 1 or 2? I'd say drop down to a size 4 or even 6 especially on the bottom snood that sits below the led on the sea bed. This absolutely hammers flat fish for us over here in Ireland and works every time for me during competitions I have plenty of shorts on my channel showing the catches😄I tread the worm up the snood and on top snood use floating beads and hook 1 small or maybe 2 small worms to the top hook👍by the way I use the gamakatsu f314 when choosing a small hook 👌thanks for your time
Thanks Dab are surprising good at taking bigger sized hooks. However I think a small size 4 or 2 to match the size of your lug bait. Some match scratching tactics required. I suffered a bit in the session because of the saggy frozen bait. Thanks again for your input😀
@Saltwater Angler yes I agree I've caught them on bigger hooks too but find the smaller hooks work much better when targeting flat fish👍ye I find even when pleasure fishing I tend to fish 1 rod for big fish and the other I scratch around for anything and everything 😂and you were right in saying fresh lug is best you can't get a better bait for winter fishing 😄big fan of your channel matt thanks for the reply mate
There are times when you get so desperate like here and now in Pattaya where only squids or nothing else is around that you appreciate trash - fish like Whitings, Hardheads and Gafftoptails so terribly annoying on the endless Texas - Coast!
BH hope them weights did u OK must have been fate you forgetting yours and me finding some as after u said you lost a nice plaice thought I'd take a look
Hi Matt. Couple of questions. When you had those triple shots, how long did you leave the bait in the water before retrieving? What was the tide doing, did you start at low water? Finally, how far out are you casting? My casting isn’t great and I wonder if I would catch more fish if I could cast further. Cheers.
I vary how long i leave the three hooked fish. You can tell the difference between a hooked fish Once theres a weight on the line and no real rattles i will wind in. 10 Minutes and i start to get a bit edgy .I would say that distance casting is always a useful at some point in the tide BUT you can still catch by casting short. Here i'm casting 80m but sometimes you need to be 140m to catch as thats where the tide is running best for example.
The early plaice arrive now, watery and thin usually but winter plaice possible in these conditions. Keep it light 3 oz if you can . Maybe roll the weight about a bit
No but a few rules regarding minimum fish take sizes. Also bass regulations must be adhered too - October is the best month for me but it all depends what you want to catch
I still maintain the Kensaki is an excellent beach rod- the problem Really is me and I find I don’t have to put everything in to the cast with the contis - much easier for my aging back.
Great to see someone trying different things . Very nice camera and really useful
info. Beach fishing on a beautiful Winter day is my idea of heaven.
Thanks for watching!
The reason you get those wind knots in braid is the nylon shock leader. Braid and braid leader works ok. Nylon and nylon line works ok. But never mix the two lines. They have different speeds through the eyes.
It won’t always happen of course. But more often than not. That will be the issue.
Thanks 😊
A little bit calmer there than it was on North shore Llandudno on Saturday night. 😅😅. Great vid 👌. Thanks.
Thanks for keeping us up to date. Happy New Year . TOo cold for me now at 77. 😎
Happy new year! And yes stay warm , I’m banking on an early spring
Nice interesting video👍, you tried and experimented with all sorts.🤔
And caught.👏👏🎣🎣🎣🎣
What a beautiful sunset to end the session🌅.
Thanks for sharing, take care and stay safe.😷🙊
Thanks as always Ian , I like how you summed it up 👍
2:14 impresive cast didnt see it often, saturday i will go to seaford and definetly will practice that style of casting
nice video as always
A relaxed cast ! Thanks enjoy Seaford
Very enjoyable Matt. Thank you. I want to go fishing ....... NOW 😭
Ahh sorry but but also my plan is working !
Great video again Matt awesome looking day. Happy catching from AUSTRALIA Nick
Glad you enjoyed it mate , thanks for watching as always
Hi Matt,lovely upload, nice to see the flatties coming in,Also to see back on the beach, kind regards Mike. Norfolk. 👍
Hi Mark should be some around your way too ?
Lovely stuff mate
Thanks 😊
cor those jackhammers are workin hard! great video
You got that right! 😡
Good to see you back
😂 thanks for watching , have you missed some videos though ?
@@SaltwaterAngler I don't think so I never see any form about November and I follow you this is the first one I see in a while. Keep up the good work
Your groundbait idea is something I've done for years. Best for me was when we had flounders locally.
Dig the harbour rag over a 25mt section then mark the area with with sticks. As the tide progresses fish into the area with great results.
I have used large freshwater feeders with pulped fish mixed with bran. Loads of other ideas
I watched a guy fishing for black bream or the equivalent in Hong Kong of all places using a big feeder with excellent results. I’ve used feeders filled with pulped fish bits for pike fishing on rivers and it works really well providing you can keep the sodding crayfish at bay!
Hi matt you ok mate, i'm still loving the vids mate nice one. All the best from GRIMSBY.
Watcha! Great all good here glad your watching 👍👍
Really like the experimentation. Baiting up the grip lead seems like a great idea!
Cheers for that , yes also a feeder could be helpful
You can catch a big fish on a small hook but not the other way round. I'd go smaller hoioks for dabs.
Desperate to get a line in the water but don't like the cold much.
Thanks for getting a great video out in the dark cold winter months. These vids keep me going.
Tight lines Matt
Good good , thanks ! Many examples of catching small fish on big hooks , but size 4 best scratching size for dab.
Hi matt totally brilliant video camera work so professionally done, love just how easy you make the pendulum cast look. Would love to see you doing a new series on casting. All the best for all the future projects you are planning. You have given me a the kick I needed to get the rods out again so thanks for that.
william
Great suggestion! Ok I’ll do that thanks 🙏
Great video, love the camera angles and editing. Managed to make a poor time of the year very interesting and informative. Learnt a couple of things for which I'm very grateful. Quality mate 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for that
Where are you at, my hearing has gone and I can’t her what your saying, can you let me know where you are please, great video, enjoy watching.
Hi Jenny I know that feeling if you press cc on RUclips you can get the captions up and I have checked they work ok
@@SaltwaterAngler thank you
Good one, I like your approach to catching Whiting 👍
I'm attempting something similar this winter, with all the usual suspects as targets. I caught a Pout last week, on a lure with a 1-7g rod and the fight was awesome 🎣😊
Whiting and dogfish are the next targets. I like to add a lumi bead too
Nice one, thanks I think plaice as another lure target too 👍
One to try when fishing for flatties, especially with flapper rigs (although work just as well with clipped rigs, just take a bit of careful setting up) is small circle hooks with a hair to carry the bait. Hooks them right in the corner of the mouth every time then👍
Nice one !
A great video it brings back the memories of my sea fishing days (1950s-1960s). There's still a lot of skill involved, but the modern equipment makes it so much easier, we had cane and greenheart rods and cotton line! So we were fishing quite close in, 50 yards was considered a good cast.
I know that you've covered it in the replies but novices always ask how far out are you casting, perhapsy should mention it
Keep them coming. .
Enjoyed reading that comment thank you
Wind knots, errrrrr! Beautiful sunset Matt. Had a couple of bad wind knots back in the summer on the lure rod, spent 20mins trying to sort it which resulted in me cutting . Tried a couple of good braids now with fluorocarbon, but time to try another. Or old school nylon? All the best👍
Stick with the braid 👍
Nice to see the dabs turning up I fished this Wednesday Thursday and Friday at hythe and dungerness. With Blueys and worm. Non stop tings and the odd dogfish got to the point as soon as the bait hit the water rods where rattling away with ting bites must be billions out there. Even went up to a size 6 hook to stop catching them and still managed to hook the bloody things roll on April March.
Ha ! Yes sounds familiar , springs coming early 👍
You must've been freezing 😆
Same in Hove and Southwick. 😦😦
Loving your videos … what location are you at
Mostly East Sussex
How's it going matt! Fantastic video and brilliant recording and editing skills 👏 just a thought about catching the dabs, I can't tell how big your hooks are on the 3 hook flapper but they look approx size 1 or 2? I'd say drop down to a size 4 or even 6 especially on the bottom snood that sits below the led on the sea bed. This absolutely hammers flat fish for us over here in Ireland and works every time for me during competitions I have plenty of shorts on my channel showing the catches😄I tread the worm up the snood and on top snood use floating beads and hook 1 small or maybe 2 small worms to the top hook👍by the way I use the gamakatsu f314 when choosing a small hook 👌thanks for your time
Thanks Dab are surprising good at taking bigger sized hooks. However I think a small size 4 or 2 to match the size of your lug bait. Some match scratching tactics required. I suffered a bit in the session because of the saggy frozen bait. Thanks again for your input😀
@Saltwater Angler yes I agree I've caught them on bigger hooks too but find the smaller hooks work much better when targeting flat fish👍ye I find even when pleasure fishing I tend to fish 1 rod for big fish and the other I scratch around for anything and everything 😂and you were right in saying fresh lug is best you can't get a better bait for winter fishing 😄big fan of your channel matt thanks for the reply mate
There are times when you get so desperate like here and now in Pattaya
where only squids or nothing else is around that you appreciate
trash - fish like Whitings, Hardheads and Gafftoptails so terribly annoying
on the endless Texas - Coast!
Right ! I’m off to Google those 😂
BH hope them weights did u OK must have been fate you forgetting yours and me finding some as after u said you lost a nice plaice thought I'd take a look
Ha yes thanks Brian !
Another good winter beach session,that fkin bloke digging up the road spoilt your usually peaceful sea sound track.
Yes beach works all along the coast here. In the end I tuned out from it !
Hi Matt. Couple of questions. When you had those triple shots, how long did you leave the bait in the water before retrieving? What was the tide doing, did you start at low water? Finally, how far out are you casting? My casting isn’t great and I wonder if I would catch more fish if I could cast further. Cheers.
I vary how long i leave the three hooked fish. You can tell the difference between a hooked fish Once theres a weight on the line and no real rattles i will wind in. 10 Minutes and i start to get a bit edgy .I would say that distance casting is always a useful at some point in the tide BUT you can still catch by casting short. Here i'm casting 80m but sometimes you need to be 140m to catch as thats where the tide is running best for example.
Hey Matt, when do the plaice start coming close in ? And what size weights do you use please..
The early plaice arrive now, watery and thin usually but winter plaice possible in these conditions. Keep it light 3 oz if you can . Maybe roll the weight about a bit
@@SaltwaterAngler What about the eatable ones ?
Do you need any license to fish in the beach? What when is the best time to fish ?
No but a few rules regarding minimum fish take sizes. Also bass regulations must be adhered too - October is the best month for me but it all depends what you want to catch
@@SaltwaterAngler Thank you
👍👍👍👍👍
Yes! 5 thumbs up 👍
How come u switched to conti rods from the Kenzaki?
I still maintain the Kensaki is an excellent beach rod- the problem
Really is me and I find I don’t have to put everything in to the cast with the contis - much easier for my aging back.
Fair does. I ask as I havnt found a non floppy conti