The Fish that Loves beads TOO much- Sea Fishing U.K in Winter

Every winter the dabs arrive on the Sussex Shoreline. In today’s video we discuss tactics for these mighty little flatfish.

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[Nigelessexbassfishing]

Brilliant stuff. Your smile said it all. Well done. 👍🐟🐟🐟

[ivanstreet]

Well done Matt, that's dedication for you, fishing in sub-zero temperatures! It paid off though, you had some nice dabs, and you took some beautiful atmospheric footage, great stuff, and thanks for putting the effort in.

[Chuck-]

Genius move with the mylar strip on the barb, you're onto something! Fun part about fishing are the little discoveries with changing bait/rigs.

[ogstopper]

Thanks for these videos. You're teaching this old dog some new tricks.

[stinkymuppet]

Nice presentation mr saltwater, good to see you dabbling with a few ideas, always interesting .🧐 played around myself ( with rigs that is ) in the past and my personal conclusion’s are this . Gone off beads except when drifting for plaice in a boat. Bite misses deffo increased with bling, not so important when pleasure fishing but not good in matches. Rig length depended on tide strength. Best bait sticky black or very old ragworm often tipped with strip of herring or pilchard or dare I mention a strip of kipper 🎣🤷 all presented as naturally as possible . Enjoy them tasty dabs they are a treat 😋 and I thank them for turning up at a time when all we are left with is pins and slugs till the plaice show. Thanks for sharing . Happy new year

[trampster]

Nice one Matt! You did well on the flatties. Stay safe & well. 🎣🎣👍👍

[FishyTom]

I love a bit of dab fishing, so really enjoyed this video! Thanks. Sadly we don't get them where I fish mostly, but thinking of a roadtrip soon to find some. It's hard to explain to some people why catching tiny little flatties is so satisfying. There's just something wonderfully simple about them that reminds me of when I was young and learning how to fish!

[SampsonCousins-wpqn]

Love it Matt great video you inspired me to get back into sea fishing I did a comp and won thank you

[nicholascavie]

Awesome Matt, loved catching dabs from beach and old pier, don't use beads but green flero tubing, spent Christmas day, Boxing day and day after, with volunteer bush fire brigade, fighting bush fires, been with them about 3 years, 😊police arrested someone for starting fires 😊.Happy catching from Australia Nick 🇦🇺

[robregist]

Lovely stuff. We'll done on getting in the cold! I've got a pair of Berghaus Deluge overtrousers to keep me dry. I learned by accident they're very good at keeping out a strong cold winter wind.

[paulhiggins]

Can’t beat a bit of flatty bashing, well done Matt 🐟👍

[glencronin]

Entertaining as usual Matt, enjoyed the session, Happy new year mate.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣

[bihi]

Nice one, great shots of the seascape, til the next one.

[Monaco-]

Great video Matt relaxing as always. I like to put half a worm on with a small squid tip for Dab, it does attract the Whiting though !

[davetevens]

Well done Matt braving the cold. Love the dab 😊😊

[jozsefronai]

You a dab hand at that sea fishing lark !!! Interesting video really enjoyed it ❤ my hands were cold last Saturday when I went bass fishing too but I would rather have cold hands and go fishing than watch TV!!! Have you tried a rolling lead and short casts for dabs ? That's the method up here in Anglesey on the beaches and we move after a few casts to cover more area and sometimes get sea trout this way too

[seafishinggirl]

Great vid again Matt, interesting what you said about the beads being more popular than the bait, Ive been experimenting with beads and its showing interesting results, Large white beads around 10mm seem very sucsessful used singally also something I learned from international match anglers was to increase the boyuncy of the baited hook compensating for the weight of the hook, and achieving neutral boyancy, I do this by using a short length of white foam put on the hook before the bait. I usually use a smaller length of worm tipped off with a small piece of squid.

[aigarspoplavskis]

Amazing video, thanks for experience share!!!!

[KD-KayakDangler]

Looks like a great session fella well done 👌🏼

[mikesaul]

Happy New year Matt, lovely upload, disappointed I didn't see you land that 🐳 😂. Kind regards Mike, Norfolk. Tight lines mate.