Plaice Fishing in Ceredigion

Find them in deeper sand patches/gutters; add a small flashy bead/attractor above a lug/rag bait.

Clean-sand casts on calmer days; small lug/rag baits and a 2-hook flapper can pick up plaice on the flood.

Best spring/early summer on cleaner ground; try longer snoods and beads with rag/lug or tipping.

Spring–summer on clean sand; use long traces, small hooks and worm/mussel baits, light lead if possible.

Spring–autumn; clean sand and light surf suits long casts with lugworm/sandeel strips; keep rigs simple (pennel/2-hook flapper).

Best over cleaner sand in spring–summer; lug/rag or small crab on a 2-hook flapper, fish the last of flood into slack.

Spring–summer on cleaner sand patches; use long traces with small hooks and worm baits, keep leads light if weed allows.

Best over cleaner sand with worm baits; look for calmer conditions and fish mid- to late-tide.

More likely late spring–summer; use long flowing traces and worm baits, add beads/spoons for attraction.

More likely in spring/early summer; worm baits and a bit of bling (beads/spinner) can help on clear, settled seas.

Clean sand patches in spring/summer; rag/lug cocktails on long traces. Look for gentle surf and clear water.

Patchy but possible in spring; lug/rag with a bit of colour (bead/attractor) helps on clean ground.

Target spring/autumn with worm cocktails (lug/rag); look for firm sand and fish a slow-moving tide.

Best chance late spring into summer; peeler/crab or rag in cleaner sand near slight shingle patches.

Spring–summer chance on cleaner sand patches; use worm baits and longer traces to present naturally in lighter tide periods.

Occasional near the estuary mouth in spring/summer; fish clean sandy patches with worm or small crab baits.

Patchy on the cleaner sand, mainly in calmer periods; use small worm baits and light, long-hooklength rigs.

Possible spring/summer on clean sand; rag/lug cocktails and longer casts can help.

Occasional on cleaner ground; lugworm or rag tipped with squid, fished over the smoother patches.

Occasional on clean sand outside the harbour; try worm/squid cocktails on a longer trace.

Occasional on cleaner sand in spring/early summer; worm baits and a bit of movement in the water help.

Occasional; target cleaner sand at/near the mouth with lug/rag and a longer snood; better in spring/summer.