Plaice Fishing in Devon

Mar–May on calm, clear days. Long casts over sand patches; blinged rigs with lug/rag and small squid tips; ebb and first flood.

Spring to early summer over clean sand; long snoods with beads and rag/lug cocktails, cast to sandbanks on the ebb-to-flood turn.

Long casts over clean sand on neaps; beads with rag or lug. Best spring–early summer, mid-flood to high.

Spring–summer in daylight. Rag/lug/razor on long snoods with beads/spoons; cast 40–90 m onto clean patches.

Clear daytime tides in spring; long flowing trace with beads/spoons and rag/lug. Cast 50–100 yd over clean patches; a slow lift-and-drift helps.

Spring-early summer in daylight; long cast to sandy gullies/edges. Lug or rag tipped with squid; bead attractors help.

Spring–early summer; long casts over clean sand with blinged flappers and rag/lug. Daylight on the flood.

Spring in calm, clear conditions; long casts with beads/spoons and rag/sandeel cocktails over clean patches. Daytime on neap tides.

Spring in calm, clear conditions. Long boom rigs with beads/spoons and rag/lug or shellfish. Daylight; long casts onto clean sand.

March–May; lug tipped with rag/squid. Long casts to sand seams, daylight with a gentle swell. Beads/spoons can help.

Spring to early summer on daylight floods; long casts over clean sand with beads/spoons and worm or crab baits.

Early spring to early summer on calm, bright days. Long casts with ragworm/sandeel cocktails on spooned traces; find sandy gullies beyond the shingle.

Clean sand from mid-beach; long casts with bead/bling traces and rag or shellfish. Sunny flood in spring–early summer.

Daylight over clean sand; long trace with beads or sequins, lug or rag tipped with squid. Spring to early summer, mid-tide range.

Spring on settled seas; lug/rag tipped with mussel. Long flowing traces with beads; cast to clean sand beyond the first bar on a flooding daytime tide.

Spring to early summer in daylight. Long casts with blinged 2-hook rigs and rag/shellfish tips over clean sand; flood to high.

Spring and autumn; long casts over clean patches with blinged flappers and ragworm/sandeel. Daylight on a building tide.

Clean sand beyond the surf; long cast with beads/flash and lug/rag cocktails. Best on daylight floods in spring.

Spring–early summer over clean sand. Long casts with beads and lug/rag; daylight on gentle surf and neap tides.

Spring–summer, daylight on clean sand; long traces with beads and lug/cocktail baits; cast to clearer patches beyond the first bar on a flood.

Target clean patches with long snoods and beads; rag or lug tipped with squid. Spring to early summer on a gentle flood.

Clean sand in the bay; long cast with lug or rag tipped with squid on flowing traces; daylight on clear neap tides in spring.

Spring on calm, bright days. Long snoods with beads/bling and black lug/rag; cast long onto clean ground. Gentle tides.

Spring to early summer over clean sandier patches; long snood with beads/spoons and rag/sandeel. Cast long on the flood.

Spring to early summer on cleaner patches; long flowing trace with beads/spoons, rag/lug tipped with squid. Daylight on neaps.