Plaice Fishing in Pembrokeshire

Common over clean sand; best on a flooding tide with worm baits (rag/lug) and long traces for presentation.

Best on clean sand in spring/summer; rag/lug cocktails and smaller hooks, keep rigs tight to the deck.

Patchy but present on cleaner sandier bays; peeler or ragworm on a 2–3 hook flapper; spring/early summer can be best.

Spring/early summer and autumn; worm baits (rag/lug) with a bit of bling work well on clean sand on smaller tides.

Spring can produce; use worm baits (lug/rag style) and a long trace; target clean sand on smaller seas.

On cleaner sand when surf is moderate; worm or worm/squid baits, long flowing traces help.

Target clean sand patches with ragworm; try a long trace and small hook, especially around slack water near high.

Spring–early summer best; target clean sand on mid-to-high tide with lug/rag/peeler and a light-ish flowing trace.

Clean sand patches in the bay; worm baits on lightish running ledger, often best on the early flood in spring/summer.

Spring into early summer can produce plaice on the sand; rag/lug tipped with squid on a 2-hook flapper works well.

Clean sand produces plaice in spring/summer; use worm or small crab baits and longer casts to find feeding patches.

Spring–summer; target the low-water and mid-tide gutters with lug/sandeel on long traces for clean sand.

Spring–summer best; lugworm with a bit of squid, add beads/attractor for clear-water days.

Spring/early summer can produce; use worm baits and a lightish flowing rig when surf is modest.

Best chance in spring/early summer; worm baits with a bit of bling can help on clean ground.

Occasional on cleaner sand; ragworm/lug baits, longer casts into the deeper run help.

Occasional from cleaner ground near the harbour mouth; try lug/ragworm or small strips on a running ledger.

Occasional on cleaner patches; rag/lug or small crab baits, keep traces longer and fine-wire hooks.

Occasional on clean sand; try worm baits on longer traces, best spring/early summer when they show close in.

Spring can produce better fish; lug/rag cocktails with a bit of coloured bead/attractor, fish the flooding tide.

Spring can fish well for plaice; use worm or worm/squid and add a few beads/spoons for attraction over sand.

Can show on cleaner patches; peeler crab or worm cocktails; longer traces help on calm neap tides.

Occasional where firmer sand/gravel is present; worm baits and a bit of movement during the early flood can pick one up.

Can show around cleaner sand near the mouth in spring; rag/lug baits with beads; long casts not always needed on a flood.

Occasional fish on lug/rag and a small bling rig; try cleaner sand on the bigger spring floods.