Whilst we are on the subject of flattie baits, does anybody apart from me use white ragworm? I started using it about 25yrs ago when I saw small bass "tailing" in the shallows, at about three quarters flood tide! I wondered what they could be after, & I pushed my rod rest down into the sand to mark the spot.
After the tide went back out I dug about in the sand to see what I could find, & I came across these small whitish ragworm, very much like harbour rag in size only a creamy white colour, & only 3"/4" down in the sand, looking closer I could see that there were lots of small round holes in the sand.
On my next trip down there, I dug a 2oz Golden Virginia Tin full of these things in about 20mins, & used them on a separate rod,
Results on my "conventional" rod 2 flounder, & a 4lb bass. On my "unconventional" rod 37 flounders, 4 school bass up to about 2lb, this was fishing on the same rod stand!
Since then I have always used white rag for flounders off the beach, I have used them off the boat, but found they catch no better than lug or rag when dab fishing.
I know they split the rocks in the Channel Islands to get what they call "Verm" but those things are like huge King Rag, but they rave over them for bass.
Anybody out there ever seem these little beauties when digging for lug & discarded them? a tip next time throw the lug away instead!
blueskip