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This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: Surprise captures from the amazing River Thames
My sincerest apologies to Steve who submitted this last year and I must have filed it in the wrong folder on my PC. I have only just found now whilst looking for other stuff.
However, it has not been outdated, the information contained is still of considerable interest.
I fished many years ago (15 years) at Barnes Bridge which is just downstream from Richmond Bridge. I well remember catching 2 very small flatfish. I couldnt tell at that size wether they were dab or plaice but they both had very tiny reddish spots. I was very surprised at the time so, this article confirms the fact. Very interesting article..thanks
No probs Jeff I thought the article didn't appear as must've been boring so noted to myself that I must try harder next time!
Glad some of you found it interesting.
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The red spots make people instantly think plaice but they were almost definitely flounder Mark....flounder, of course, sometimes also have red spots.
The tidal Thames is a main spawning area for flounder and they're seen some years even up on the non-tidal at Molesey/ Hampton Court, which is completely freshwater.
Dabs and plaice almost certainly wouldn't be that far upstream as they prefer higher salinity.