Sea Angling for Spearos

[atomichaggis]

What this guy said...
The Salmon Farm Monitor

[atomichaggis]

Fishy reportings from norway...

Crackin seatrout today...


had that and a little one that lived to fight another day... nice afternoon .... as long as we don't mention the old firm match.

[ADM]

Nice one!! more than I had... Just bloney beaks for us, better than a blank though. The spider crabs seem to be in now, every single bottom fished bait was coming back with hooks rather messily removed.

[atomichaggis]

Beaks... Gars? Those crabs would do my nut in! Bottom fishing has been dissapointing here lately, think i should stick to the Trout for the most part now, there are some nice fish around now.

[ADM]

Yes, Garfish, beaks, longnose, snipe and likely other names for them as well. The crabs wee annpying, mainly as they seemed to insist on chopping the whole trace and not just the hook and immediately above so have to replace the trace each cast and when there were 3 rods out it got a bit much!!

The mullet were absent again, as they tend to be when targetted, though I suspect one missed hook up, one of the boys I was guiding hit a bite and it looked and he said felt very heavy for the few moments it was on, not very like a small beak, best one was only about 7-8oz.

[Pav]

UK LIDL SELLING FISHING STUFF NEXT WEEK ....

Looks like the annual Lidl fish stuff is early this year. Cheapie no frill stuff but I know some of you take the chance to stock up on lures ;>)

[atomichaggis]

Originally Posted by ADM

Yes, Garfish, beaks, longnose, snipe and likely other names for them as well. The crabs wee annpying, mainly as they seemed to insist on chopping the whole trace and not just the hook and immediately above so have to replace the trace each cast and when there were 3 rods out it got a bit much!!

The mullet were absent again, as they tend to be when targetted, though I suspect one missed hook up, one of the boys I was guiding hit a bite and it looked and he said felt very heavy for the few moments it was on, not very like a small beak, best one was only about 7-8oz.

Gars, Bass, Mullet... is it summer there already? Incredible the difference between here and there. I like catching gars on the fly, especially when they walk on their tails... it's like walking your pet fish on a leash.
Those crabs sound hard to live with, I'd start plotting their destruction if I were based over there.

So whats all this guiding stuff? You showing tourists around the fishing there? I'd heard rumblings from some Norwegian anglers about taking a trip out that way.

[atomichaggis]

Originally Posted by Pav

UK LIDL SELLING FISHING STUFF NEXT WEEK ....

Looks like the annual Lidl fish stuff is early this year. Cheapie no frill stuff but I know some of you take the chance to stock up on lures ;>)

Hahaha... same here! I got a pod last year that broke on its 4th outing. Think I'll grab another and reinforce it this time. hope they get beach shelters in again too and bite alarms... roll on Lidl fishing week!

[ADM]

Originally Posted by atomichaggis

Gars, Bass, Mullet... is it summer there already? Incredible the difference between here and there. I like catching gars on the fly, especially when they walk on their tails... it's like walking your pet fish on a leash.
Those crabs sound hard to live with, I'd start plotting their destruction if I were based over there.

So whats all this guiding stuff? You showing tourists around the fishing there? I'd heard rumblings from some Norwegian anglers about taking a trip out that way.

Well it doesn't feel like summer!! And those fish which are caught around now are hard work to get and not without many hours of blanking. I do like gars at times, just not when I want something else. a gar over a lb on light gear like that used for mullet (i'm now using a 1lb t/c Avon rod) can be great fun.

I do guide tourists and locals fishing locally, though success all depends upon expectation.

[atomichaggis]

When is the best time over there? Can one expect large Turbot on a weeks fishing there or does it take a bit of luck?

[foxfish]

Why dont you visit Andy's site? http://www.fishing-guernsey.co.uk/forum/default.asp

[atomichaggis]

cheers... shall check it out

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by Pav

UK LIDL SELLING FISHING STUFF NEXT WEEK ....

Looks like the annual Lidl fish stuff is early this year. Cheapie no frill stuff but I know some of you take the chance to stock up on lures ;>)

Thanks for the tip off Pav. The rod back is still in regular use although the zips are all salted up (salty spearguns rather than rods probably).

I was given one of the big accessory sets last year. Great value and it is an adventure trying to figure out what to use and how. I am surprised how much of it I have managed to use or incorporate into rigs for this year. I have a stretch goal of using it all ...pretty difficult as there are a lot of tiny plugs, spoons & spinners for freshwater but I might give them a try this year. There are also loads of floats which I haven't used -- even as a coarse fisherman I probably only used 5 floats over several years, and could probably have managed with just 2! Could perhaps use them for harbour mullet (but who'd want to eat a mullet from the harbour?).

9.99 Waders!!
2.99 Polarised sunglasses
2.99 LED headlamp
5.99 tripod rod rest

Lidl Online

[atomichaggis]

OK, checked the fishing-Guernsey site and there is no mention of Turbot yet the record stands at 10KG (albeit in the 60s)... whats going on there then?
Does one have to go to Alderney for a big Turbot nowadays?

[ADM]

no menion yet but I would expect so soon. The real difference between Guernsey and Alderney for Turbot and the ther flats is really the travelling distance to the main sandbanks, Alderney is closer to the Schole but there are other banks close to Guernsey which throw up some very large fish from time to time. The other site to keep an eye on is AlderneyAngling.com Latest News Page, which, when mark remembers to update it will tell you what the visiting UK charter vessels catch.