It’s been another great weekend exploring the local
coastline and as always we've met plenty of people along the way; Most of them lovely, genuine sea-caring people but of course there’s always the
odd one who seems more intent on killing everything he lands with no
consideration for others or the environment around him. It's such a shame there are still some people out there giving us anglers a bad name, leaving rubbish on the beach and not to mention shoving baby school bass into carrier bags without conscience. I'm constantly trying to explain to these people how young these fish are and how we need to look after our resources for future generations. I never get much of a response and if I do its some rubbish like 'they all swallowed the hooks'! Hmm.. Really??! I know a shore fishermen has little impact on our seas in comparison to a commercial boat but I believe anyone who fishes should be made to understand the lifespan of anything they catch, observe the size limits that are put in place for a reason and treat our seas with the respect it deserves.... There, that's that off my chest!! Anyway, about those lovely people!! I can’t help but notice the
vast number of anglers, like myself who are new to lure fishing but still
unaware of the variety of species that can be targeted with artificial baits.
Many still seem intent on catching bass and if you are fishing catch and
release as you say you intend to, then why are you ignoring the great fun that
can be had with hard fighting species such as wrasse.
If want to give it a go you’re best off fishing a weedless set-up like the one below bumping your lure along the bottom or simply ‘dead sticking’
your bait in a more static manner as you would with touch bait fishing.
Wrasse tend to inhabit rough ground, so if you find boulders and jungles of kelp and bladderwrack then you’re sure to find them in numbers. As I understand at this time of year like other species, wrasse move inshore in order to find a safe haven to deposit their eggs. They are highly territorial creatures and will defend their nests with serious aggression and it seems in the process they’re quite partial to turning that fight into a convenient dinnertime.
Our latest trips have found myself and Stuart intent on hunting down these rocket fuelled little beauties and we've found some pretty stunning places to do exactly that.
It’s not all fun and games and after witnessing two rock falls in the past two sessions we've become increasingly conscious of the safety element involved in reaching our chosen marks. Waders keep us away from the base of the cliffs and I can only cringe when I see families setting up picnics in exactly the same spots we habitually try to avoid. I attempted to capture the aftermath of one of the falls, notice the cloud of dust at the side of the cliffs.
In our last evening session we managed to bag a good few fish each such as this greedy little bugger that managed to scoff a whole x-layer.
Wrasse tend to inhabit rough ground, so if you find boulders and jungles of kelp and bladderwrack then you’re sure to find them in numbers. As I understand at this time of year like other species, wrasse move inshore in order to find a safe haven to deposit their eggs. They are highly territorial creatures and will defend their nests with serious aggression and it seems in the process they’re quite partial to turning that fight into a convenient dinnertime.
Our latest trips have found myself and Stuart intent on hunting down these rocket fuelled little beauties and we've found some pretty stunning places to do exactly that.
It’s not all fun and games and after witnessing two rock falls in the past two sessions we've become increasingly conscious of the safety element involved in reaching our chosen marks. Waders keep us away from the base of the cliffs and I can only cringe when I see families setting up picnics in exactly the same spots we habitually try to avoid. I attempted to capture the aftermath of one of the falls, notice the cloud of dust at the side of the cliffs.
In our last evening session we managed to bag a good few fish each such as this greedy little bugger that managed to scoff a whole x-layer.
Another lure that seemed to be working well that evening was the Culprit 4"
Dropshot Worm in Smoke/Black & Purple Fleck from agmdiscountfishing.co.uk. I'm sure there's going to be plenty more wrasse falling to this one!
Stuart also hooked a clonker on a Megabass Inch-Zic which we unfortunately didn't get to see as it ran him aground on some kelp and managed to escape our photoshoot. I don’t think I've seen his Lucky Craft ESG II bent like that before but it most certainly would have been his biggest wrasse to date. Safe to say he was pretty annoyed to lose it, sure you’ll nail him next time anyway mate.:)
I’ll leave on that note and hopefully next time as we scale the lures up we’ll get onto some more specimen sized fish. Thanks for reading as always and good luck nailing a lure-caught wrasse of your own!!
Stuart also hooked a clonker on a Megabass Inch-Zic which we unfortunately didn't get to see as it ran him aground on some kelp and managed to escape our photoshoot. I don’t think I've seen his Lucky Craft ESG II bent like that before but it most certainly would have been his biggest wrasse to date. Safe to say he was pretty annoyed to lose it, sure you’ll nail him next time anyway mate.:)
I’ll leave on that note and hopefully next time as we scale the lures up we’ll get onto some more specimen sized fish. Thanks for reading as always and good luck nailing a lure-caught wrasse of your own!!
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