wreck fishing

[NEWKID 27,278]

Went wrecking yesterday out of dartmouth on Dave Harrisons boat gemini, top boat and top skipper

I've been going out on boats for at least 20 years now and have seen how much the lures have changed, when we were first going out it was all about redgills and eddystones and they caught a lot of fish, then the jellies came in and they caught a lot of fish, then it was storm shads again catching fish and now we got side winders which catch fish.

Yesterday the jellies out fished everything resulting in a few nice cod around 10lb ( my brother catching the biggest as always the spawny git) along with some pollack and pout.

What i wonder is are the shelves of flashy lures there to catch anglers rather than fish?

Unlike coarse fishing the fish aren't returned so they obviously can't grow wise to certain lures, so surely what worked 20 years ago should still work today?

( i still took some new lures cause i just can't resist lol)

[dave1979 77]

the black jellies with red tails tend to work out of north wales on the pollock!!!!

[NEWKID 27,278]

Yeah they work well here too mate eddystone do a good one its a jelly that looks like an eel black with red, yellow or orange tail I think there called fire tails:thumbs:

[runforyourlife 361]

All lures at certain times of the year will catch non finicky fish.... ie: pieces of silver paper on hooks....

[NEWKID 27,278]

Yeah caught stacks of mackeral on silver paper, even bare hooks, although i think you'd struggle on silver paper wrecking in 200ft of water( you never know though)

the most fish yesterday were caught on a sh*tty brown coloured jelly the skipper thought it looked crap and you would'nt catch with it ( so did i) but after a couple of fish including the biggest cod it made you change your mind this jelly cost about 50p so like silver paper it doesn't have to be big, flashy expensive lurres everytime.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Its like RYFYL says different weather or sea conditions change how fish feed,so something that worked one day on a wreck will not nessecarily work on another day on that same wreck imo.And yes I think % of the lures on sale these days are just there to catch anglers

[NEWKID 27,278]

yeah I agree yesterday the wind was against the tide making the drift difficult thats maybe why the jellies worked as opposed to other lures, lijke you say every days different if it was easy it would be boring eh

 

 

[Malt 379]

Its like RYFYL says different weather or sea conditions change how fish feed,so something that worked one day on a wreck will not nessecarily work on another day on that same wreck imo.And yes I think % of the lures on sale these days are just there to catch anglers

 

yeah I've been caught a few times! I've got £7 lures lying unused in the shed that have never had so much as a bite on them.

[ratattack 111]

Flashy colours don't mean a great deal at 200ft below the surface, they are there to make you buy the lure rather than catch fish. Every colour has it's day.

Edited October 16, 2010 by ratattack

[NEWKID 27,278]

Flashy colours don't mean a great deal at 200ft below the surface, they are there to make you buy the lure rather than catch fish. Every colour has it's day.

 

yeah you would think that but its funny how certain colours work , orange being particulary good for cod for example, I still think the tide and your rate of retrieve are the most important factors but it's still strange at 200ft down certain colours will out fish others.