Advice Sea Fishing ??

[leethetree 4]

Hi all,

I,am off to Whitby end of may for a few days r&r ,wanting to do a bit of pier fishing not done any before

can i use any of my coarse gear(ledger rod etc) for sea fishing .Not wanting to spend loads if i dont have to,any suggestions

on rigs ,ledgering,float ,bait etc.happy to fish night or day if weather good.Also might do a short boat trip if any one can recommend a skipper

many thanks chaps

 

[brucemyster 75]

course gear is usually not up for the job i.m afraid, if the tides running you'll need a hefty grapple weight and something with enough grunt to crank it up without the rod breaking. A Shakespeare multiplier and something like a Jarvis walker 10ft beach/pier rod will probably set you back about 50 notes for the pair or look on ebay for some second hand gear.

[NEWKID 27,144]

You could maybe have a bit of fun down the side of the pier with your ledger rod, fish simple paternoster style rigs ( hooks above the weight) and drop till you touch bottom, fish with hooks from size 8 up to 1's and small strips of fish ( mackeral or herring) rag worm, even mussel or prawns can work.. There should be small wrasse, pollack, coal fish, pout maybe little flatties ( I don't know Whitby pier I'm going on others I've fished)...

If there's mullet in the harbour these can be worth a shot on waggler style gear and bread, use mashed bread as a ground air to attract them..

If you've got a heavier float rod or better still carp rod, you could fish a sliding float on the seaward side with strips of fish or squid for mackerel, pollack etc

 

All not lost with coarse gear, especially off of piers.. You won't be able to put a big bait out for big bass or cod as you can't hold bottom with the smaller weights ( as said) but you can still have a bit of fun with the smaller fish that live straight down the side of the wall...

Good luck

[Acuspell 329]

Try from the sandy beach inside the harbour - get soe ragworm from the tackle shop and you have a good chance of flounder (sporty little flatfish) watch they dont take the hooks right down, they are greedy blighters - they prefer a bit of movement, so acast out, let it settle for 1 minute, then move the end tackle 6" with a slow retrieve, let it sit 30 seconds and move it again...fish it in to your feet.

 

The pier is a good idea too - corwing wrasse, small pollack. Do you float fish at all - try float fishing, smal slivers of mackerel (2" long 1/4" wide - you have to cut them yourself) hook it just ONCE through one end, so it dangles and flutters in the tide. Fish it so it hangs withinn about 6" of the sea bed - dabs, flounder and whiting will nail it. Or ledger it for the same species - don't be afraid to use ragworm with a tiny sliver of mackerel as a tip to the bait.

 

Ragworm - thread the head and just 1/4" on the hook, push it up the hook and over the eye so it is on the line above the hook. Next ragworm do the same thing but slightly longer hooking depth, not quite 1/2" then the third one hook on threading it up the hook and push the head over the eye, then put a tiny sliver of squid or mackerel on the end, just hanging as a tippet.