Few hours lugging

[South hams hunter 8,922]

Nice morning so decided to do a few hours digging this morning for my mate while he was sandeeling. I dug for 2 hours ( hour either side of low) and comfortably managed 6.5lb and spent the morning in beautiful surroundings. As you can see a nice straight line is the key 

[Jackknife 823]

What they pal blow lug, used to dig black lug down on the tide line, different ball game you had to be fit as feck lol. 

Good luck

[dytkos 17,800]

Do you need a licence to dig them (commercially)?

Cheers, D.

[South hams hunter 8,922]

2 minutes ago, Jackknife said:

What they pal blow lug, used to dig black lug down on the tide line, different ball game you had to be fit as feck lol. 

Good luck

Yes mate blow lug. We only have 1 beach that I know of that has blacks and its not worth the hassle of 50 worms in the time I can dig 5/600 lug

[South hams hunter 8,922]

2 minutes ago, dytkos said:

Do you need a licence to dig them (commercially)?

Cheers, D.

No mate just strong shoulders and a decent fork

[Jackknife 823]

Just now, South hams hunter said:

Yes mate blow lug. We only have 1 beach that I know of that has blacks and its not worth the hassle of 50 worms in the time I can dig 5/600 lug

I get ya pal, think they use these pump thingys now days for the blacks, easy going, things have moved on lol

[South hams hunter 8,922]

1 minute ago, Jackknife said:

I get ya pal, think they use these pump thingys now days for the blacks, easy going, things have moved on lol

Yeah they do mate, easy for em because blacks go straight up and down where as blow live in a U shape burrow 

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

36 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I’m embarrassed to say it but I was scared to hook a rag worm last week, proper had to man up, but still found meself trying to surprise them when I was getting them

Did you get nipped by one

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

2 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Nope, I was too fast, didn’t even let them get chance haha an I never will haha some them are huge

Were they king rag? Some of those get decent size

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

1 minute ago, W. Katchum said:

I not sure mate, I vaguely remember them from being a kid but was fishing last week with a pal who does al that sea fishing an he said grab a worm out me bag mate, they wrapped in paper, I opened this paper parcel an near jumped off the rocks in water I asked him if he was being serious an he just laughed, I asked how do I kill it first an he laughed again, I had to take a proper deep breath, an then to wrap it all off I had to climb up a fcukkng cliff cos sea come in an cut us off, an old iron ladder, I’m scared of heights aswell, I won’t be back in a hurry that’s for sure, I’ll stick to me spam an flies as bait

Get some mackerel feathers an go tinsel  tossing

[South hams hunter 8,922]

2 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I not sure mate, I vaguely remember them from being a kid but was fishing last week with a pal who does al that sea fishing an he said grab a worm out me bag mate, they wrapped in paper, I opened this paper parcel an near jumped off the rocks in water I asked him if he was being serious an he just laughed, I asked how do I kill it first an he laughed again, I had to take a proper deep breath, an then to wrap it all off I had to climb up a fcukkng cliff cos sea come in an cut us off, an old iron ladder, I’m scared of heights aswell, I won’t be back in a hurry that’s for sure, I’ll stick to me spam an flies as bait

We dig king rag sometimes, more likely to get bit by the smaller ones. Kings are slow imo. 

Alot of the marks we fish we have to use a rope and there's a few with ladders in place. I'm not a fan of heights but you get use to it. 

[South hams hunter 8,922]

25 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I not sure mate, I vaguely remember them from being a kid but was fishing last week with a pal who does al that sea fishing an he said grab a worm out me bag mate, they wrapped in paper, I opened this paper parcel an near jumped off the rocks in water I asked him if he was being serious an he just laughed, I asked how do I kill it first an he laughed again, I had to take a proper deep breath, an then to wrap it all off I had to climb up a fcukkng cliff cos sea come in an cut us off, an old iron ladder, I’m scared of heights aswell, I won’t be back in a hurry that’s for sure, I’ll stick to me spam an flies as bait

They ain't anything to worry about mate 

[South hams hunter 8,922]

Few of the places we go down mate 

[toolebox 1,546]

Our southern coast is much this this ,and we have lost a number of fishermen from the ledges ,once two guys were climbing down a heavy duty rope which had become rotten over time ,it broke & both guys dropped straight down bouncing off the rocks to disappear into the sea never to be seen again .On the southern tip of southland the seas roll up from the roaring 40s big ,bad and very cold ,still we climb down cliffs to fish means the area wont get much fish pressure ,we just do so when conditions allow this to be done safety.     

[South hams hunter 8,922]

1 hour ago, toolebox said:

Our southern coast is much this this ,and we have lost a number of fishermen from the ledges ,once two guys were climbing down a heavy duty rope which had become rotten over time ,it broke & both guys dropped straight down bouncing off the rocks to disappear into the sea never to be seen again .On the southern tip of southland the seas roll up from the roaring 40s big ,bad and very cold ,still we climb down cliffs to fish means the area wont get much fish pressure ,we just do so when conditions allow this to be done safety.     

Same reason we fish these places, no one else does.