Fishing

[hugh jass 0]

like ive said in the gun dog collum im from the city (london) and im trying to adapt to the country/sea life in the isle of man.. ive took up gun dogs but yet still no luck with it... anyway my new found mate told me i could catch pollock in the river not just the sea, hes cought a few hes been telling me showing me a few pics, yet ive bin fishing in the rivers with my sea rod trying to catch these rare fish but yet no luck, ive used alot of diffrent baits, spinner sand eel ect iv been using a size 4/0 hook but still nothing, had bites but thats about it, what am i doing wrong

[scent 509]

have you tried spinning a sand eel pal

[hugh jass 0]

yer ive tryed everything you could think off, i dont think il be buying a river licence next year

[scent 509]

if its pollack your after then hit the nearest rock venue,pollack are sea fish and are usually caught at sea.Iv never heard of em getting caught in a river unless its an estaury with plenty of salt water in fact i reckon he is having a laugh either that or you are seriously taking the piss

Edited October 9, 2008 by scent

[fireman 10,926]

Small pollock will come up with the tide mate,but really you want a rock mark.As your on the IOM plenty there,you want a mark over some kelp or seaweed and get yourself a no 2 long shanked hook on a 18"trace to a linkswivel and on the link put a 2oz bomb and spin a sandeel bound on with bait elastic over the top of the kelp/weed.A packet of frozen eels in a flask(to keep them frozen)a pocket with spare traces and a few weights(i did loads of this type of fishing)i used to use spark plugs a garage used to save for me to save on lost weights and just ramble over the rocks mate.

[manx hunter 0]

i live in the iom an i dont use anything that exstravegant (i cant spell ) to catch calig all we doo is a size 1/0 hook a split shot about 2 feet up the line an strip of macheral an let it drift an it works evey time

[hugh jass 0]

Thanks mate i think the person who told me about catching pollock in the river is taking the piss, il be sure to try them resevoirs and along the coast line!

[mackem 26,771]

River pollack?Normally catch them when fishing for pike with sweetcorn But we did once find a wreck on the tyne upriver just past Hexham,kept motoring round and drift fishing over it as the tide pulled us downstream,dropping 7/0 Hokkais weighted with 3lb weights to reach bottom quickly it was no great shakes to get full-house on river pollack once we got past the cod and ling

[manx hunter 0]

i would rather the ling an cod

[hugh jass 0]

ive clicked that link above is that the offical isle of man hunting site i think il join up

[kvnmcwebn 0]

Ive been fishing for polloack a couple times over the last few sundays. Just off the pier. Been using ragworms which i can get in the estuary. Been out twice and I only got one that was big enough to keep. Ive been putting about 3 hooks at various lengths off a 25gram float and some split shot for weights, loading the hooks up with rag worms, im only using light tackle and rod. I will try the spark plug, but will have to get a bigger float. Speaking about these sea angling floats, what can you use to keep them from slipping up the line? Ive been using a tiny split shot but it always comes off after a while.

[hugh jass 0]

cheers buddy, il be sure to try that,,, when the weather picks up its abit more shelted down london way, its a quiet lill island over here,, take abit of getting use to

[hugh jass 0]

your right when you say no friends all my mates are back at home in london

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

Ive been fishing for polloack a couple times over the last few sundays. Just off the pier. Been using ragworms which i can get in the estuary. Been out twice and I only got one that was big enough to keep. Ive been putting about 3 hooks at various lengths off a 25gram float and some split shot for weights, loading the hooks up with rag worms, im only using light tackle and rod. I will try the spark plug, but will have to get a bigger float. Speaking about these sea angling floats, what can you use to keep them from slipping up the line? Ive been using a tiny split shot but it always comes off after a while.

 

When float fishing to stop your float sliding up the line, put a bead on above the float and tie a stop knot on your line at the depth you wish to fish at. You'll have to purchase some stopknot material, it's like rubber line, pike fishermen use it also.

[Guest blackntan]

River pollack?Normally catch them when fishing for pike with sweetcorn But we did once find a wreck on the tyne upriver just past Hexham,kept motoring round and drift fishing over it as the tide pulled us downstream,dropping 7/0 Hokkais weighted with 3lb weights to reach bottom quickly it was no great shakes to get full-house on river pollack once we got past the cod and ling

tryed all that but it got foggy so we moved up river right up to the allen had to carry the orkney fastliner over that wear by the pub but its was worth it we got gar fish and rass