stubbojo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20 2022 20:28 -Im out this week, evening and night on the rocks. Dogfish city last time but will see whats lurking this time. Neap tides so maybe some conger as its very deep where I'm headed.DSCN1310.JPGDSCN1309.JPGDSCN1307.JPG
fished another rock mark , every cast produced a dogfish .
normally rays are caught on this venue , fished sand-eel on a pennel rig at range , no mackerel , just the odd small Pollock on a lure rod ..
would have been better to boat fish today as the sea went flat half way through the session
still good fun ....
suffolk si wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20 2022 22:52 -some venues are an absolute nightmare for doggies me and my mate years back had a contest who could catch the most doggiesb*****d things been a pain over on the east coast too(along with whiting) . Been getting to the baits before the rays and hounds for me loads this year
Mike J wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21 2022 08:39 -when fishing for other species , say on rag worm or lug ,crab , on the bottom the doggies find them first ......as they must be very numerousWhy so many, because you are fishing in the wrong place, on the bottom!
Strips of doggie flesh under a float might get you something better but you certainly wouldn't get doggied up.
Tope certainly like them so no reason why they would work for a conger.
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because your off the bottom
stubbojo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20 2022 23:47 -I'll try that steve, nice one! Not sure about the wrasse tho, the lure angler in me wants to put em backtry to catch some smallish bait fish for the congers , wrasse,whiting, Pollock ...if you use mackerel ..the doggies are all over it .... even large flappers
i find wrasse a good conger bait.....if using mackerel i tend not to cut into it as it attracts doggies .......sometimes you just cant dodge the doggies no matter what bait
stubbojo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22 2022 09:45 -Well i had an eel mate, only a small one but that's my first targetted one. Id say ive only just started fishing the right tackle and rigs. Only ever rarely lobbed out some random rig to the horizon before now. Actually really enjoyed it! But as you said, i also had a million doggiesbeen out to a shallow reef on the feathered pirks DSCN1313.JPGDSCN1312.JPG
never seen so many coalies like catching mackerel 6 at a time but small.....had a few mackerel too also had quite a few codling . no monsters....
if i get there earlier next time I'll try for some fresh bait as you suggested.
Lukemilnes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23 2022 20:42 -good mixed bag there, i would have been tempted taking the lobsterstubbojo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22 2022 09:45 -Well i had an eel mate, only a small one but that's my first targetted one. Id say ive only just started fishing the right tackle and rigs. Only ever rarely lobbed out some random rig to the horizon before now. Actually really enjoyed it! But as you said, i also had a million doggiesbeen out to a shallow reef on the feathered pirks DSCN1313.JPGDSCN1312.JPG
never seen so many coalies like catching mackerel 6 at a time but small.....had a few mackerel too also had quite a few codling . no monsters....if i get there earlier next time I'll try for some fresh bait as you suggested.
What stole the show was this morning, i decided to chuck a few lures about before going home and had a lovely wrasse on a texas rigged creature bait! Put up a right scrap on a 20g lure rod
Also foul hooked a lobster on the other rod, lovely thing it was so went back.
I'll be back soon for more
wrasse put up a surprising fight on a lure, and you caught your target a conger