"A web site dedicated to Shore Fishing"
The Beginners Guide to Shore Fishing P4
By Simon Day.
All these pages are ©2004 all rights reserved and you do not have permission to copy and display this work in any form. You may print these pages out if they are for your reading only. If you have your own website permission is only granted to link to these pages.
Tips & Tricks for Sea Fishing
FLOAT FISHING TIPS
I see too many people fish at the same depth using the same piece of bait for hours on end. This only results in nothing being caught because they're not fishing where the fish are.
Garfish as a rough guide will be around 6ft to 10ft under the water.
Mackerel and pollock as a rough guide will be around 8ft to 18ft under the water.
What you need to do is setup the depth to around 10ft and see what happens. If nothing happens after 10 to 20 minutes raise or lower the depth.
Every 30 minutes you should be changing the bait on the hook as the scent trail dissipates.
If you're catching nothing but others are is your bait too big or small?
If you see someone catching and your not ask them what depth they are at and what bait they are using. This 10 second effort can result in lots of fish instead of none.
When reeling in the line do so slowly as there is a good chance you'll hook a fish on the retrieve (I've caught a number of mackerel, bass and pollock doing this!).
Don't be afraid to use beads and other shiny materials on your line. Just because others don't doesn't always mean they're right.
If you really want fish and nothing much is happening what I normally do is reduce or remove the weight completely and then set-up a 1up-1down rig similar to this one but have the bottom hook on the bottom of the line just like you normally would for float fishing. The reasons are simple. More bait and more hooks mean more scent trail and more chance of landing a fish.
Don't be boring and follow the crowd because quite often the crowd will be sat down bored watching people like me landing fish after fish. Another good reason for using two hooks on quiet days is you can have two different baits on (or maybe a rubber eel) so you can see what baits the fish are feeding on.
I can't emphasize this enough - experiment all the time and if you think of something really bizarre while you're sat there looking at a slack line GO FOR IT. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain!
BOTTOM FISHING TIPS
Are you using rigs with more than 1 hook and line (like this 1up 1 down rig) and having problems with the hooks tangling up with each other?
Well then carry some polo mints with you and as you're about to cast out put the hooks inside the mint with the hole and cast out. Your hooks should remain secure and the salt water will very quickly dissolve the mint (try it next time you're out) which will then let your lines be exactly where you wanted them. Bait clips don't always work but the mint with the hole :) does a great job
GROUND BAIT THE AREA YOU'RE IN
Are you in a competition or want the fish where you are and not where others are?
Ground baiting an area isn't only for freshwater fishing. It works just as well for sea fishing in places with gentle currents (like marinas and harbours). I really shouldn't be saying this because my friends might see it :) but I will often ground bait my area when they aren't looking. Mackerel is good but normally anything that I have at hand (even catches you'd normally throw back) make great ground bait. You can't have a bigger scent trail that an area full of blood oozing fish on the bottom of the sea bed.
«« Previous Page
[ Back to Top ]