johnnytheboy Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Really fancy doing this and would ask for any advice possible, if fished for pike before and have some bits and pieces that would cross over but not sure where to start? What time of year is best, what lures should I look out for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have fished Killala bay (the Moy Estuary) in Ireland, for Seatrout with a spinner, but think we really needed a boat as we couldn't wade out far enough to get amongst em! So didn't do any good! But long silver lures are what we were recommended, we were there in June, floatfishing sandeels was also recommended by locals!........this was twenty five years ago though! Got a Salmon or three a few days before, up river though! I would be tempted to try a silver/natural 21/28gram flying condom with a silver vane! With 15lb test line, on a decent spinning reel! good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratass Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 try flyfishing for sea bass ,proper fun that is. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosureshot Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 1 hour ago, johnnytheboy said: Really fancy doing this and would ask for any advice possible, if fished for pike before and have some bits and pieces that would cross over but not sure where to start? What time of year is best, what lures should I look out for? Good old fashioned Mepps spinner I'd think. Silver or silver/blue. Might want to add a sinker up the line to get down to them, depending. Help with the cast too. You could also try surface lures, maybe a popper, especially from a boat. They work on bass! If its from shore, casting distance is going to be your main enemy, so a nicely balanced setup needs to be put together. The Americans have it all worked out already for bass, so you could do far worse than check out some articles from over the pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratass Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 prefer ondex myself jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosureshot Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, ratass said: prefer ondex myself jb Y'know I must have had in excess of 1,000 lures at one time and I think I only ever had one Ondex spinner. Not even sure why. I don't fish these days. What makes you prefer the Ondex over a Mepps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratass Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 always had more pike on them ,they seemed to work ,went over to plugs never had as many,my mate in Buckingham found he had an equal amount on mepps and ondex,moved on to flys now fish for everything on them course sea and river jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Start with a permit first, then get anything that resembles a sandeel and some dexters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepasty Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Just now, henry d said: Start with a permit first, then get anything that resembles a sandeel and some dexters this... I've never targetted them but have had them while fishing for other species... not many tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetree Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 26/02/2018 at 21:37, ratass said: try flyfishing for sea bass ,proper fun that is. jb Got myself a saltwater fly fishing set up; possibly the best fun fishing I've ever had. Has its limitations, so alwys have the lure setup with me too. Go to the world of sea fishing website, there's a 'how to' sticky on the general lure fishing section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Caught more sewin than I remember on the river teifi, as mentioned above flying condoms (I always used black) or silver mepps and rainbow trout rapalas. Seen lads have a few on tinsel feathers whilst mackerel fishing nr cardigan island but that was 10+ years ago. Not sure but think you still need a licence to keep them even in salt water. Catch and release should be fine tho as they can't prove your targeting them w/o licence as bass maybe present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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