How To Increase The Amount Of Species You Catch...

#1 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 06:47 PM

Hi guys. I have decided to post this new article to help people with tops on catching diffrent species instead of the odd wrasse!

INTRODUCTION:
Have you ever wondered just how many species it's possible to catch on rod and line in UK saltwater? It's staggering! There are over 90 major species and some 40 mini-species on the UK record list. With a hint of imagination, you could add a few more as potentials that have been taken commercially but not yet on rod and line!

HOW TO CATCH MORE SPECIES:
The key for shore anglers is to switch from your usual venues. If you mostly fish the beaches for cod, whiting, dogfish, dabs, sole and bass, ask yourself when was the last time you fished your nearest pier or harbour wall with float tackle for mackerel, pollack and garfish, or tried the estuary creeks and harbour boat moorings for mullet, flounders, weevers and eels.

Even this though, can't give you the variety that rock fishing will. Just three or four trips a year to rock marks facing the open sea and giving access to deep water will substantially boost your species count. These are the marks that produce shore rarities like ling, spurdog, tadpole fish and the unusual flattie called a top-knot!

WHAT SPECIES SOME AREAS OF THE UK CAN OFFER YOU:
CORNWALL AND DEVON: Boat anglers should consider taking trips to the south and west coast where tope, bream, bass and sharks are most likely to show. The Cornish and Devon coasts might see you dink out a red band fish. These achieved, go north to the Scottish lochs for a black mouthed dogfish, haddock or a common skate.
IRELAND: The south-west of Ireland offers the chance of six-gilled shark, or go offshore float-fishing for the only recently identified short beaked garfish - Belone svetovidovi. Take a boat trip off the Irish west coast and you might pick up the other rare flattie, a megrim.

Basicly - go for variaty! Don't stick to a 15lb line with ragworm off a pier - experiment! Go wild and more complex! Try every different type of bait, venue, lure and speces you can think of - and you'll soon have caught every fish you can think of!

I hope this information helps!
Tight Lines!