Jim Clohessy of TopFisher.eu was fishing with Emmet Fennell last week and had good sport with pollack and bass…
Transferred my electric winch from the old to the new trailer last week. Arranged an evening run on lures. Firstly we headed to some inshore reefs to suss some pollack. There was an awkward sloppy sea from the east. It tends to put up a gnarly lump that is uncomfortable at speed. Luckily we weren’t travelling too far. There was a good scattering of decent fish around. We were taking our time with them as we wanted to release all fish. Crazy paddle tail on 60g did most of the damage for me, mango juice was lethal again.
We were watching the tide in order to hit a few bass areas. Here we began to contact and see some fish. It was hard to get a take. There seemed to be lots of juvenile Pollack about. There was a few fish breaking so I popped on a Fiiish UK & IE Biotop in black.
Second cast and wham… a superb take off the surface. The fish were really scrapping and it was all blue fins and headshakes! It was tough to keep contact with the fish but we had enough action to keep us occupied… even caught a few fresh mackerel for the mother.
The bite eased as the tide slackened. We decided to head for Paddy’s point. The winch performed flawlessly making for an easy retrieve. Grand evening on the water!
This sort of light lure action is easily achievable for any small boat skipper. Once you locate some reefy ground, drifting with something like 60g heads, depends on drift, and a nice balanced lure rod ensures that you’ll get the most from crash diving pollack… it’s great craic.
We were using 7-21g or 10-30g M or MH rods. Think Illex Nitro or maybe the Favorite X1. Emmet was thrilled with the X1 he worked soft lures and poppers all evening without a bother.
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