Favourite Pollock Bait and Lures

Hi everyone just wondering what your favourite Pollock bait and Lures are.

Myself, i quite like Redgills and Berkley gulp sandeel.

Any replies or PMs would be grand

Thanks alot and TIGHT LINES

Sean

Any big kilty catchers ,especially the luminious one over deep rock marks,or live sandeel

a slow retrived sandeel or rag worm i find work for me

On my last visit to Halfway Angling, Dan suggested I try a large rubber fish, with a 6/0 hook. I can't say I was very enthusiastic, but I gave it a go and hooked the biggest pollock I've ever had off the shore. There was no way I could simply lift the fish out of the water and the surge was 5 or 6 metres so I had to let the fish play around until it shed the hook and disappear down, into the depths. My estimate is between 8 & 10 lbs. The same lure took a few smaller fish , to 4 lbs.

Otherwise, my favourite spinner is a Dexter Wedge- takes everything ! Black jelly-worms, with a red-tail ( again at Dan's suggestion ) were lethal and are much friendlier than spinners. In fact any jellies or eels take fish, but anything black has the edge.

On my last visit to Halfway Angling, Dan suggested I try a large rubber fish, with a 6/0 hook. I can't say I was very enthusiastic, but I gave it a go and hooked the biggest pollock I've ever had off the shore. There was no way I could simply lift the fish out of the water and the surge was 5 or 6 metres so I had to let the fish play around until it shed the hook and disappear down, into the depths. My estimate is between 8 & 10 lbs. The same lure took a few smaller fish , to 4 lbs.

you left him go !?! dude lift up the line with your hands !? lol unless your using braid id be careful den, lost my biggest pollock yesterday on a jelly ( knot snapped )must have been 6-7 lb fair pull off him !
going up to dan during the week for a few tips and some gear,really knows his stuff

Thanks for the comments guys A black Jellyworm is also one of my faves hooked a Pollock about 5-6lbs on one of them a few weeks ago


That sounds like a big shore Pollock might try that technique myself!!

Jelly worm -- black with red tail . Add a strip of mackerel for more positive and immediate takes . Deadly !
If you don't mind whether you catch pollack , macks or coalies ( unsure of depth of water ) , try a Shrimp Rig . It will take any of those . The yellow ones are my favourite but no-one seems to sell them now -- only pink or pale lumimescent but both are still very effective , often when nothing else works . Good luck .

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you left him go !?! dude lift up the line with your hands !? lol unless your using braid id be careful den, lost my biggest pollock yesterday on a jelly ( knot snapped )must have been 6-7 lb fair pull off him !
going up to dan during the week for a few tips and some gear,really knows his stuff[/quote]

Not through choice ! My left hand isn't very strong ( accident) and I doubt if I would have been able to haul the fish up the rocks !

o right, gutting all the same id say ! tried hand lining a big ass conger few weeks back, feckin line cut both my hands and then it snaped before i got him up, worth the effort if i got him up do