Tope off the beach

hello all.just joined this forum , finally a place i can rabbit on about all things fishing to someone else other than my aul lad !
so , i plan on putting in some serious time from now until late autumn for a tope from the shore. im seeking advice on rigs ( running ledgers or pulleys ? ) , tides ( spring or neaps , the ebb or the flood ? )rods / reels including lines and leaders, and anything else that can aid me in my quest. beaches ill be targeting them from will be kilcoole and greystones ,one particular area in north dublin and might spend a few days down at rosslare point aswell. if theres anyone who would like to join me , who has yet to land one from the shore or who is well experienced in landing them , feel free to pm me
cheers
james n

best of luck with the quest James

We've a few spots in the west that can produce them and I aim to be hitting them in Late August and September.

The rig I've been told to use is a running leger, 2 metres of wire onto a 6/0 holding a mack fillet (not flapper), chucked out into a deep channel on the flood using waders, preferably at dusk on the bigger tide. I know the tope run to a far bigger stamp of fish in the east and hang around until October / November...

Happy to share anything we come up with...

headin to a mark tonight for a few hours. have one running ledger setup and one pennel pulley setup. will try both and see what happens

just back from the short sesh. plagued by doggies during the ebb and weed lol but an hour into the flood i had a storming run , unfortunately the bait got dropped after 4 or 5 seconds, it could only of been a tope... looks like ill be watching Jaws tonight !

Lost a good tope last week of the shore Antrim coast I was useing pulley rigs with 6/0 hooks as the ground was a rough mark but unfortunately my penn reel let me down. The bait was a fresh pouting I found over the years pouting and fresh flat fish are a real good bait for them if they are about of a beach. Hope this helps.