Help on lure/spinning for pollock

Lads, i recently got into spinning for pollock and have been successful so i am loving it. I live near the coast and a few nice rocky areas so its handy for me to get out for a hour or 2 in the evening

I have a few question regarding spinning / lure fishing for pollock regards spinners and plastics etc...
what lures/methods do you find successful for pollock.

I know rocky deep ground is good, but what conditions?? tides?? i hear dusk is good??
I am just looking for a few general tips as i am new to this type of fishing and as i say really enjoying it at the moment.

Thanks.
Jono

Light levels are key. Deep water will provide the correct light levels during the day. But in general dusk is best.
Pollack will hit anything really, micro lures (small spinners) in 10/20gr seem most effective.

They also seem to prefer bright coloured metal lures, orange, red or green are best. Kiltys are Great for them and they do them in those colours too.

Thanks lads, i have a few kilty's in the bag.. i am thinking of getting out on saturday evening, tide is full 10pm ish.. so will fish about 7-9 as long as its safe on the rocks regarding the light and visability for footing.

[Bassy Tom]

i find weedless soft plastics catch just as many pollock as metal lures do. plus you can fish them right down into the kelp and not have to worry about losing gear. this can be an effective tactic in brighter conditions when they are a little bit too shy to come off the bottom. i will try to get a pic up later of the way i like to rig them.

Last edited by Bassy Tom on Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:10 pm, edited 4 times in total.

Lures: Fire tail jelly worms with a one oz jig head or a weedless hook with a 1oz Weight. Time: dawn is best when the resident pollack are feeding around the 1-3lb mark and the bigger seol pollack will pass through that will take almost anything, marks: deep water kelp and rocks, and If there's no pollack around there always wrasse close by

anything blue and small work for me .as cheap as you can get spinners nice and simple.

Thats what i use, you can pull that through the thickest of weed. Hope this helps.

Brilliant lads, thanks for the advice, i wont be at the tackle shop before i go so i'll use the metal lures this weekend, but i will get some them soft weedless plastics with leadheads next time i am in the tackle shop.

Thanks again.

Well lads, i went out over the weekend looking pollock and managed to get myself a cod on the lure!!!!

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Nice fish what lure? Make sure to take the plastic covering on the cork of your rod off.

It was a small japanese lure, yellow with orange and silver, i was trying bright silver spinners for the first 2 hours and not a tap, changed to the japanese fella and got a small pollock on the second cast, after about a half hour i moved a few meters and got the cod on the first cast...

P.s the plastic is off the cork handle now

nice job jono! now get one on a jelly!!! loads of fun!

I find savagear Sandeel Slugs are lethal for Pollock and Wrasse also.

Lovely cod well done:)

Nice fish what lure? Make sure to take the plastic covering on the cork of your rod off.

And a lick of clear varnish on the cork to stop it from flaking off!!

I too just started at this game coming form bait fishing think ill never bait again I love the savage gear in the yellow white and orange try colour I'm gettin nice size pollack at my garden


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pollack will hammer there at dusk trust me



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