Tips for pollacks...

Hi,
I come from France and live in Blackrock now.
I've managed to catch some pollacks (sometimes near 30) but never more than 500-800 grammes. :cry:
I've tried lure, float fishing with mackerel strip but never catch bigger.
Have you got any tip????

find a deep mark with a fast current and a kelpy reef. the back of east dun laoighraire pier is worth a shot or the forty foot in sandy cove, idealy you should go west. bienvenue ici, je parle un peu de francais mais je ne suis pas tres bien :(

Hi and welcome to the site Aurelien ,one of the best methods I've found for big pollack is spinning a sandeel ,either imitation or good quality frozen (any you buy in the tackle shop shouldn't have alot of blood in the packet,this means they have defrosted and been re-frozen and will not stay on the hook to well ,also look for a blue colour to the skin ) ,it's a really simple set up .heres a couple of photos to explain ,i normally use clear line ,i just used coloured for the photo ,its basicaly 2-3 feet of line with a hook at one end and a swivel at the other you then put a bead-weight -bead onto your reel line and a stop knot to stop the weight coming back up the line when you cast .
You fish it by casting out over a good kelpy area and retrieve as slow as you can without getting snagged in the kelp ,it takes a bit of practise but I've had pollack to 10.5lb using this method .

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Hello Aurelian,
To add to that good advice go to this 'Frequently Asked Questions' section on the site:

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... hp?t=10354

It's got pollack catching info along with other

Blackie

Hi,

Thanks for your tips, I'll try this as soon as possible....

Sand eel seems to be a very good bait (there is no sand eel in the South of France), me and my brother have caught a 3 pound bass with a sand eel this morning....

I have forgot one thing.... Where are the forty foots???? For the moment
I've fished just Dun Laoghaire east pier, Dalkey cliffs and Bullock harbor (where a seal caught my fish) and Killiney beach....

when your standing on the east pier in dunlaoire, if you look south. about 500m down the coast you will see a little cliff head, with a martello tower on it. this is the forty foot.

It came to be called the Forty Foot after the 42nd Highland Regiment of Foot (now known as the Black Watch), a regiment of the British Army, which built a fortress here in 1747 when it was sent over to repulse any possible Napoleonic invasion of Ireland.

hope this helps

Thanks you for this explication....
I'll try this mark friday...

if your at the forty foot try for the ballan wrasse too, plenty there in the 2-3lb bracket rag worm or crab on the bottom in around the rocks even under your feet tight in you cant just drop it down like fishing from a boat
and they fight like hell. simple one hook rotten bottom is your rig. :wink:

forgot to mention swimmers there watch out for them and respect thier space as that area is primarily for bathing, but mutual respect goes a long way. ya dont need to cast in thier line of advance and just retrieve if ya see them coming and there should be no probs.

Thanks for this tip, I like wrasse because they are very good figthers, and have a lot of different colors....
For the pollacks, now I arrive to catch bigger fish but no monster for the moment... So I practice... I arrived in Ireland at the middle of september and since I have caught around 200 pollacks... Never seen that in France...

when your standing on the east pier in dunlaoire, if you look south. about 500m down the coast you will see a little cliff head, with a martello tower on it. this is the forty foot.

It came to be called the Forty Foot after the 42nd Highland Regiment of Foot (now known as the Black Watch), a regiment of the British Army, which built a fortress here in 1747 when it was sent over to repulse any possible Napoleonic invasion of Ireland.

hope this helps

Why was it not called the 42 foot?..........mostly it is the Fairtee Fuh though:wink:

best bet for pollock is a spinning rod and a rubber shad mounted on a leadhead, fished in deep weedy ground. balscadden in Howth is a good place to try in the Autumn

in a nutshell burnsie!

would there be wrasse at the 40foot this time of year lads? or only in the summer months?

would there be wrasse at the 40foot this time of year lads? or only in the summer months?

they should be back in numbers in april, id say there would be a few rouge fish about :wink:

would there be wrasse at the 40foot this time of year lads? or only in the summer months?

they should be back in numbers in april, id say there would be a few rouge fish about :wink:

wrasse wearing make up? cant say i've seen much of that action

would there be wrasse at the 40foot this time of year lads? or only in the summer months?

they should be back in numbers in april, id say there would be a few rouge fish about :wink:

wrasse wearing make up? cant say i've seen much of that action

Check out those lips for lipstick :roll: :roll: :) :wink: