soft plastic pollack

couldnt agree more lugworm, i have caught plenty of great pollack on the firetails and as you say, despite the fact that they are prone to breaking, they are comparatively cheap.
another point to note too....., i used to use metal silver spinners all the time but im now aware of how the trebles on them are a real nightmare for snagging, as opposed to the single hooks of the plastic

thanks for the advice guys

ive sent for some lead heads from <a class="vglnk" title="Link added by VigLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ebay.com/">ebay</a> and will try lead heads with jelly worms next time i get out

another deadly method that a lot of people swear by are strips of mackerel belly on a lead head..... deadly (thats if you have a few mackerel...)

pollack will have a go at a lot of types of lure IMHO. i watched a guy catch a boatload of huge pollack when he was out trawling over kelp beds. he was using homemade lures made from tape similar to masking tape, just strips of it on a hook.
maybe thats why the amount of pollack are screwed around redbay now tho... their numbers have been thrashed over recent years i put nearly all mine back

got a few lead heads in post today and there are fairly big i went for 70g ones and not sure what the actual hook size is but its alot bigger than i usually use 1/0. the up side to them being fairly big is that if i actually am lucky enough to catch something it should be a monster.

i ate the only few mackeral i have every caught i only caught a handful once from portrush harbour and should of kept them for bait

i usually go to runkerry but people there tell me its been over fished for the last few years and theres hardly any pollock about but they showed me a little spot around the corner abit which you can only get to at low tide and to there credit they caught about 15 pollock in 25 mins and i caught a couple which were 3-4lb using a spinner. The four of us almost ended up in bother as the tide came in and was seconds from stranding us out on the rocks, we were almost waste deep in the water and in a very danger place as there were very deep pools either side of the tiny slippy stones we had to jump across)

i will try the lead heads next time im out and if i get my hands on some mackeral i will give that a go aswell

cheers for all the advice

Keano

Have you got a few pictures of the lead heads by any chance? Must try the sidewinders rubber lures I have...

Cheers

Dave

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370475175586? ... 1439.l2649

thats a link to them on ebay i hope it works