Congers

[chenz116]

I'd love to give it a go to try and catch a conger.

anyone any ideas of a good spot to try ?

[Tony Fella]

People don't give their conger marks away because they take a lot of time and headaches to find. but start of trying at piers and really rocky ground. be prepared to have your head wreaked by them good luck

[chenz116]

ah i thought as much. thanks for the tip of were to start

hadnt a clue

[evan699]

Most old piers or harbour walls that have holes and craters in them below the water level will hold congers, rocky keply ground where they can find cover too. If you do find a likely spot, don't cast too far. I'd reccomend lobbing a bait out 20 yards and work your way out, i've caught loads of congers at 5 yards out and watched people spend all night casting over the fish. Get a bit of mackerel guts and any other bits of spare bait into the water too to get them on the feed.

[Bigal]

novice question when it come's to conger's.do you need a wire trace or would 60-80lb mono be surfice

[evan699]

novice question when it come's to conger's.do you need a wire trace or would 60-80lb mono be surfice

Wire traces can make a right mess of the congers mouth if they take the hook deep. I use 80 lb shock leader and 200 lb snood. Better off crimping the snood if you're not used to using mono that heavy. It's a curse to knot.

[roger de dodger]

you can buy conger traces in most tackle shops for about 1.50 a pop (but would you trust the knots?)

[evan699]

you can buy conger traces in most tackle shops for about 1.50 a pop (but would you trust the knots?)

Blob the tag end of the knots and they'd probly be ok. Still rather tie my own though.

[Bigal]

cheers for the info guys.i'll have to put it into practice on my next trip out will let ya's know how i get on

[chenz116]

also.

cheers lads