How and where to catch Launce??

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How and where to catch Launce??

#1 Post by johnnymcging »

Heya,can anyone tell me how or when to catch launce/greater sand eel from the shore?i was told once that its possible with sabiki's??
i live in killybegs but would be willing to travel to get them..cheers.
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Re: How and where to catch Launce??

#2 Post by syboit »

Hi,

Have caught them in the past using sabiki's/feathers/spinners, but only ever seen them coming in with the mackerel. Haven't seen big shoals of them in a few years though.
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Re: How and where to catch Launce??

#3 Post by saving private brian »

never heard of anyone getting big catches of them.i think its just pure fluke :mrgreen:
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Re: How and where to catch Launce??

#4 Post by roooster »

you'll not see them for another while as the post goes above,at least until the mackeral show & the weather picks up,i find very small spinners can be good for them & when you do hit a few of them get as many as you can as it might not happen again for awhile.
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Re: How and where to catch Launce??

#5 Post by Ronnach »

As above posters say, they are mostly caught later in the year when the mackerel begin to show. I've had a number of them on silver Toby lures last Summer.
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Re: How and where to catch Launce??

#6 Post by johnnymcging »

Cheers fella's,ill take all that aboard....good fishing to ya's.
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Re: How and where to catch Launce??

#7 Post by roger de dodger »

you can get them off greystones south beach on small sabiki feathers they are normally in the first 30 feet of water from the beach bit far from smellybegs :?
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