Conger season?

[steol5589]

Lads just wondering if there's a season for congers or if they head off for the winter?cheers

[dexs7]

Conger are an all year round fish. They live in rocky locations, caves, rough ground, marinas, they dont leave so they can be targeted all year round.

[thekid]

they do die off in winter.i think its something to do cold weather or something.they can be caught most of the year round at the places mentioned....

[Al and Jordan]

are you sure man. all the refrence books i have on them say they live to up to 50 years and only naturally die after heading out half way round the world to deep waters near to madeira to breed, which sadly they only do once in their lifetime
here's a link

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Conger-conger.html

[jonny gilbert]

Congers usually after the first big frost of the winter go into a deep sleep after a feeding frenzy in the shallow marks altho its been quite mild this winter and I'm still catching them...in the deeper marks you will get them all year round but change your baits from mackeral to either pout, coalies,rockling or pollock at this time of year as that is there main diet at this time altho Mac will still catch I find these b better in the winter early spring.
Cheers
Jonny G

[biker]

just a word of advise if ye are using live bait id say try stick to quite small ones or else use 2 hooks but that can just get messy then. I had a whiting bout 5/6 inches long on the other night and got a bite but it didnt devolep but when i reeled it in it was only the head left on the hook ! didn't get a tap on the conger rod for the rest of the evening

[tinto]

I think the kid means the action dies off during spells of very cold weather