| Fish |
Rod |
Reel |
Line Breaking Strain |
Bait or Lure |
Method |
| Bass |
Beach Caster 12-14ft |
Multiplier or F/S Capable of holding 250 yds of 20lb |
15-20lb, shock leader for Multiplier |
Crab, Sandeel, Ragworm, Clam, Razor Fish. |
Ledger on Storm Beach, Float from Rocks or Breakwater |
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Spinning Rod 9-11 ft |
Multiplier or F/S capable of holding 150 yds of 15lb |
10-15 lb Braid or Monofil |
Rapala or Storm Lure, Surface popper, Toby Spoon, Rubber Sandeel |
Spinning from Rocks, Around Groynes and obstructions. Use Rubber Eel with Bubble float or Drilled golf Ball. |
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Fly Rod 9-10 ft wt 8-10 aftm |
Saltwater Proof Reel, floating and Intermediate WF line |
Leader of 8-12 lb fluorocarbon |
Clouser Minnow, Sandeel Imitation, Elver Lures, Teal Blue and Silver, Medicine |
Cast fly near obstructions and gullies. Estuarine systems can also yield Mullet, Salmon and Sea Trout |
| Flounder/ Plaice/ Dab / Sole |
Beach Caster 12-14ft |
Multiplier or F/S Capable of holding 250 yds of 20lb |
15-20lb, shock leader for Multiplier |
Rag, and Lug worm, Maddies (harbour mud worms), Razor fish |
2 or 3 hook rig, Flounder spoon, Anti crab rig |
| Conger |
10-11 ft pier rod or uptider(shore) 6-8 ft 60lb class boat rod (boat) |
Lge F/S or Multiplier |
50lb mainline 70-90 lb leader |
Fresh Mackerel, Rockling, Pouting |
60-80lbWire Trace 7/0-8/0 hooks |
| Mackerel, Garfish |
10-11 ft Spinning rd |
F/S or multiplier holding 150 yds 20lb |
15-20 mainline 10-15lb leader |
Feathers, Hokkai rigs, Rapala Lures, Toby, Mackerel strip |
Bouncing lead off bottom with Feathers, target shoals with lures |
| Pollock/ Wrasse |
12-13 ft rd |
F/S or multiplier capable of holding 200yds 20 lb |
15-20 lb mainline |
Shellfish, Fresh and Frozen Sandeel |
Deep spinning sandeel with rotten bottom rig, Float or ledger mussel, limpet |
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9-11ft Spinning Rod |
F/S or multiplier holding 150 yds 20lb |
10-15lb braid or monofil |
Rubber, frozen fresh sandeel, toby lure |
Jif Lemon rig, Drilled golf ball |
| Cod |
12-13 ft Beachcaster, 30lb class boat rod, Uptider |
F/S or Multiplier capable of holding 250 yds 25lb |
20-25 lb mainline, Long leader of 60lb |
Large cocktail baits, whole squid, Crab, mackerel, Rag and Lug |
5-6oz weight pulley rig, running ledger |
| Tope, Huss |
12-13 ft Beachcaster, 30lb class boat rod, Uptider |
F/S or Multiplier capable of holding 250 yds 25lb |
20-25 lb mainline, Long leader of 60lb |
Half a mackerel, squid, small pouting |
Cast over breaking waves and slacken the drag! |
| Mullet |
10-11ft Carp rod |
F/S holding 150 yds 15 lb line |
10-15 lb line |
Bread flake, sugar puffs, small bunches of worm |
Floatfish or freeline over feeding fish |
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Fly rod 9-10ft, WT 8-10 |
Salt water proof reel |
Floating and intermediate WF lines |
Sandeel imitations, clouser minnow |
Often feeding in estuaries alongside bass |
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