wonder if shields fish quay would be worth a shot down the side,must be lots of food down there and plenty of cover
peter
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wonder if shields fish quay would be worth a shot down the side,must be lots of food down there and plenty of cover
peter
filletmyster
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I fish the mull quite a lot in the summer and fish for conger we always use 70lb shock leader straight through with aeither a 200 or 250 lb trace. Same trace as we use for the tope, either a half mackerel or mackerel flapper does the job to a size 8/0 hook and I use a 50lb class boat road. The stiffer the better in my eyes still we even loose one in three to snags so you can never go too heavy for them. Hope this helps
Billzo
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i dont see y not m8, we would just drop a macky flapper down the sides of the jetty pylons or swing a bait under the jetty's.
any old pipes coming out of walls ect r a prime layre 4 a conger.
bill
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Had small one out the traps down at bates years ago about 3 or 4lb.
You'll be supprised what used to get sucked up through the inlet pipe when the power staition was working
Billzo
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dose'nt supprise me at all m8 i have traps at bates & always full of eels, even had big eaters, a big velvet & 3 lobsters over the years.
bill
Billzo
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u got that right coddy lad, story of my life lolbill you wud pull a conger in close and inside that conger wud be another smaller conger the fkrs wud still hang ya up
codseeker
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i know you to well bill lad
Never had lobsters or velvets, plenty of eaters and a spider crab god know's how it got in it filled the centre of tyre
When joppa was alive he used to get allsorts out of his eel traps, seen him get a small cuckoo wrase out one day
steppeydog
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ad be up for a bit of that if any1 fancys arranging something n a can get some transport sorted
Billzo
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thats summit m8 2 get a wrasse that far up a river, u just never know eh?
davidhayley1945
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i have a report copy from p.s.davis and judith.l.dunn into the pipework at blyth power station after an approach to the cegb beginning in 1979 to 1982specimans were collected and rare specimans were handed over to the hancock museum 53 different species were recorded ,these included smooth hound,conger,salmon,rays,spurdog, and every fish known to us,it is a remarkable read and anyone who wants to copy this report can get in touch with me to make some copys,i dont know how to put it on the site but willing to lend them my copy. davy.
Billzo
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running ledger & 3ft snoods of 80-100lb mono or wire traces- 6,0 -8,0 hooks was all we used in the river.
