grey ghosts

[theboysboat]

spotted today roker marina high tide half a dozen milling around

 

[mooseboy65]

a friend of mine used to do pots all way long whitburn and he seen quite a few,some good doubles aswell

 

[ar lan y mor]

spotted today roker marina high tide half a dozen milling around

What's the nearest that you can fish to the Marina?

 

[DaveyP]

Good scrappers a bit tricky to catch tho.

 

[ar lan y mor]

Good scrappers a bit tricky to catch tho.

Ways and means!!
Was brought up catching them on south Wales coast

Totally different mindset to normal sea fishing

 

[Pete from shields]

Is it mullet they use floated bread to catch.? Would love to try that but didn't know where to catch any, seems pretty mad seeing them like that, bet you wished you had ya rod in ya pocket lol.

 

[Thunderpants]

Yes. When I was in devon they were throwing bread on the surface to float about then fishing a float in amongst it with a ragworm on and were pulling out big ones. You can get them on a modified Meps spinner too baited with rag (modified by taking the treble off adding 2" fluorocarbon and a size 6 single hook). I tried that with isomes but had no luck but have been told they work too. One of them nicked my isome off the hook but got away

 

[Dilbertd]

Caught a couple just over 3 lb in Whitehaven harbour years ago just off the slipway. We used to float fish 6lb line, small chunks of bread on small size 12 treble hooks and plenty of bread groundbait was the only way which seemed to work. Landing net was required though, not a chance of lifting fish of that size with small hooks and mouths.

 

[ar lan y mor]

Yes. When I was in devon they were throwing bread on the surface to float about then fishing a float in amongst it with a ragworm on and were pulling out big ones. You can get them on a modified Meps spinner too baited with rag (modified by taking the treble off adding 2" fluorocarbon and a size 6 single hook). I tried that with isomes but had no luck but have been told they work too. One of them nicked my isome off the hook but got away

Harbour rag best bait
Free lined Amongst bread ground bait

Takes Are more aggressive on worm or fish baits
We even used to use bacon rind as harder for them to suck of the hook

 

[Bushwhacker]

Harbour rag best bait
Free lined Amongst bread ground bait

Takes Are more aggressive on worm or fish baits
We even used to use bacon rind as harder for them to suck of the hook

White maggots are also good.
Loose feed them with liquidized bread,maggot on the hook.

 

[Ray.J.]

Used to use size 10 or 12 Black and Peacock Spiders (Flies) on Cambois Hot Water Pipe many years ago. They can strip small bits of bait off small hooks without getting hooked but you do not need to retrieve and recast if your using flies, so less chance of spooking them!

 

[magpies]

Only fished for them in Greece with float fished bread but bites murder to hit

 

[PAUL1971]

Thing is though you are knot allowed to fish in the harbour I tried the other
Day and was told to pack my gear up and move .. I asked why and was told
It was to do with the boats and line getting caught up around boats props

 

[flatrock]

grey ghosts

Me and my mate went down the marina early doors at 5am got a bit groundbait in started to get some interest from the mullet then the s***house security guard told us to pack up due to the bylaw that prohibits fishing there! i find this absolutely disgusting considering the fish i spotted the day before were easily 4-5lb which would provide fantastic sport when everywhere else there is very litle to be caught in the north east! I am FURIOUS!

 

[sammy talbot]

Been feeding them on and of for a month so ain't to hard to get them feeding, the hard part is to get the feeding near the slip way and round sand point were they can't stop you, been trying to coax them along towards the gantry but they seem to like the back wall , it might just be me but u only ever see them over high water, had a good look about over low water and don't see them I wonder if they leave the dock or just hold up under the pontoons and boats, if they do leave the dock it might be possible to get them feeding on the way in and hold them there for a while .