Ling from the shore

[LiamNE]

I posted briefly about this elsewhere on NESA and thought I would start a thread.

I was lucky enough to catch a ling from the shore a couple year ago on Whitby pier. Now I have never seen a ling caught from shore before and while most agree it is a very rare catch others have said they have seen plenty caught.

Has anyone else seen or had experience of catching a shore ling?

**PS this is not "a joke" post, if you get what I mean...this actually happened.

 

[codcatcher3000]

there arent many as far as im aware from the shore. i think thunderpants had one in the species hunt last year. i saw a lad on seaham pier bout 3 yr ago parading a 3-4 lb ling. but he didnt have any fishing gear on him

 

[Davey1970]

your the only person av heard of getting 1,
and a didn't here it from you. well done.
but am pretty sure there must be other's m8.

 

[codcatcher3000]

taken from british sea fishing site

Methods and Techniques to Catch Ling

Ling are a deep-water species, seldom coming into water less than 30m deep, and usually found around heavy and broken ground in depths of 30-300m. Ling are therefore a species mostly targeted by boat anglers who hold this species in high regard for its aggression, fighting qualities and the relatively high chance of catching a large 20lb+ fish. Generally large fish baits and pirks are used to catch ling from boats. The boat-caught record for ling was broken in 2013 with a 67lbs specimen caught by angler James Isbister fishing off the coast of the Shetland Islands. However, it is possible to catch ling from the shore, although they are highly likely to be the small and undersized specimens which have yet to make their way into deeper waters. Ling often take fish and crab baits meant for other species, and fishing into deep water from the end of a long pier, or a rock mark that allows casts to be made into deep water offers the best chance of catching a shore-caught ling. Shore catches are more likely along the north east coast of England and Scotland.

 

[LiamNE]

taken from british sea fishing site

Methods and Techniques to Catch Ling

Ling are a deep-water species, seldom coming into water less than 30m deep, and usually found around heavy and broken ground in depths of 30-300m. Ling are therefore a species mostly targeted by boat anglers who hold this species in high regard for its aggression, fighting qualities and the relatively high chance of catching a large 20lb+ fish. Generally large fish baits and pirks are used to catch ling from boats. The boat-caught record for ling was broken in 2013 with a 67lbs specimen caught by angler James Isbister fishing off the coast of the Shetland Islands. However, it is possible to catch ling from the shore, although they are highly likely to be the small and undersized specimens which have yet to make their way into deeper waters. Ling often take fish and crab baits meant for other species, and fishing into deep water from the end of a long pier, or a rock mark that allows casts to be made into deep water offers the best chance of catching a shore-caught ling. Shore catches are more likely along the north east coast of England and Scotland.

I see, all of that ties in perfectly with my catch

I did not weigh mine but it was around the 3lb mark and was taken on a large mackrel strip 5/0 hook. I was experimenting using a homemade trace that day of daylights and savage gear shads as I had some success with them up at the MOG that year. Was a short but powerful bite and felt very much like a cod, I thought it was easy a 5lb+ cod.
I remember being a bit shocked seeing it surface and thought it must have been a conger.

 

[dabcatcher]

i,m sure theres been the odd one come of south shields pier.

 

[OuTkast76]

Neist point produces them from the shore

 

[Nooo Fish]

One of my mates caught a small one off the beacons in sept last year.

 

[Bushwhacker]

A mate of mine had one from Cullernose point about 15 years ago,it was 8lb.
Also me and a couple of mates have had very small ones over the years around a pound from marks in the Solway,mostly from Rascarrel bay.

 

[Rocker]

Got this little fella off seaham pier last Feb!

 

[Ian Alexander]

I saw a lad catch this one on Roker Pier 3 or so years ago....it was a canny one too. If I remember rightly it took a small whiting that he had hooked.


Personally I've had one years ago from Dunstanburgh but that's my only one on our coast. I've had them from the Manxmans and other marks at kircudbright but only small ones at 2 or 3lb.

Regards Ian

 

[Juliogeordio]

I managed one of SSP about 3yrs ago, in the region of 2lb I would guess... never ever seen another shore caught ling in person though. Had some lovely ones on the boats though!!

 

[SteveG]

I saw my dad catch one in 1977 off the block at hendon.
Funny the things you remember when you were a kid

I bloody hated it on there

 

[spongebob]

I know col mick and davey were off dunstaburgh a few year back and can't remember who caught it but it was a cracking ling by all accounts ;-) That was back in the day of B.S.A. ;-)

 

[Stores]

 

[Kev1n]

I’ve had a couple of small ones to about 3lb when spinning a sandeel from the shore up in Scotland. An unusual catch from an unusual method for them; off the boats, they prefer a static bait fished right on the bottom.

 

[NICKY]

Adam Tasker got one around 10lb from craster a couple of winters back

 

[Stewart 1971]

When I was a young lad just starting out in the early 1980's my Granda always took me to Dead Man's Bank down Blackhall (in those days you could still drive your car down to the beach there). I remember catching more than one Ling probably to about 2lb all on straight lugworm bait (4/0 "beak" hook, plain lead, 40lb Sylcast straight through...)

 

[Charlton]

I posted briefly about this elsewhere on NESA and thought I would start a thread.

I was lucky enough to catch a ling from the shore a couple year ago on Whitby pier. Now I have never seen a ling caught from shore before and while most agree it is a very rare catch others have said they have seen plenty caught.

Has anyone else seen or had experience of catching a shore ling?

**PS this is not "a joke" post, if you get what I mean...this actually happened.

had a few from the rocks just behind Port Patrick Harbour bset about 8lb

 

[Billzo]

never caught 1 off the shore but i was walking blyth beach few years back & i was walking round the front of the groynes at meggies burn & saw a dead ling hanging off the end of the groyne on a rig, some 1 must have snapped off or got caught up on the groyne & it looked like the ling had just homed in on the bait & got wrapped up in the rig. there is an old wreck just of the groyne so it must have come in off it it was around the 8-9lb mark.
bill