Ling from the shore

[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

[CHOPPER]

My mate got this little fella at Neist point, isle of Skye back in 2011, I had one a bit smaller.

[Thunderpants]

I caught this one last year on the Isle of Mull. It was a deep water rock mark and it was caught on a 3/0 hook with a mackerel/bluey combo. 56cm 2.5lb

[LiamNE]

Thanks for the replies lads

Surprised to see so many I gotta say! Thought mine was special

[thommaz]

I had a small one top of marsden 4th bay northrow bout 7 rye ago was only small

[Cawtoot]

I've only had two from South Shields pier in 35 years of fishing it, and seen one other landed. Had a few small ones from Isle Of Whithorn in the past also.

It's a shame they don't turn up more regularly as they taste lovely

[saltysam]

I have had one on a spinner at st abbs was around 2.5 lb i thought it was very strange to get one off the shore especially on a spinner i was well chuffed could not believe my eyes a few days later fishing the same mark when a mate done the same

[LiamNE]

I have had one on a spinner at st abbs was around 2.5 lb i thought it was very strange to get one off the shore especially on a spinner i was well chuffed could not believe my eyes a few days later fishing the same mark when a mate done the same

Now that is exceptional m8. Sure it wasnt a massive sand eel?

[Davyred]

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

Same here Ian, had two 3 pounders from manxmans.

[saltysam]

Now that is exceptional m8. Sure it wasnt a massive sand eel?

No mate most definitely a small ling it was in the days before i had a camra phone but 100% ling i was bragging about it to a mate and could not believe our eyes when he pulled one in from the same spot a couple of days later never done this since so like you say exceptional what made it better is that i had made the spinner myself