garfish advice please

[codcatcher3000]

thank you very gentleman ....i will take try some of the advice you have given me .....hopefully i will succeed ....garfish watch out .....i`m coming to get ya ....

[d-a]

gars

the 40 yrs i have been fishing i have only caught 1 gar that was from cambois pier(it was open to the public them days ) in the early seventies i was float fishing for mackie and one took my bait

[MACK75]

Whilst fishing off a pier on the isle of wight a few years ago they were catching them for fun there, as previous posts using makerel strip under a float, not sure what hooks etc, mind you its a different world down there loads of different species to target

[jonesey]

i,ve caught quite a few garfish and all with a contoller float cast out and then retrieved back mainly steadily so the bait is in the top foot or so. bait used was a smallish ragworm. they seem to like disturbance on the water when the float is jerked also.

[codcatcher3000]

was this at seaham ? mate haven spoken to u or seen u since last yr mate .....

[DEC]

garfish

The hot summer of 1976 saw lots of garfish off Shields pier,caught a few myself. I hav'nt seen any since,they were caught on spinners while targeting mackerel.

[mick dunn]

Garfish.

When i fished my first Police Boat compo it was at Weymouth . We went out off Chesil beach as part of the day species hunting. Guys were pulling up black Bream and the odd Pollack. Skipper says to me is anyone going to try for Garfish. By now we had anchored off some rocky cliffs round the corner from the beach. We were only allowed to use three hooks so i cut down a six hook shrimp rig with very small hooks and put on small strips of mackeral. I had a float (thanks to the advice of some local anglers the day before) cast it out and let it run expecting nowt then bang.I had a hell of a bite and started to reel in----lost it then got either another or the same one. Bang 10 points for a new species of fish-i was over the moon. And them Garfish fight like stink for their size..
Heres a pic--note the NESA badge.

I,m not aware of any Garfish caught local.

mICK.

[codcatcher3000]

well nice mate...well done ....will be trying some tactics on monday when i start fishing again....will try make some small hook feathers and a wool strip under a float and try ..roker garfish i`m coming for you and the pan is ready....can1t wait to eat it.....

[mick dunn]

you can buy he shrimp rigs for peanuts.
5 Hook Living Shrimp Lures size 6 Mackeral/Bait x1 on eBay (end time 20-Jul-10 10:12:40 BST)
stick em on a long trace from the float without wieghts and let it drift subsurface. I would use 3 by cutting in half and hook up some this strips of mackeral belly. This is what i did.