using muppets off the beach?!?!

[tinman]

sounds daft but ive gotten aload of muppet rigs of a mate and i dont get out on boats, is it worth trying them when beach/pier fishing? any info or tips would be great
cheers

[wheres the fish?]

In summer from piers they will proabably get you makkies, coalies and pollack. But in winter they are pretty useless unless used with bait.

[tinman]

i might pop down tomorrow try them out with some makkie strips, just thought they might be worth a try haha

[codcatcher3000]

caught plenty coalie with them summer gone

[wheres the fish?]

i might pop down tomorrow try them out with some makkie strips, just thought they might be worth a try haha

you'll get whiting on them mate, depends on the hook size etc. but essentially they are a 2/3/4 hook rig So no harm in trying let us know how you get on

[tinman]

well al give it a go, theres plenty for whiting about so fingers crossed al drop it on here if i get anything, ive just been given a little multi so am going down the beach to have a bit practice casting with that !!

[codseeker]

never heard out so daft in my years of fishing like from the shore or fish quay

[tinman]

haha am not very clued up, only been sea fishing a few months, a mate gave me a load of his old sea gear, theres loads of these muppet rigs in a rig wallet with the pennel rigs, booms, flattie, pulleys ect, thats why ive asked on here if there worth a shot
everydays a school day!

[stevie-r-@hotmail.co.uk]

Was fishing middleton last week when a few polish lads turned up, one was using baited muppets with bloody big hooks and catching whities

[Durham-Lad]

never heard out so daft in my years of fishing like from the shore or fish quay

That was my exact thoughts on it Trev until I visited Wales for the first time and noticed almost every other angler fish's with them, Some bait them up others just cast them out and leave them. They do catch using them from piers but the more conventional way of fishing will out-fish that method at least 10 fold.

[mick dunn]

The muppets are best used from a boat for Cod and the like. When you jig them up and down the fish think they are food and go for them. Saying that if your fishing in clear water from a pier and casting in and out with them there is no reason a fish would not have a go.
Mick.
PS any hook baited would catch fish especilly whities.

[tinman]

cheers for the info people, am gonna stick to normal rigs for shore like, just thought id ask! haha

[bushwacker]

Lord

the above loves a trier

[skott]

Plenty muppets on the rathouse if you wanna test them first

[The Great Wallsendo]

I tried it a couple if times last year and failed - I think the key for muppets and the like is gin clear water...which you obvs don't get in the depths of a northern winter

great off the boat in the summer...leave them in the box during the winter