Conger fishing.

[steppeydog]

am gona try dunstabrough castle for 1 myself this year or a ling be nice t get some new pbs this year got my cod 1 last year but am a bit limted t what i can carry on the mountain bike but av got my eye on a nice 20/30lb 4piece boat rod t give it a go with my slosh 30

[peter.m]

Fish for them when we go to Ireland. Used wire traces at first but if they get into a spin they'll be knacked. Found 100lb mono to be better. Just fish a 3ft length to a heavy swivel and then bead and ball lead on 40lb mainline. That's just fishing at your feet though, then hang on for the fight. 6/0 - 8/0 viking or similar and side of mackerel. We take the sides off and use head, guts and tail for another bait so three baits out of one fish. The head etc doesn't seem to make any difference to a fillet.



Best I've had about 17.5lb

Last year we lost bigger ones which pulled like hell. Experimented with circle hooks but think I pulled back early as it pulled the fillet off. Leave the reel on ratchet until you get a bit of action, let them have time to take the bait, as they move off hit them and watch your jewels

[Sea_Troot]

Nice looking conger m8.hopefully i will have a picture like that soon.

[Persues]

I can feel a trip to Dunstanburgh coming on.

Tomorrow maybe

[TerryC]

Got talking to ones of the guys in Hardy's in Alnwick. As I recall he said he had conger from Craster harbor night fishing

[Rocker]

I've had a few conger from the shore and boat. I'm no expert but my advice would be this.
Don't skimp on bait, a whole joey flapper or if your using big mackerel trim the flapper Back to about 8". Leave your ratchet on and ignore the initial bite, hit it hard when he moves off and HANG ON! Giving ground will lose you fish after fish, as they retreat into the snags.I've caught them from burrowhead, the mull, bristol channel, Weymouth, Plymouth, but the best sessions I've had were in Ireland, SW coast. There's a death trap mark on the island ov valencia called culoo, never got a conger out despite 50lbs boat gear, massive Ballan wrasse as well on hard back velvet swimmers, (I diddnt get one though) dangerous in a big sea but awsome spot.
I'll have to ask my bro where in Ireland it was, but we were fishing on a small jetty one day when a shoal of mullet swam by, our boy tied a load of mackerel frames to the rope we had as "rubby dubby" we never saw the mullet again but an hour later I noticed the rope moving, so I grabbed it and hauled up a very fresh and angry 10lb + conger! It ended up knocking our boys rod rest over and he eventually managed to kick the thing back in! Still makes me laugh!
Sorry for the long post, I want a conger now! Haha.