wrasse on feathers

[goldfish17]

can you catch wrasse on feathers from the shore.
any help would be great, cheers.

[sea serpant]

i fish for wrasse every year and have caught them on either a float. bait hard on the bottom and moving ragworm and crab across the bottom never on feathers but if you bait your feathers with ragworm in an area were wrasse feed you might have some success...

[bigballs]

i fish for wrasse every year and have caught them on either a float. bait hard on the bottom and moving ragworm and crab across the bottom never on feathers but if you bait your feathers with ragworm in an area were wrasse feed you might have some success...

spot on mate bait your feathers and you will catch but have got them on feathers without bait too

[gfkelly1969]

the brother got a couple of wrasse on feathers when he was after mackerel,he spotted the wrasse just below where he was standing and just jigged the feathers up and down in front of them

[hugo]

Sometimes get wrasse on various lure type rigs but they're very much the exception, and feathering for them definitely isnt a frontline method.

They do take artificials like plastic crab and shrimp on the float, or just twitched around the bottom under rocky ledges on a light lead. One local has great success this way by collecting big (1inch) rock lice and whipping them live on the hook. He also eats the catch...

[chrisfeeney30]

was on a boat trip a few weeks ago and a guy got a nice one(about 3lbs) on a red feather

[sean og]

yes if baited with rag

[BASS POINT]

Fishing for mach last year of brownstown tramore had to move because we were catching to many wrasse, and as it is very deep they would not go back so you can catch wrasse on feathers ( but this the only time ever got them this way)

[scoobydoo]

I got some ballan on white feathers recently

[NBeqi]

Yes baited feathers/Hokkais with mackeral strips are pretty good. They're usually big ones that take the baited feathers aswell.

[PaddyB]

Sometimes get wrasse on various lure type rigs but they're very much the exception, and feathering for them definitely isnt a frontline method.

They do take artificials like plastic crab and shrimp on the float, or just twitched around the bottom under rocky ledges on a light lead. One local has great success this way by collecting big (1inch) rock lice and whipping them live on the hook. He also eats the catch...

I would have to say that this is the best answer on the thread!

Yes you will always hear anicdotal stories of different species being caught using various methods, such as wrasse on hookais etc however if you are targeting wrasse, then rag on a small, strong short shank hook is hard to beat, either float fishing or a plain 2 hook flapper.

[sea serpant]

rag is good but crab kills for big wrasse

[Kaner]

King Rag are King!!!!!!

[youonlythevinegar]

once you see the small wrasse feeding dip a hook baited with rag.. you will get 100s of bites before the commotion attracts the bigger wrasse.. this method works around piers especially dun leary pier where you can fish from anywhere for them