Pollock Jelly Worms

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Pollock Jelly Worms

#1 Post by dfella25 »

I don't do much spinning but I'd love to try for pollock using jellies. The reason being that I can use the jig heads with the hook set in to avoid snags. I'm just wondering what brand, style and colours I should start off using?
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#2 Post by jgraham768 »

Bright is best! Bone whites, glitters, holographics, chartreuse, tubes I've found are very good! White with glitter gold, and they can hide your jig head fairly well!
Have a look at Harris, I've found the daiwa Tournament D-Tail and fox rage tiddler.
http://www.harrissportsmail.com/Categor ... oryID=2179

These are the tubes then,
http://www.harrissportsmail.com/Models. ... elID=17918

But there are sooo many options and choices it's all trial and error, I've bins of useless ones too but they're the ones that have worked for me! :)
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Re: Pollock Jelly Worms

#3 Post by redzerologhlen »

I have had great success lately with a storm wildeye sandeel 4'' in holographic mounted texas style on a 1'0 hook. Using a small hook because if I feel the pluck of a wrasse I forget about the pollock very quickly :wink:
Species list 2013.Conger, Launce, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Dogfish, 3b rockling, Bull Huss, Mackeral, Tub Gurnard.

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#4 Post by dfella25 »

Thank you so much for the replies. I'm going tomorrow so based on your comprehensive answers I've a bit to think about. I didn't want to fork out and have a collection of wasted ones.
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#5 Post by jgraham768 »

Ya I'm just after getting a pack of the Storm WildEye mounted mullets, hoping they'll prove well, I had a perch still before that took a few pike!
The Storm stuff is great quality, well worth taking a look at!
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Species of 2013 (13): (coarse) Brown Trout, Seatrout, Salmon
(sea) Pollock, Mackerel, Cod, Ling, Bass, Dogfish, Coalie, Ballan Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Mullet


Species of 2012 (11): (coarse) brown trout, seatrout, pike, roach
(sea) mackerel, Spanish mackerel, pollock, cuckoo wrasse, coalie, cod, dogfish, bass
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#6 Post by YOUWIN »

lo all,
am travelling to dingle at the end of sept for a weeks fishing with 2 mates - can't wait, it's all im thinking about! :P
Anyway i have a good selection of plastics and lures allthough i have hardly ever got to use them as in hampshire england there's not much in the way of deep water/rocks.
Very much looking forward to fishing differently from the norm, pollock, and wrasse high on the list of things to catch.
Have picked up bits and bobs, remember reading somewhere that wrasse take plastics often, am curious as to what style and how to rig up to achieve this, and help gratefully received.
cheers :)
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Re: Pollock Jelly Worms

#7 Post by jgraham768 »

Take a read of this guys blog, has a photo towards the bottom of the page of the soft baits he was using.

http://dannymeagher.wordpress.com/tag/wrasse/

Loads of very good spots around the peninsula to get pollock very common pretty much all around the coast, haven't had a lot of luck with wrasse though, only had a few this year on the local charter in a depth of 50+ fathoms.

Good luck, you shouldn't be disappointed at all mate! :)
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Species of 2013 (13): (coarse) Brown Trout, Seatrout, Salmon
(sea) Pollock, Mackerel, Cod, Ling, Bass, Dogfish, Coalie, Ballan Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Mullet


Species of 2012 (11): (coarse) brown trout, seatrout, pike, roach
(sea) mackerel, Spanish mackerel, pollock, cuckoo wrasse, coalie, cod, dogfish, bass
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Re: Pollock Jelly Worms

#8 Post by roryodonnell »

More often than not, pollack are right in front of you, under your feet. Best working left and right rather than out and in
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#9 Post by baitdigger »

On a good day pollack will take anything that moves but as a rule, brighter colours on a bright day duller colours on a dull day.
Storm wildeyes are one of the most productive,
Green seems the least productive but still work.
As Rory said fish right to your feet, the pollack often follow it right in and take when the lure speeds up as you lift it.
Joe- leave my wrasse alone :D
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#10 Post by YOUWIN »

Thx for the replies fellas, that link to the blog is useful, with many more links to other blogs at the bottom of the page. So cheers most appreciated :)
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#11 Post by jgraham768 »

YOUWIN wrote:Thx for the replies fellas, that link to the blog is useful, with many more links to other blogs at the bottom of the page. So cheers most appreciated :)
drop into Garvey's sports when you're in dingle ask for John (me) and I'll pull out a map of some good places ive found very productive in all conditions! I'll help you out as best I can and loan you some softies if needed! :)
Good luck!
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Species of 2014 (1): Pollock

Species of 2013 (13): (coarse) Brown Trout, Seatrout, Salmon
(sea) Pollock, Mackerel, Cod, Ling, Bass, Dogfish, Coalie, Ballan Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Mullet


Species of 2012 (11): (coarse) brown trout, seatrout, pike, roach
(sea) mackerel, Spanish mackerel, pollock, cuckoo wrasse, coalie, cod, dogfish, bass
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#12 Post by redzerologhlen »

baitdigger wrote:On a good day pollack will take anything that moves but as a rule, brighter colours on a bright day duller colours on a dull day.
Storm wildeyes are one of the most productive,
Green seems the least productive but still work.
As Rory said fish right to your feet, the pollack often follow it right in and take when the lure speeds up as you lift it.
Joe- leave my wrasse alone :D
They are safe for a while, the weather aint playing ball here at the moment and im not suicidal enough to go to the wrasse mark on a windy day yet :P
Species list 2013.Conger, Launce, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Dogfish, 3b rockling, Bull Huss, Mackeral, Tub Gurnard.

Species list 2012. Mackeral, Pollock, Coalie, Bass, Dab, Weeverfish, Bull Huss, Poor Cod, Grey Gurnard, Ballan wrasse, Long spined sea scorpion, Conger, Pouting.
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#13 Post by YOUWIN »

jgraham768 wrote:
YOUWIN wrote:Thx for the replies fellas, that link to the blog is useful, with many more links to other blogs at the bottom of the page. So cheers most appreciated :)
drop into Garvey's sports when you're in dingle ask for John (me) and I'll pull out a map of some good places ive found very productive in all conditions! I'll help you out as best I can and loan you some softies if needed! :)
Good luck!
John,
That's very kind indeed, I'll certainly come in and have a chat. My mate has bought a selection of OS maps, which will come in handy, not being able to use data on the phone, (for google earth/maps etc) will be a pain in the arse, so back to the old ways it is :)
Hope the weather isn't too bad!
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#14 Post by dfella25 »

Cheers for all the info. No luck yet and times against me. However I'll keep trying.
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#15 Post by roryodonnell »

dfella25 wrote:Cheers for all the info. No luck yet and times against me. However I'll keep trying.
Low tide is best for me :D
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#16 Post by dexs7 »

Best I have ever seen from rock marks is the black jelly worm with the fire tail, (its a red orange tail) use a drilled barrel lead about 18 inches below the worm, this lets you cast 40 yards and wont sink too fast and makes the worm look natural when retrieving,
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#17 Post by blowin »

As dex7 says .
I don't get to rock marks but never use anything other than red & black firetail on the boat . Have tried all sorts but they come nowhere near these . The only thing which beats them is a baited one ( tipped with 2" of mack ) . :wink:
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Re: Pollock Jelly Worms

#18 Post by jaapvandijk »

I fish mainly for pollock from a boat and I only use Wave worms. The best colors are caramel/apple, brown/chartreuse tip and the red colors, the one with the white tip is good but hard to get. I usually get them in Halfway Fishing tackle. Maybe there are other shops that do them.

Having read the other comments, I think you should have some variety of baits. Different types and colors. Most shads, twisters and hook tail worms will catch fish. Some day you will catch the world with one particular color and bait, and the next day that bait won't catch you a fish it. Ther are so many factors that influence your bait under water. To name a few, how clear is the water, what type of bait fish are the fish feeding on that day, tides, water depth, how much light penetrates the water, etc.etc.. Just keep changing the lure, try different colors and shapes and you will succeed.

Tight lines!

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