Tenerife jan 2013

[Deleted User 3488]

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Had a weeks break in Tenerife, so bought a handy little shakespear telescopic in Henry's, fits nicely in a Ryanair size suitcase,,,well worth the 28 euro,
Fished a few rocky outcrops using 6 lb line, a waggler float set up and size 10 hooks and prawn as bait.
Bites aplenty everywhere i fished,,hard to hook up though, smaller hook size might have helped.
Tried ground fishing using kamazan 2's and 50lb braid, and a whole shrimp as bait,,lost a nice bream coming up the rocks and also lost an Octopuss about 2 or 3 lb,,,no bother to the rod,
Fished a little harbour in Playa San Juan,,,the only harbour in Tenerife where you are ALLOWED to fish,,caught a couple of puffers and drove myself mad looking at the Baracudas swirling in the water infront of me. of course i brought no wire traces with me and tried using 20 lb flourocarbon and large shrimps,,,,got one bite,,,and thats what it was,,,biten off half way up the snood...spoke to a german guy on the pier he told me the locals fish for ray and shark at night from the harbour,,all monster fish, 30-150 lb,,so my next trip to Tenerife I'll, be staying in Playa san Juan, beautiful little fishing village.
The local cop walked down the pier a few times and stood behind me,,,they take your rod and fine ya 300 euro on the spot over there if ya have no licence. As I left the pier he gave me a jovial nod which sUGGESTED to me,,tourist anglers are welcome there. Ohh bring plenty of elastic thread, I ran out after three days and barely connected with a bite after that.
Weather was massive, calm seas for most of the week, got a few mini species, but will be returning to go after the bigger lads next visit.
FISH CAUGHT, lizard fish, Parrot Wrasse, Puffer fish (male and female) and damselfish i think is the black on with the blue spot.

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[paul skelly]

Nice one pad some cool looking fish there
Dying to get away to do some fishing abroad, wishfull thinking

[Deleted User 3488]

Playa San Juan was made for you Skell,,

Nice one pad some cool looking fish there
Dying to get away to do some fishing abroad, wishfull thinking

[Jayball10]

Good man Pad. Hope you had a good holiers. I see you "GOT THE CAMERA"

[Deleted User 3488]

Good man Pad. Hope you had a good holiers. I see you "GOT THE CAMERA"

me fukin camera is actually MIA,,,,

[Sweetwrasse]

Cool photos Sounds like a great spot!

[sparkey+1]

Nice fish in the pic well at least you got some fishing in any hassle taking the rod and reel through the airport...

[Deleted User 3488]

Nice fish in the pic well at least you got some fishing in any hassle taking the rod and reel through the airport...

No hassle at all,,,the rod i bought fits into a ryanair size carry on case,,
had a box full of hooks and weights too.
They did give the bag a 2nd look on the monitor,,,,,but no hassle either end.

[saving private brian]

class pics of fish there,,the 3rd one especially looks like one that is in nemo lol,,,i see your woman aint too bothered

[lucky13]

lovely stuff monkeywrasse...nice report from faraway lad.interesting stuff man

[Deleted User 3488]

class pics of fish there,,the 3rd one especially looks like one that is in nemo lol,,,i see your woman aint too bothered

That was the first day,,,her patience wore thin as the week went on,hehe
Will have to get her a few books next time
but sure if your sitting in the sun reading a good book,,don't matter much where your sitting.

[Deleted User 3488]

lovely stuff monkeywrasse...nice report from faraway lad.interesting stuff man

smaller hook and more elastic thread,,,the species count would have been higher.
Or heavier gear off the beaches,,,angel sharks,,,tope,,,stingers,,barracudas, eagle rays, butterfly rays are all on the menu.
Will hopefully be back there in May

[lucky13]

lovely stuff monkeywrasse...nice report from faraway lad.interesting stuff man

smaller hook and more elastic thread,,,the species count would have been higher.
Or heavier gear off the beaches,,,angel sharks,,,tope,,,stingers,,barracudas, eagle rays, butterfly rays are all on the menu.
Will hopefully be back there in May

now there's a holiday.thats some menu...

[Stan]

Will definitely have to try Tenerife . Well done. Am heading to Fuerteventura in mid- Feb for a fishing break. Hope to get some big fish

[Deleted User 3488]

Will definitely have to try Tenerife . Well done. Am heading to Fuerteventura in mid- Feb for a fishing break. Hope to get some big fish

The fishing in Fuertaventura is supposedly better than Tenerife, but the winds are stronger for the most part.Some good vids on YouTube of lads fishing for stingers and angel-sharks.

[Stan]

Fished there in Nov 2011 for 2 brief sessions.....her indoors with me. Fishing was vg. Got a monkfish around 17kg plus lots of other small fish. Am going to get the big one in 2 weeks!!!

[Deleted User 3488]

Fished there in Nov 2011 for 2 brief sessions.....her indoors with me. Fishing was vg. Got a monkfish around 17kg plus lots of other small fish. Am going to get the big one in 2 weeks!!!

Think the Monkfish is what they call angel sharks..
Hope ya have a cracking session..
Them islands are a fisher-mans paradise.

[Stan]

Yes angel shark (angelota) is the name they use for monkfish. They sure have some mouthful of teeth

[Deleted User 3488]

Yes angel shark (angelota) is the name they use for monkfish. They sure have some mouthful of teeth

Like Joan Bruton,,,,,,