Some advice

[Dannytsg]

Looking for some advice. I am taking the family to Bude next week and plan on trying to harvest some fresh sea fish for tea on a night.

I have fishing gear and experience but it is majorly in coarse angling and not sea fishing.

I am after some advice on spinning rigs from the rocks and ideally an input from those who have experience in doing this type of fishing.

TIA

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

Carp rod, size 4 long shank hooks and weights in the 2 - 4oz will be fine for most things your likely to find but rember to use a shock leader.

 

[slowworm]

The beaches round here are quite flat so not a huge depth of water to fish in from the beach with light gear. I tend to prefer a thin and heavy lure to cast with, so 28g slim metal lure rather than a 10g Mepps for example.

I don't know Bude that well but you should spot people mackereling if you fancy having a go. Perfect for the BBQ. Next week the tides are very high (rough guide here, don't forget to select the right day and add an hour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/tide_tables/10/544#tide-details ), should be ideal for mackerel at high tide and I tend to go in the morning as there's less people about.

You can use the obvious set of feathers but I had reasonable success with an 8' spinning rod, light line (8lb) and either a 18g or 28g silvery metal lure.

 

[SteveW]

I'm getting nagged by the youngest to go fishing with him soon, we usually go to Crackington or Widemouth but the breakwater at Bude is often a good spot so I'm told. Light spinning gear 9ft or 10ft rod or a fly rod is all I ever really use.

 

[Dannytsg]

I was planning on just spinning from the rocks for Mackerel and seeing if we can harvest anything for tea. My step son wants to be a chef so it would be a good education for him to catch the food, kill it and prepare it properly for us to eat back in camp.

Thanks for the input