Sea Angler

JULY 2024

SHORE BALLAN WRASSE

Ballan wrasse, especially fish over 3lb, are caught mainly from rock ledges and breakwaters. They feed on crabs, limpets and small fish like sandeels and gobies.

TIDE TALK

Wrasse are caught on most tides, but off the rocks and breakwaters the middle sized to bigger spring tides fish best. On the rocks, at low water, the bigger tides give access to marks less frequently fished, this being key to the better catches and bigger fish.

Tides from the 4th to the 12th of July should

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