Whitby Pier Fishing

[scottca]

Hi All,

 

First time posting in the sea fishing section of AN! im a course fisherman normally but heading to Whitby this weekend and thought I would attempt a spot of mackeral fishing off the pier, have a couple of questions if thats ok?

 

- I currently have a float rod with 4lb mainline, I was planning to fish with a single lure - would this rod be sufficient - or

- I also have a 1.75tc rod with a 12lb mainline, would this be better?

 

if I cant use those I may invest in a cheap spinning rod - if I go down this route, would any of the reels above be up to the job?

 

Will i catch anything at this time of year? whats the best way of fishing off the pier, only hoping to catch 1 or 2 fish for dinner!

 

do I need any sort of license?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Craig

Edited April 5, 2011 by scottca

[big_cod]

Craig unfortunatly mate the mackeral havent arrived yet they were very early last year at the end of may you are around 2 months to early if you venture down onto whitby beach at a place called upgange you may get one or two bass a rod and line setup a whitby angling supplies is very cheap if you need any directions to get to upgange i will give you them happily.

 

paul.

[scottca]

Thanks paul much appreciated.

 

ahh never mind regarding the mackeral, how likely is it I may get a bass? whats the best way of fishing for them? lure? as I dont live anywhere near the coast, in fact, im in Milton Keynes so the furthest point away I wanted to try and use or get a rod that would be up for coarse fishing as well to get most use - if its not possible, then not to worry ill take a look ay whitby angling supplies (out of curiosity, what sort of thing am I looking for / how much we talking?)

 

whats the rules regarding sea fishing and taking fish to eat - do you need a license like coarse fishing?

 

Thanks again,

 

Craig

[Guest bbamboo]

Whitby Pier not fished it for many years but used to catch cod in winter, flounders whiting and billet.

crabs are pleanty the harbour is always worth a try for eels and flatfish sometimes better than the pier.

 

 

Gary

[big_cod]

Thanks paul much appreciated.

 

ahh never mind regarding the mackeral, how likely is it I may get a bass? whats the best way of fishing for them? lure? as I dont live anywhere near the coast, in fact, im in Milton Keynes so the furthest point away I wanted to try and use or get a rod that would be up for coarse fishing as well to get most use - if its not possible, then not to worry ill take a look ay whitby angling supplies (out of curiosity, what sort of thing am I looking for / how much we talking?)

 

whats the rules regarding sea fishing and taking fish to eat - do you need a license like coarse fishing?

 

Thanks again,

 

Craig

 

Give them a ring or look on there website you will get a setup for under £20 as far as catching bass is concerned of the sea wall at upgange the lads who fish it regulary can get half a dozen in session but its like all fishing its on the day you dont need a licence etc if the shop has ragworm then i would use rag if not they have frozen black gully worms you also get some nice dabs and flounders on that beach .

 

https://www.whitbyanglingsupplies.com/catalog/

 

 

paul.

[scottca]

Thanks Guys

 

Ill go into them when I get there - so with sea fishing, eiher off a pier or sea wall, silly question but do you float fish or just wait for a strike and feel it? I imagine its very different from coarse!