Fishing in Lisbon Area of Portugal

[Slack Line]

Hi

 

Has anyone been fishing around the Lisbon and Cascais area of Portugal. If so I'd appreciate any advice on what to target, where and any recommended methods.

 

I've taken up sea fishing here about 8 months ago and seem to be limited to catching mackerel and tiny rockling. The ground looks good varying from lots of rocky areas to some good beaches. I've tried different times and baits but the bigger fish keep turning up their snouts. Also tried varying hook sizes and locations, even had a go at spinners and plugs.

 

The locals mostly seem to concentrate on float fishing with enormously long telescopic rods and very light gear.

 

 

I've heard stories of large bass being around but I think it must jsut be local mythology.

 

Steve

[Norm B]

Hi

 

Has anyone been fishing around the Lisbon and Cascais area of Portugal. If so I'd appreciate any advice on what to target, where and any recommended methods.

 

I've taken up sea fishing here about 8 months ago and seem to be limited to catching mackerel and tiny rockling. The ground looks good varying from lots of rocky areas to some good beaches. I've tried different times and baits but the bigger fish keep turning up their snouts. Also tried varying hook sizes and locations, even had a go at spinners and plugs.

 

The locals mostly seem to concentrate on float fishing with enormously long telescopic rods and very light gear.

I've heard stories of large bass being around but I think it must jsut be local mythology.

 

Steve

I have fished both areas in the past and found all methods work well except spinning. Floating and legering work best with prawn as bait. I've had bream and bass on these methods, floatfishing with bread will catch mullet and bream. Groundbaiting helps too. Mash up some sardines with breadcrumbs and see them go for it, then put a sliver of sardine on the hook for mullet and bream.

[Slack Line]

Thanks for the pointers. I've not yet tried the ground bait idea. Give it a go and let you know how I get on. At €1.99 a kilo its not too bad an idea.

[WALCOTT]

I have fished both areas in the past and found all methods work well except spinning. Floating and legering work best with prawn as bait. I've had bream and bass on these methods, floatfishing with bread will catch mullet and bream. Groundbaiting helps too. Mash up some sardines with breadcrumbs and see them go for it, then put a sliver of sardine on the hook for mullet and bream.

 

this is what we did and also we fished floated bread..and it worked if you did'nt have to cast it too far...we went nite fishing on a boat for these large bass...but they are more like a grouper sort of fish...lovely big fish,had conger aswell to 90lb at the time...went to the fish market one morning and you should have seen the size of these bass and conger..some of the conger was as big as me and I am 16st....7/8ft long and probably 36" round.

[Slack Line]

this is what we did and also we fished floated bread..and it worked if you did'nt have to cast it too far...we went nite fishing on a boat for these large bass...but they are more like a grouper sort of fish...lovely big fish,had conger aswell to 90lb at the time...went to the fish market one morning and you should have seen the size of these bass and conger..some of the conger was as big as me and I am 16st....7/8ft long and probably 36" round.

 

Mentioning figures like 90 lbs is really begining to hit my morale. Must say I saw lots of shoals of mullet around in the summer last year. I must make sure that I take some bread along when they start to reappear. All of the local marinas seem to be teeming with mullet, some of them seriously large. Portuguese regs don't allow fishing in the marinas so the mullet seem happy to swim around right in front of you.