Fishing with Rubber / Jelly worms?

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Pembs

Hi im just wondering has anybody had any success fishing with rubber worms?

Also how to you fish them, do you just use them like a spinner or is there a different technique?

Another question if i am fishing for flatties from the sure (Fresh East) at what sort of range am i looking to cast .

Thank RC

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:27 am

When you down there ??

Down in the caravan site there this weekend - fishing of course!

cool

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Pembs

i live down this way, but am back in swansea at the weekend, back in uni. Which caravan site do you use a good friend of mine owns the farm one at the top of the hill?

Have you had much luck fishing from the shore there? What species do you target?

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:03 am

Stay in the caravan club site at the bottom of the hill. - 500yds walk to fish on the beach.

As for targeting species you're having a laugh mate! I'm on a steep learning curve and glad to get even a bite right now.

Was reasonably successfull at coarse match fishing for over twenty five years, then got bored so tried trout fishing - reasonably easy as they are tame fish in reality big grin

This sea fishing though is something else - never had so many blanks in my life! That sea is a big place !!!!

big grin

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Pembs

Well from reading results from competitions at Fresh East in the past, you are best off targeting flatties and dog fish and i expect the odd bass passes through. I know if you take a short journey to stackpole quay that the rocks around that area are productive for Pollack, makerel and doggies as well as wrasse and i expect again that you could catch a few bass.

But my top tip for bass in the are would be frains lake, you have to get permission to fish there but a few of my friends have done so and had shed loads of bass.

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:17 pm

Back today from Freshwater East. Three long sessions and not even one bite.

Fished up till full tide on all three days.

Only activity seen all weekend were dogfish taken by some lads from Brum in an evening session.

Cant be any fish there in the day at present. crying

Good news though in that mackerel are being caught early at Stackpole and smoothhounds have turned up a month early off Aberthaw.

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Pembs

i dont think it has ever fished particuarly well, you never here of many locals going down there to fish, Fresh West is more popular as is frains, llanstadwell etc. Also Angle near the old lifeboat station

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:31 am

freshwater is just good for surfing mate i think as i've been a few times and the same result

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Pembs

it does produce a few bass during the summer months, i think ususally towards the rocks on the left handside of the beach?

As for bait in Swansea is there anywhere in town to go? If not where is the best place to go near to Brynmill?

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:52 pm

rcjelley89 wrote:

it does produce a few bass during the summer months, i think ususally towards the rocks on the left handside of the beach?

As for bait in Swansea is there anywhere in town to go? If not where is the best place to go near to Brynmill?

not sure mate as i get all my bait from port talbot

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:03 am

can always get it at mainwarings which i think is in Sketty

Careful though its a real alladins cave - leave your wallet at home. cool

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Pembs

Went to mainwarings, know what you mean about alladins cave, what is the best way to keep lug alive??

How long will they live for?

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:08 pm

getting back to yur original question... about rubbers worms etc... our local tackle shop man said to us as we asked about that
"Sue there are some products out there to reel in the punter!!! not the fish! "
so i shall be taking his advise and not purchasing them lol
good luck!
Sue

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:36 pm

i caught a 1lb dab on jelly worm onced i used a bubble float and used shots to weigh the worm down and basically reeled in slowly. big grin

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:16 pm

I use jelly worms and "Wildeye" sandeels all the time for pollack. I use a 3ft trace with a 2oz barrel lead and spin between the kelp and rocks, but quite often a thin strip of squid or mackerel bound on to the hook with elastic outfishes its rubber imitations winking