Daniel Welch has been some superb boat sport off Ilfracombe ctaching some stunning wrasse using lure fishing tactics. Dans best wrasse a stunning ballan of 5lb. The sport was shared with his good friend Ross Stanway and son Solly Welch.
“Another fantastic day out on the boat, with perfect weather. The plan for the day was lure fishing with light spinning setups the main target a big ballen and a cuckoo wrasse. The day didn’t disappoint we caught good numbers of decent sized hard fighting pollack on the wrecks on the way down, once at the island we had great sport on the wrasse all catching good sized fish the biggest a boat and lure pb for me of exactly 5lb I also managed my main target and another first for me, catching not one but two cuckoo wrasse on a lure in quick succession. We thought we would pick up some fresh bait to drift for the tope on the way back and found good numbers of large launce and some mackerel. Prime fresh bait but an hour drift only produced one tope we fished some small baits at the same time and picked up weavers, a few gurnard and lots of little whiting. We finished the day off with some more wreck pollack on the way home. Lures used were a mix of slow jigs with single
hooks, creature soft plastics, savagegear Sandeels and black minnow.”
