Scad | Light Rock Fishing

19th July, 2018

HTO LRF Fish Measure

I've ditched my old measuring tape and moved over to using the awesome HTO LRF Measure. It's basically a handy, telescopic fish measure that expands from 15cm to 50cm. More

Adam Kirby Status 2 fish measure, flounder, hto, hto lrf measure, long spined sea scorpion, mackerel, poor cod, pouting, scad

1st August, 2017

5am Scad

Had to get up early for my first Scad of the year. Here it is. 5am Scad.

Adam Kirby August, Image 0 boat, horse mackerel, hto shore jig, metal jig, scad

14th September, 2016

Our Alderney Lure Festival 2016

The 3rd and 4th of September saw both local and visiting lure anglers congregate upon the beautiful island of Alderney for the annual Alderney Lure Festival. Hosted by Alderney Angling and its 4th year, it was great to hear the event was going from strength to strength, with a record turnout. More

Adam Kirby Notes, September 10 alderney, alderney angling, alderney lure only 24 hour species hunt, ballan wrasse, bass, competition, corkwing wrasse, garfish, giant goby, goldsinny wrasse, leopard spotted goby, mackerel, pollack, pouting, rock goby, scad, shanny, species hunt, tompot blenny, whiting

22nd August, 2016

Light Rock Fishing in Skopelos

As always, an awesome weeks holiday in Greece. This time on the island of Skopelos. Amazing how much fun you can have with just a travel rod, a spinning reel and a small bag of lures. More

Adam Kirby August, Gallery 0 amberjack, annular bream, damselfish, east atlantic peacock wrasse, goldblotch grouper, greece, hto stink pots, mediterranean cardinalfish, painted comber, rusty blenny, scad, scorpion fish, skopelos, small red scorpionfish, two banded bream

14th September, 2015

Horse Mackerel at Weymouth

Great little session with Chris Wheeler in Weymouth on Saturday night. Wind dropped away to nothing for a couple of hours around midnight and we were able to fish delicate Aji-type lures on jigheads, using the curve fall method, on-the-drop (OTD). We picked up the desired Horse Mackerel (Scad), Mackerel and some decent sized Pollack, plus the odd tiny Whiting caught well off the bottom. Really enjoyed it.

Adam Kirby Gallery, September 1 aji, dorset, horse mackerel, hto knight worms, jighead, night game, OTD, scad, weymouth

21st August, 2015

Irish Aji

A few Scad related pics from our trip with Sea Angler magazine to West Cork, Ireland. Great memories from that evening with Dan, Paul and George for company.

Adam Kirby August, Gallery 0 hardbaits, ireland, scad, tackle house shores streamer

31st August, 2014

Spanish LRF

Back from a top week in Spain visiting my mum. It was minging hot, so snorkelling was mostly the preferred pastime but I did get to flex the travel rod here and there, trying to notch up the species count. More

Adam Kirby August, Gallery 0 aji, annular bream, black goby, garfish, horse mackerel, ornate wrasse, painted comber, rainbow wrasse, red mouth goby, scad, spain, two banded bream

11th July, 2014

Cornish Lure Festival 2014

It's a week since the kick off of the 2014 Cornish Lure Festival and I have to say I'm not sure I've recovered yet - it was EPIC

After entering the Species Hunt competition for the first time last year, I'd managed to pass on my enthusiasm for the event to mates, Dan and Chris. Estelle enjoyed last year, even as a non-fisher, and was along for the ride again too. So with a rough plan built around the far from perfect forecast, and the two productive marks I'd garnered last year, we all met up in deepest, darkest Cornwall. Exciting! More

Adam Kirby Gallery, July 0 ballan wrasse, bass, black bream, blenny, competition, corkwing wrasse, cornish lure festival, cornwall, fin theory, flounder, goby, goldsinny wrasse, horse mackerel, lesser weever, long spined sea scorpion, mackerel, pollack, poor cod, rock cook wrasse, sand smelt, scad, species hunt, the art of fishing