Pics from an unforgettable day with the Tight Lines crew down in Brixham. Always happy to be on fish catching duties. Got to meet Keith Arthur in person – legend! Thanks to Ben Field for inviting me. An absolute privilege.
scorpion fish
The king of the rock pool. Many an angler has become hooked on LRF after catching his or her first Scorpion Fish. The most common Long-spined Sea Scorpion and the fancier Short-spined Sea Scorpion, both look extremely cool. A gigantic head harbours an equally gigantic mouth and is adorned with lots of lumps, bumps and spikes. Living in and around weed and rocks the colour variation can be from brown to green, to red. The large mouth hints at the ferocity of this little predator and even small fish will take fairly large lures, including fish replicas, worms and crustaceans. Here in the UK, Sea Scorpions are not poisonous and can be handled safely with confidence.
Light Rock Fishing in Rhodes
I’ve said it before but worth repeating, I think light rock fishing gear is perfect for fun fishing on your summer holidays.
Myself and the good lady headed off to Rhodes in Greece for a week and of course I packed some LRF equipment – mainly Reins lures and a pack of Isome. More
Adam Kirby Gallery, July 6 boat, comber, dentex, greece, marukyu isome, ornate wrasse, painted comber, rainbow wrasse, reins, rhodes, scorpion fish, sea perch
Cornish Lure Festival 2013
The 2013 Cornish Lure Festival – what a fantastic event!
July 5th saw myself and the other half set off early for Cornwall. With sunny weather and low winds forecast, it didn’t look perfect for the Bass comp but for me and the species hunting crew, it looked bloody perfect! More
Adam Kirby Gallery, July 5 ballan wrasse, competition, corkwing wrasse, cornish lure festival, cornwall, fin theory, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, launce, mackerel, pollack, rock cook wrasse, rock goby, scorpion fish, species hunt, the art of fishing
At Last The Scorpions Turn Up
Finally the fishing has improved to a point where if I don’t catch I’m probably doing something wrong. Not a lot of variation in species though at the moment with Wrasse and Scorpos seemingly everywhere and dominating the harbour LRF stuff since the start of June in my part of the world. More
Dan Sissons June, Notes 0 daiwa sw rock fish jig head, ecogear pocket in, fish arrow flash j, long spined sea scorpion, scorpion fish, tenryu lunakia
South Coast Update
Quick update. The fish are finally here!
We got out on the boat on Sunday and had 30-40 Black Bream. There were Garfish scooting round the boat and reports of jumbo Mackerel on the radio.
Then on Monday, Dan had a quick LRF session from the shore in Portsmouth and had a few Scorpion Fish – the first of the year believe it or not.
Game on!
Adam Kirby May, Notes 0 black bream, garfish, mackerel, portsmouth, scorpion fish, south coast
LRF Fishing in Weymouth
Dan and I made a trip down to Weymouth today to explore the LRF fishing opportunities and we had a blast on the town quays. We fished all sorts of lures and made a final tally of 8 species More
Adam Kirby Gallery, October 0 black goby, corkwing wrasse, goldsinny wrasse, pollack, pouting, scorpion fish, weymouth, weymouth angling centre, whiting