pollock lure fishing

Hi there, i recently moved down to uni in plymouth having never sea fished in my life before, i was walking around the historic harbour the other weekend and saw some kids lure fishing..i went over and asked them and they were lure fishing for pollock from the harbour walls with shads and some lead headed worm type things, and said it was pretty easy to catch from the walls. intrigued by this i went to the local tackle shop and asked the owner, he said that a sturdy spinning rod and sa selection of lures would do the trick.

I do alot of game and coarse fishing (i am a level2 qualified coach), but am confessed clueless as to how to do any form of sea fishing! when i get back from christmas i will bring back an old spinning rod with me which i think will be sturdy enough, and give it a go, but was wondering if anyone out there has any tips or advice that might catch me and some friends a few fish between lectures?!!

any help is much apreciated, cheers Sam

I'd go back intothe local shop Sam and find out what patterns are working mate!

Jelly worms work as do the rubber shads made by the likes of Storm.

just cast the shads and worms out hit bottom then a steady reel in should do, works for me

awesome!

i will definately go back to the tackle shop once my stuffs down here, will you catch all year on this stuff or is it more seasonal?

also..this may sound abit stupid, but do you need any special kit like forceps etc??!

You could fish your whole life from the shore with good spinning gear capable of landing 10lb fish.
Beach casting is very specialised, really, and has more macho appeal than catching appeal; all the cod, etc, this gear was designed to catch have gone anyway, and fish like bass, mullter and flatties can all be caught on much lighter tackle.
So give it a go. I've had 25lb tope on carp gear! It's definitely worth putting braid on your reels, and with 50lb braid you can heave 2oz a very long way. Lure fishing for sea fish is great, as is using big polystyrene floats.
There's something to catch throughout the year, and you shouldn't need forceps to unhook anything; eating a few is OK; this isn't carp fishing, Sam

Oh, and don't forget to give flycasting for bass, pollack and mullet a go; it's brilliant.

take foreceps, or a t-bar.

small pollock are fine, and the larger ones are normally, but if its deep hooked they have a lovley mouth full of teeth.

pollock tend to be sesonal, but you should find the bass, and maybe mullet will be in the same area in the spring/summer months and will take lures as well.