WHY SOME WRASSE ARE EASIER TO HOOK THAN OTHERS

FISHING OUT TO SEA OVER ROUGH GROUND

You regularly hear anglers saying that wrasse have ‘nipped’ the tail off their lures or just hit the lures and not been hooked up. Wrasse will strike a bait to stun it then return to eat it, but quite often in these situations, the fish are defending their territory from invaders. These are known as reaction strikes. These wrasse can be and are regularly hooked, but they aren’t necessarily feeding.

FISHING IN GULLIES

When targeting gullies though, I find strikes are generally confident and fish are hooked immediately as they aren’t defending an area but visiting a gulley to feed. Spend time fishing a gulley as wrasse will visit periodically in search of food throughout the tide. I’ve caught wrasse in less than 2’ of water, so don’t worry if it’s quite shallow.