Escandinhas ??

[Günni]

have a look

[heini]

great video, Günni!

[papajock]

hi tj,

the Portuguese seem to bottom fish mostly, they use a ledger with a short trace & bait up mainly with cockles, sometimes cut up small pieces of mackerel, squid etc., you see them with their rods dug into the sand

the fun way to go for the bass is to use a light rod & reel, maybe a 9 or 10 foot rod and use spinning lures for bait, they sell them in all sorts of colours with a either a couple of hooks or a couple of triple hooks hanging down; cast into (best) an incoming tide and 'jiggy jig' the line back in to make the lure dance a bit, just reeling it in doesn't get many results. it's hard work to keep casting & reeling in but that means you can get up at dawn (best time), do your fishing & still get home for breakfast feeling like you've had a good workout.

if you use some braid or clear line to bait up your lures at home you can take 5 or 6 with you and chamge the tackle onto your rod line with a swivel if you're not having much success; buy some light & heavy, this'll vary the depth the lures go down to to find the bass, & different colours.

some guys put a medium size ledger on to stir up the sand in front of the lure on the way in which seems effective but invites snags on rocks etc so you'll lose some lures.

last tip, only load your reel 3/4 with line, you seem to get less trouble with wind knots than when fully loaded; then on your last cast of the day send out a big ledger and reel in with your finger on the line, it'll set your line nice & tight on the reel for your next time out

Do you need a licence for fishing off Algar Seco? If so where do you get it and how much? I'll be out for my annual visit next May and hope to have more success with all these fishing tips than I 've had before. I've only ever managed to catch one fish in about ten visits to CVO. Still, the relaxation meter goes sky high.

[EMM]

Yes you do need a lisence easily obtainable through a multi banco machine , ask for help at the fishing shop if needed.

My recent trips have been getting better caught 2 bream last thursday, was a bit too windy and the sea was rough but as bait only lasted for minutes once in the water evidence of plenty of fish.