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See the fishing tripsSurfcasting for Sole
Surfcasting, a technique practiced from beaches, dikes or rocks, consists in sending your bait hook (i.e. weighted with bait) behind the waves.
Sole is mainly fished from April to October, except in Charente Maritime where you can enjoy beautiful soles all year round. Sole fishing can be practiced throughout the day, although twilight and night remain the most suitable times to catch it. The soles are therefore more present during the last two hours of the falling tide and at the beginning of the uplift as they climb onto shallow areas to hunt.
The sole only gets very close to the first rollers, so you have to throw far enough from the edge to hope to catch it. Then simply place your rod on the rod holder and push it into the sand, which allows you to have a fairly high wire. This has two advantages:
- The wire normally passes over the waves and algae they carry, so the assembly does not move.
-This prevents the fisherman or any other person from catching the line and ruining the fishery.
Once the rod is launched, all that remains is to wait for the key indicated either by the sound of the brake that starts or by the sound of a bell that is fixed at the top of the rod. As the sole lies on its side at the bottom of the water, wait a few seconds before lifting the fish, to make sure that the hook has definitely hooked the mouth.
Mounting and baiting
Once the spot has been chosen, you must bring fresh and/or live bait. For the sole, sliding mounts are preferred so that it does not feel any resistance when it engenders the bait.
Mounting and baiting of the worms:
Sea worms (blue worms, worms, seawall worms) and mud worms (sand worms) can also be used.
Strengths:
- Very attractive for sole
- Fits well on the hook
- Easy to find
Weaknesses:
- Difficult to look for
- Not very selective â you can take place, sea bream, pollack... or even small bars that you should not hesitate to release.
Mounting
Between the knots and the lead, it is advisable to put beads to avoid any breakage (lead can rub at the knots and eventually wear the wire).
Baiting
The worm is threaded all the way through a wormhole needle. The tip of the needle is placed on the tip of the hook and the worm is transferred from the needle to the hook. The worm often has one of its ends at the bottom of the line. The advantage of this technique is that it does not damage the worm too much and fixes it in such a way that the sole sows it with all the bait at once.
Mouting and baiting of the Soft Crab:
Soft crabs are excellent for fishing large specimens of soles. These soft crabs are crabs that are moulting (changing shells). Their appearance is a little whitish. They can be fished by hand under pebbles or in rocks at low tide. Soft crabs are rarer than hard crabs, so be patient when you pick them up.
Strengths:
- Relatively easy to find
- Very attractive for large specimens of soles
- Fits well on the hook
- Rather selective, few other species will bite (sea bream or sea bass)
Weaknesses:
- Very difficult to find and present on the hook
Baiting
For sole, only the legs or half of the crab's body should be used. There are many techniques to build a crab and each fisherman will tell you that his is the best. There are two way to use it.
The first is to hook him with a single hook on the hind legs that have been removed beforehand. The crab will keep its mobility and make itself more attractive to predators.
For the second, it is suggested that you try to catch half the crab with two hooks, which will limit the risk of stalling during the throw and limit the losses when you hook the fish. With this method, the fish are still more suspicious. One hook will be passed through the belly, which comes out through the back, and the other in the other direction.
In both cases, for more comfort, you can also tie the crab on the hooks or only have the legs.
