Bull Huss Fishing in Cornwall

After dark over rough ground; big fish baits (mackerel/squid) on pulley rigs with rotten-bottom. Neap tides help hold bottom. Fish the first of the flood or slack.

Large fish or mackerel baits at night into kelp-lined channels; heavy gear and abrasion-resistant trace. Best slack to first of flood.

Dusk/night over kelp gullies on a flooding tide. Large oily baits on 5/0–6/0 pennels; let bites develop. Rough ground—use rotten-bottoms.

Big fish baits (mackerel/squid) into rough-ground gullies after dark. Best 2 hrs either side of low/flood. Year-round, peak spring-autumn.

Large fish/squid baits on the bottom into mixed rough at night. Neap tides reduce drag; use strong gear and rotten-bottom to beat snags.

Night into rough ground; whole squid or fish baits; heavy gear and rotten-bottom; best on a rising tide.

Night over rough ground; large fish/squid baits on heavy mono traces, slack to first of flood. Clip-down casts; let baits settle.

Big fish or squid baits on 4/0-6/0 pennel, heavy gear. Best after dark over rough ground on the last of the flood and first ebb.

Night over kelp/rock; large fish or squid baits dropped into gullies. Use strong traces and rotten-bottoms. Neap tides help.

Large oily baits (mackerel/squid) on 60–80 lb traces into kelp/sand edges after dark on the flood; neaps reduce weed and tide pull.

Night over rough ground; oily fish baits on 4/0–6/0 hooks. Fish first of flood or ebb. Abrasion-resistant trace and rotten-bottom recommended.

Dusk into dark on the flood. Big fish/crab baits to rough ground; 60–80 lb trace with rotten-bottom. Neaps help reduce tide pull.

Night fishing into kelpy gullies; large fish baits on a pulley with rotten-bottom. Neap tides and the ebb-to-flood turn often best.

Large squid or mackerel sections on strong traces into kelpy gullies after dark; last of flood best.

Big crab or fish baits at night into rough gullies; use heavy traces and a rotten-bottom. Best on the flood, late spring–autumn.

Large fish baits (mackerel/squid) on 80lb traces dropped into kelpy holes at night, neap tides help. Use weak-link leads.

Dusk/night over rough ground; large fish/squid or crab baits placed along kelp edges and sandy tongues. Neap tides fish well.

Large fish/squid cocktails in kelpy holes at dusk/night; neap tides and slack water help reduce snags. 60lb mono trace; no wire needed.

Large fish/squid baits on 4/0 pennel dropped into rough ground gullies after dark, 2 hrs either side of high. Heavy gear, abrasion-resistant leader.

After dark over rough ground with big fish/crab baits; mid-flood to high. Heavy gear and rubbing leaders; expect snags.

Fish big fish/squid baits from the headlands after dark into rough ground. Best on the flood with some swell; tough gear needed.

Night; big fish or squid baits dropped into deeper kelp gullies; neap tides; 80lb abrasion-resistant trace.

Large fish or squid baits dropped into rough patches at night from rock ledges; target neap tides, last of ebb into first of flood.

Large fish or squid baits on a pennel over kelp edges after dark. Best on a flooding tide, autumn-winter. Heavy traces, rotten-bottom.

Night over rough ground; big crab or squid/fish cocktails. Neap tides help. Use long hooklengths and rotten-bottom rigs to reduce losses.