Garfish Fishing in Devon

Clear, calm evenings late spring–autumn. Float-fish tiny sandeel or sliver of mackerel 2–6ft deep, slow retrieve. Rising tide.

Float-fish small strips of mackerel with long snoods; keep bait near surface. Best on clear water, flood tide, late spring to early autumn.

Late spring-autumn; float-fish thin mackerel strip 3-6 ft under a float, drifted along the wall on the flood. Best in clear water, bright days.

Late spring-autumn; float thin mackerel strip mid-water over cleaner patches; bright days; flood and first of ebb.

Float-fish slivers of mackerel or small sandeel shallow over clean water; summer on the flood in bright conditions.

Float a small strip of mackerel or sandeel 1-3 ft deep on a rising tide, summer-autumn; long snood and fine wire hooks.

Late spring–autumn; float-tackle with thin strip of mackerel or sandeel set shallow in tide rips. Clear water and a flooding tide help.

Float-fish small mackerel strips 6-8 ft deep over clearer patches; late spring to autumn, favouring bright calm days on the flood.

Float small sandeel strip or rag just sub-surface from rocks on a flooding tide with clear water. Late spring to autumn.

Clear, calm seas; float-fish small strip/sandeel near the surface over deep water on the flood, faster in bright conditions.

Float-fished sandeel or mackerel strip just under the surface on clear summer tides; long trace and small hooks.

Float-fish mackerel strips or small metals in clear, calm water late spring–autumn. Best from rocky ends on the flood.

Late spring–autumn; float-fished sandeel/strips or small metals. Clear water, flooding tide, dusk.

Float a small strip of mackerel or sandeel 3-6 ft down over the clean-to-rock edge on a rising tide; best late spring to early autumn in clear water.

Float slivers of mackerel or rag 1–2 m down; calm, clear days on the flood, late spring–autumn.

Late spring–autumn; float-fish rag or sandeel strip shallow over clean patches on a rising tide with long traces.

May–Oct; float-fish a thin mackerel strip or sandeel 6–10 ft deep off the rocks over high water.

May–Oct in settled seas. Float-fish mackerel strip or small spinners; keep baits shallow and moving along the back of the surf.

Jun-Oct; float-fish thin mackerel strip just under the surface along the inner side in daylight. Rising tide is best.

Float small slivers of mackerel near-surface in clear summer seas on the flood; long light traces and tiny hooks.

Float a sliver of mackerel or rag 4-6 ft deep over clean patches; summer, bright days, flooding tide. Keep traces fine.

Clear summer days; float-fished sandeel/strip or tiny metals retrieved fast; best on the rise around first light.

Clear, calm summer evenings; float-fish mackerel strip or sandeel set shallow and cast beyond the shore break. Steady retrieve.

Late spring–autumn. Float small strip/sandeel 3–6 ft deep off the points on a flooding tide; keep baits moving.

Late spring–autumn; float-fish small mackerel strip or rag shallow in the tide race. Rising water and bright conditions suit; retrieve slowly.