Pouting Fishing in Devon

Drop small strips of mackerel or rag on 1–2 hook paternoster into the deep tide run; best from dusk, autumn–winter. Use grip lead to hold and expect snags on rough ground.

Very common after dark; small mackerel or worm strips on size 2–4 hooks, fished down the wall on the flood.

All year, best after dark; small worm or squid baits down the side into 20-40 ft. Expect constant taps; size 4-6 hooks. Flood/first of ebb.

Year-round, best at night. Small fish or worm baits on 2-hook flappers dropped under the wall. Mixed rough ground-use 1-2oz leads to hold in tide.

Abundant after dark. Size 2–4 hooks with strips of mackerel/squid fished close to the pier and rough ground, any tide.

After dark, short cast into rough ground with size 2 hooks and small mackerel/squid strips; compact rigs to limit snags.

Abundant after dark; fish small strips of mackerel/squid on 2-hook paternoster into rough ground at medium range, 1-2 hrs either side of slack.

Fish strips or rag on small hooks into deeper gullies at dusk/night; keep baits just off bottom to avoid snags; mid–high tide.

Small mackerel/squid strips on 1/0–2/0 flappers dropped into rough ground. Dusk/night on the flood; expect snags—use weak links.

Small hooks and fish/worm strips straight down into 20-40 ft; best after dark on the flood. Short snoods to beat snags.

Dusk into night over rough ground; two-hook flappers with worm or mackerel strip; keep baits just off bottom to reduce snags; present on most tides year-round.

Small mackerel/squid strips on size 2–1/0 two-hook flappers, cast 10–30 m over rough ground. Best after dark, low to mid-flood. Expect constant rattles.

Common after dark; small fish baits on two-hook rigs into the deeper water off the point, especially first of the flood.

Small mackerel/rag strips on size 1-2 hooks, ledgered into deep water. Prolific after dark on the flood; keep baits just off the bottom.

Small strips of mackerel or squid on size 2-1 hooks, 2-hook paternoster; fish at night close to the ledges over rough ground, best on the flood.

Small mackerel/squid baits on size 2–1 hooks into rough ground; best at dusk into dark on the flood.

After dark, small strips of mackerel/squid on 2-hook flappers dropped into rough ground close in; bites build through the flood.

After dark over rough ground; small fish/squid strips near the bottom on size 2–1/0 hooks. Use a short, clipped-down rig with rotten-bottom to reduce losses.

Regular after dark around rough ground. Small fish baits or rag on two-hook flappers into reef edges at mid–high water.

After dark over mixed ground; worm or fish-strip baits on 2-hook flappers. Flood into top of tide.

Night fishing with small hooks and strips of mackerel or rag in deeper gullies; flood to high water.

Dusk/night over mixed ground; small fish or squid strips on size 2–4 two-hook flappers. Steady on the flood.

Fish small hooks with rag/squid strip into the deeper holes at dusk/night on the flood; keep rigs just off the snaggy bottom.

After dark, small fish-baits or rag on 1/0-2 hooks into rough ground; short casts over the flood. Year-round, best autumn-winter.

After dark over mixed ground; small fish baits or rag on size 2 hooks. Short to mid range. Autumn-winter.