Rock Goby Fishing in Devon

Tiny hooks (size 14–16) with rag or prawn pieces dropped into kelpy gullies and rock pools; best in calm seas around mid–high tide. Great for LRF when swell is low.

Very common around pier/rocks. LRF rigs with size 16–20 hooks and small worm/squid; fish tight to structure at any tide.

LRF along the weeded wall and boulder toes; size 14-18 hooks with rag or shrimp. Any state of tide, calmer days.

LRF with tiny rag or isome in rock pools and gullies from mid to high tide; very reliable in summer. Size 12–16 hooks.

Abundant around rock edges; use tiny hooks (12–16) with small worm or prawn pieces on light gear. Drop straight down beside boulders on a flooding tide in calm seas.

Micro hooks tipped with rag or shrimp in rock pools and pockets around boulders at mid-to-flood, year-round; very close in.

Abundant on ledges and rock pools. Size 10-14 hooks with tiny rag/squid baits on a mini rig. Any tide; keep baits tight to the stones to avoid crabs.

Very close to weeded rock; size 12–16 hooks, small worm/shrimp baits. Productive on a flooding tide in clear conditions.

Drop tiny baits straight down into gullies and rock pools on the mid-flood; very close in.

LRF with tiny hooks and worm/squid slivers among boulders at mid–low water; abundant year-round.

Tiny hooks with rag or prawn pieces straight down the side among boulders; best low to mid-flood in calm seas; year-round.

LRF with tiny hooks and bits of prawn/worm lowered into kelp edges and rock pools at mid tide.

LRF close in by the steps and boulders; size 12–16 hooks with tiny worm/squid pieces, minimal lead. Best at slack or neap tides in daylight.

Fish tight to boulders at low–mid tide; tiny hooks tipped with rag/lug or mussel. Bites steady in calmer seas year-round.

Tiny hooks and rag/sabiki dropped into rock pools and ledges on the flood; calm, clear days.

LRF with isome or tiny rag pieces down the rocks at close range. Fish mid-water to reduce snagging; best on the flood.

Abundant in holes; tiny hooks with rag or prawn fished under a float tight to the rocks, any state of tide.

Tiny hooks and rag or tipped sabikis worked under ledges and among boulders on the flood; ideal for LRF close in.

Tiny hooks with rag or shrimp imitations around weedy crevices and ledges; flooding tide.

LRF: tiny hooks and isome/shrimp down the side of ledges and in rockpools at low to mid tide. Year-round in calm seas.