Whiting Fishing in Pembrokeshire

Autumn/winter evenings; small fish baits or lug tipped with squid. Keep hooks small and baits neat.

Autumn–winter evenings; lug/squid baits; bites improve when a bit of surf forms along the tide line.

Autumn/winter evenings; small two-hook flapper with rag or mackerel strip works well in deeper water.

Autumn/winter sport; lug/squid or mackerel strip on size 1/1+; often improves after dark on neap-to-mid tides.

Autumn–winter on peeler-sized baits of lug/tip of squid; shows best in cooler, slightly rough seas.

Autumn/winter on deeper channel edges; fish strips or small squid on a simple paternoster, especially after dark.

Autumn/winter sport in surf; small squid/lug baits on size 1-2 hooks, keep rigs light enough to register bites.

Autumn/winter on small fish baits tipped with squid; keep traces neat and hooks smaller for better takes.

Winter evenings can produce; small hooks with lug/rag, keep baits tight to the bottom in steadier water.

Autumn–winter sport in the surf; use smaller hooks with lug/rag or fish strips, especially in coloured water.

Autumn/winter evenings can produce; small strips of mackerel/squid or worm cocktails.

Autumn/winter runs can produce; fish mackerel/squid strips on a 2-hook paternoster; slightly uptide cast helps keep in the channel.

Winter pick-up fish on small fish strips or worm; best after dark on the first of the flood.

Autumn/winter evenings; two-hook flapper with lug/squid on cleaner sand patches just outside the harbour.

Autumn/winter on small fish baits or rag; cast into the deeper flow and fish after dark.

Autumn–winter on worm/squid baits; look for a steady run of tide rather than slack water.

Autumn/winter evenings can produce; small worm or squid strips on two-hook rigs over sand.

Autumn/winter evenings; small worm or fish baits fished close to the bottom in the main flow.

Autumn/winter on small strip baits; catches improve when the tide slackens toward HW/LW.

Autumn/winter chance on small fish or worm baits; fish the deeper channel on a moving tide.

Winter fish on small strips of fish or lug; bite tends to improve after dusk on the deeper channel line.

Occasional in colder months from the more open ledges; small fish baits, keep leads light to reduce snags.

Winter potential on clean patches; small worm/fish baits on two-hook flappers, keep rigs simple to reduce tangles.

Winter visitor in deeper holes; small worm/fish strip baits on a 2-hook flapper when the tide eases.

Autumn/winter evenings can produce school fish; small lug/mussel cocktails on size 2–1 hooks are typical.