Q & A SHORE FISHING
Q: What time of year am I likely to catch each specific species of fish from the shore?
PADRAIG O’SULLIVAN, DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN
PF says: If I knew the answer to that question, I reckon I could become an extremely rich man. Seriously, though, shore fishing is certainly based around seasons, especially when it comes to targeting particular species of fish from the shore.
However, I can’t be exactly specific with times, but I can offer you a general idea when the right time of year is to target and catch certain species that are likely to be around in any sort of numbers.
If I could start with autumn, this is the time that shore anglers begin to set their
