How Does A Trigger Fish Bite?

[Newboy]

I was fishing the Ledge on Tuesday and hooked into something which got away.

 

It started off like a bream bite with the rod rattling. On picking up the rod the fish started to take line, but that was no bream, it took line slowly but continuously for a minute having already tightened up the drag twice. I was using light gear, Shimano crucial casting rod plus a conquest 200 with 12lb braid and 12lb f/carbon trace. In the end it spat out the hook and swam away.

 

It wasn't a bass, as it didn't take line quickly like a bass, I was thinking it might be a baby conger but some smart ass onboard reckon it was a trgger, as he'd seen one landed a few years back. The skipper was't sure as he'd never caught a trigger.

 

Any thought?

[TomBettle]

Sounds like a small ray Kam...?

 

If it was taking line slowly and continuously..... were you on the drift?

[Adam F]

My guess goes to a ray or maybe a bull huss.

 

I have had both fairly frequently whilst breaming on the ledge.

 

We will never know kam!

[alun j.]

All the triggers I've caught have taken off like express trains......... much the same as bass & good sized bream.......... then they fight like charged up bream......darting speed with power but don't go far.

 

You'll see when you get one !!

 

Alun.

[DommyBoy]

How Does A Trigger Fish Bite?........

 

...................................................With its mouth!!!!!!!

 

Ha ha!

 

Sorry

 

 

 

Dom

[duncan]

smut?

[Newboy]

We were anchored.

 

Sounds like a ray now you mentioned it, didn't know rays frequent the ledge, I thought they like sandy bottom. Don't think it's a smut, cos it didn't charge.

 

[Paul J]

Triggers fight like Bream but with the power of a big Wrasse

 

PJ

[Maverick Martin]

Alun and PJ have the trigger bite/fight spot on, sounds like you had a ray of some description

 

Martin

[Swainiac]

A good indication of whether your bait has been snaffled by a trigger, is the lack of hook left on the trace Kam, they tend to bite off weaker hook snoods. Once hooked, they dont give up easily, although I can say this as an onlooker, not captor, having never caught one this side of the Atlantic!!!!!!

 

Rich

[Paul D]

Also, isn't a little early to be catching trigger fish.

I thought it would need to warm up a little more yet ??

 

[Mike Y]

Following discussions with Rich last night I think I may have lost a trigger off Ringstead on Saturday - bit and fought like a vicious bream and bit through the trace. After all Fred had a bogue which is another of our warm water visitors.

 

Mike

 

 

[Adam F]

You would be suprised Kam - I have had many rays of the ledge on horendously rocky ground - 3 years ago in the May bream comp I had a small eye equaling the club record on bream gear!

[crazy fred]

good place for triggers is durlston bay later in the year ;)also cuba fishing the reef on fly gear we fish for ocean going triggers and they go 20lb and they go like lester piggot being chased by the inland revenue

Edited June 1, 2006 by crazy fred

[Afishionado]

good place for triggers is durlston bay later in the year ;)also cuba fishing the reef on fly gear we fish for ocean going triggers and they go 20lb and they go like lester piggot being chased by the inland revenue

OH YES INDEEDY I had several freelining fresh prawns. Near Isla Medio Luna off the Cayos.

 

 

Strewth did they go

 

Lost the first one then changed to a very fine wire trace and I was ok after that. The chef had given me loads of fresh squid and loads of prawns, so I spent some time chucking out chopped up bits into the tidal current. In the end it was a fish a cast and I never thought I could get that tired out fishing. Unless they got off you were into a good 5 min of hard fight each time.

 

Mad Mike