Roger Munro explores the life and habits of the fearsome conger eel and explains how to successfully catch these masters of predation from the shore.
“Can you help me mister?” was the plaintive cry blowing across a chilly wind buffeting the pier on which I was fishing. Roused from the intense focus I had on my two rods, I turned to see a forlorn angler soaked to the skin clutching an old boat rod and an even older fixed spool reel. “Please mister, what bait do I need to use? I’ve got loads of earthworms; where do I cast, and could I please borrow a hook? I’ve never been fishing here before”. I gave him some mackerel and squid, some 4/0 hooks and swivels then showed him how to load a large mackerel / squid cocktail bait and advised him to drop it directly down the side of the pier. I then, rather rudely, turned my back on him and continued fishing.
