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The garfish -also known as a needlefish or sea needle-is a marine fish with a snake-like body and a long beak with small teeth. In adulthood, it measures on average between 40 and 50 cm. It is easily recognizable by its shape, silvery scales and green back. Its edges are also green in color. It can be fished for consumption because its flesh is very fine, or for live fishing by slow trolling.
Where to fish for garfish
Garfish are found in the Atlantic Ocean as well as in the Mediterranean Sea, the English Channel and the North Sea. A pelagic and gregarious carnivorous fish, garfish occurs mainly in small schools of a few dozen adult individuals near the surface. It is present both along the coast and offshore.
When to fish for garfish
The reproductive period of the garfish is spring and part of summer, more precisely between May and July. It then approaches the coast to lay its eggs near the rocks. That's when you can easily catch it. It is best to fish by day because the benches are flush with the surface and are easily spotted.
Fishing techniques for garfish
Garfish can be fished with natural bait or lures. For natural baits, you can use worms or fish such as anchovies, herring, mackerel or sardines. The recommended techniques are the free line, the float, the bait throwing, the drifting with the small sharp and the drifting with the dead-handed.
For lures, you can use hard plastic lures (jerk bait, stick bait, long bill minnow, crankbait, swimbait), soft lures (slug and fins shad), metal lures (spin tail jig and blade, fine undulating spoon, heavy spoon, jig, inchiku jig), troll lures (soft slow troll lures, trolling fish, light whistling jets) or feathers and flies. The lure techniques for fishing for garfish are jigging, hard lure throwing, soft lure throwing, throw and drag, fly, slow deep dragging and medium speed dragging on hunts.
