Light Rock Fishing in Cyprus - Part 2

[@philmurphy6273]

Thanks so much not a lot of people would be so forthcoming in sharing such information I really appreciate it hope have have a great trip in October and keep posting your videos there brilliant thanks again

[@DevonLerfer]

No worries mate, hope you have a great time, tight lines! 👍🎣

[@frannavarrofishing]

beautiful video friend, what beautiful fish, and what a good battle that of the amberjack, greetings friend 🎣✌️

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you mate, I had such a great time over there, the battle with the amberjack will be one I'll never forget! Tight lines mate 👍🎣

[@karlstokes874]

Some amazingly coloured fish caught there Rich. That amberjack ran and ran like a bone fish! 😱

[@DevonLerfer]

Some cool stuff over in Cyprus isn't there! Yeah the amberjack was crazy, loved it 😁🎣

[@MotoristCY]

As a Pafian thinking of starting ultralight rock fishing i loved both your videos! 👍👍

[@DevonLerfer]

That's so good to hear mate, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Already looking forward to returning next year 😁🎣

[@georgs5870]

Wow, what a nice mixed net! Thanks for sharing!

[@DevonLerfer]

My pleasure, thanks for watching mate! 🙌🎣

[@leeweaver3663]

I Was looking forward to part 2 and it didnt disappoint! Great footage and loved the Amberjack scrap! Well done that man! 👏

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed part 2! The amberjack is right up there as one of my favourite catches ever, was buzzing afterwards 😁🎣

[@londonviking3801]

Wow - that is a lot of species - most very exotic too. Here I thought the Med was lacking in fish species. Thanks for sharing.

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks, I was pleasantly surprised at the variety I found over there! 👍🎣

[@SergeiGridnevskii]

Cyprus lacks big fish. Little ones are in abundance - many different species. If you take a mask and swim near rocks - you will be amazed. Not like in Carribean though. In fresh water reservours you can catch big carps, zander and telapia. But you need a license - 35 euro per year.

[@DevonLerfer]

@@SergeiGridnevskii I really enjoyed snorkeling near to our hotel, there was lots of life around the rocks but as you say, nothing big although I did see some big mahi mahi attacking a shoal of fish on the north east coast and had some follows from some slightly more substantial looking fish. I'm back in October so hoping to try some of the freshwater fishing 🤞🎣

[@SergeiGridnevskii]

@@DevonLerfer to catch a big one in the sea you can have 2 options: - go to a fish trip on a boat with local captain. I had a big tuna fish 1 km off the shore of Agia Napa from the depth of 500 meters. - wait until a great storm and go to Limassol where they have a fishing farm near the port. Waves tear down nets on the farm and big fish swims to the beach. You can get 10-20 kilos of fish in 1 hour.

[@DevonLerfer]

@@SergeiGridnevskii wow that's very interesting and good to know! Thanks mate 👍🎣

[@peterchapman7352]

Great video, fantastic control with the amberjack👍

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks very much Peter! 👍🎣

[@UKEDC]

Cracking vid mate. Great to watch. Well done.

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks very much mate 🙂🎣

[@thelureofcornwall]

As always brill video and fishing Rich really got me desperately wanting to get abroad definitely have a chat with you about where and details travel with your gear sure we’re catch up during winter league regards Dave

[@DevonLerfer]

Cheers Dave, glad you enjoyed it. Yeah I'd never been abroad until earlier this year and have now well and truly caught the bug and can't wait for my next trip 😂 yeah will definitely have a chat and look forward to catching up over the winter! 👍🎣

[@jkking2422]

Cheers mate thank you very much 👍👍

[@andygreen2775]

you did well to find that pier, a very nice spot . I found the pathos end of Cyrpus a bit barren compared to the Ayia napa end . Apparently, something to do with the alkaline ( or acid, can't remember which ) make up of the particular volcanic rock that is at the cost line . While the water is crystal clear there is a definite lack of weed etc , and the fish seem a bit hard to find . However, what a lovely place to chuck a few lures around for some species Im off to the Ayia Napa end in a day with all my light stuff . I have to say, I did make it to a deep harbor spot at the Pathos end and got two good follows on big metals from a barracuda and a fast round fish, both nice sizes. Deep water seems the way.

[@DevonLerfer]

I was lucky to have a tip off about that pier, it made for a nice change of scenery and a good bit of grouper action! I'd actually heard it was the other way round and the light rock fishing at least is better at the Paphos end of the island, but who knows 😅 that said, I found fishing with metals and other hard lures tough going, but there was plenty of variety close in and I managed 21 species in total in the end. I'm back again in October so hoping my first trip will provide some useful experience this time around 🤞 hope you have an enjoyable trip 👍🎣

[@philmurphy6273]

Amazing video loved it Iam going cyprus in April would you be prepared to disclose the venue you was fishing in this video I’d love to take my so there many thanks pal

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you! This was the stretch of coastline outside of Paphos towards coral bay, there are loads of spots similar along that coast, it's just a matter of finding one that doesn't already have someone fishing it 😅 I hope you have a good trip, I'm going back in October 🙂🎣

[@jkking2422]

Cheers thanks for the advice I’ll give it a go next week. Was you using plastic shrimp bait ??

[@DevonLerfer]

No worries, good luck. I was using soft plastic lures and artificial worm - isome and gulp. Works really well!

[@ianparrott9579]

I’m fishing that pier today 🤞

[@DevonLerfer]

Good luck!🎣

[@ianparrott9579]

@@DevonLerfer Literally NO FISH around the pier ! ? Never seen that before

[@DevonLerfer]

@@ianparrott9579 ah man, sorry to hear that!

[@neilsutherland7383]

Epic! :)

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks mate! 🙌🎣

[@feralgrandad4429]

that was epic 🙂 what side of the island were you please mate? Im out there fair bit 🙂great upload.

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks mate! We were staying just outside of Paphos, most of my fishing was within a 10 minute walk of our hotel, but the pier in the video was up on the north west coast - Limni pier 🙂🎣

[@michaelsellers9123]

Great video. Im going to Skiathos soon what tackle do you use please? Is it braid or mono, rod,reel. Just starting in lrf.

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you. Rod and reel model are in the video description. I use braid with a fluorocarbon leader. Jig heads and chebs 3g and under and hooks between size 6 and 18. Soft plastic lures under 2" and metal jigs up to 7g 👍

[@marcopotenziani9502]

Fantastic video ! That Amberjack was a beauty 👍 what was the paddle tail ?

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you! The paddle tail was a sample we've been playing around with, hopefully it'll be available in some way in the near future! 🤞🎣

[@VeselinBorisov]

Awesome video, Rich. What is the model of the 1.5" paddle tail? Looks a lot like Pontoon21 Awaruna, but that colour is not in their colour chart.

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you mate. It's actually a sample we've been playing around with that we hope will be available in some way in the near future! 🤞🎣

[@VeselinBorisov]

@@DevonLerfer Pontoon21 Awaruna is one of the most effective lures for all kinds of lure fishing, especially for perch, zander and pike, and one of the most copied models, too :D

[@golightorgohome2178]

where is this port? at the beginning of the video

[@rhyswilliams1413]

Cracking video fair play to you. Did you lose much gear there over the rocks and boulders?

[@DevonLerfer]

Cheers mate! Actually wasn't too bad apart from a couple of marks where I lost loads in a couple of sessions, my braid was pretty much ruined after that 😅

[@rhyswilliams1413]

@@DevonLerfer you’d love Fuerteventura for LRF. It’s amazing. A bit like Cyprus but probably on steroids.

[@DevonLerfer]

@rhyswilliams1413 it's on the list mate! Had never fished abroad until this year and now I can't stop thinking about the next one 😅

[@rhyswilliams1413]

@@DevonLerfer know exactly what you mean 😉

[@johnvuagniaux3872]

Any good fish species identification books for the Med you could recommend?

[@DevonLerfer]

Not sure about Mediterranean identification books John, I'm quite keen to find one myself!

[@bottlediggingchris3966]

What bait and set up should I use for fishing from rocks? I tried lure fishing last summer around Coral Bay, St Georges and Latchi and didn't even see a fish, never mind catch one.

[@DevonLerfer]

I'd suggest scaling down. There are loads of species right on close amongst the rocks. Clear or natural coloured lures worked best for me. If all else fails, gulp isome will do it 👍

[@andygreen2775]

just a note, i have had some great fun species hunting in Cyprus in real shallow water under the rocks. By that, I mean from six inches to a couple of feet . Putting a small hook and weight with small bits of whatever, squid or prawn (prawn was best ) and trying my best to let the bait wash under rocks.So many little fish under the rocks,alos nice small morays, so shallow your walking in between them. A really fun bit of species hunting, loads of strange bottom fish you don't normally get on the jellies.

[@LRFandHRF]

So many cool fish! What's your top three? That Blue Runner must be up there?

[@DevonLerfer]

Loved the blue runner, had quite a few of those in the end, after I'd filled my memory card up 😅 the amberjack was my favourite but really enjoyed the mini species too, everything was exciting because it was new!

[@LRFandHRF]

@@DevonLerfer I bet it was amazing! Evry catch could be a lifer. So good! That Amberjack went like a train! Scad on steroids!

[@АлексейСапронов-п4я]

Отлично! Спасибо!

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you! 🙌🎣

[@АлексейСапронов-п4я]

@@DevonLerfer ждём продолжения!

[@OldCodgersmtb]

what make is the telescopic landing net handle.

[@DevonLerfer]

Hi, the handle is a Daiwa iso 5.9m

[@jkking2422]

Could you tell me what size hooks i need for fising in cyprus please

[@DevonLerfer]

It depends what you're after but I used anything from a size 6 down to a size 18! 👍

[@jkking2422]

Going to Paphos for hols next week just fishing outside hotel don’t really know what is around just pleasure fishing with a float

[@DevonLerfer]

@@jkking2422 yeah small hooks will pick up more variety mate, loads of colourful wrasse and other bits and pieces. If bait fishing I'd go a little bigger to avoid deep hooking 👍

[@bhadrarana8722]

where is this place?

[@DevonLerfer]

Near Paphos, Cyprus 👍

[@bhadrarana8722]

@@DevonLerfer thanks very much Just want to know location I wanna fish there

[@bhadrarana8722]

Can you say me the exact location 👀🤪

[@bhadrarana8722]

@@DevonLerfer do we need fishing license to fish in cyprus ?

[@DevonLerfer]

@@bhadrarana8722 not in saltwater from the shore 🙂

[@ThomasMann85643]

So little grouper. I live here in Cyprus and swim most days 50 or 200 meters at sea at never seen and fish bigger than my hand. It’s quite different than South Carolina where I am from as there are trout and flounder and further out Spanish and king mackerel. I guess the reason for this is there are no nutrients in the sea, which is why the water is so blue, and no current, like the Gulf Stream. Notice there are no birds here either. And most fish sold the the market are farmed in floating pens. There are large grouper but 20 km or so out. Maybe they should sink some ships here to build reefs.

[@DevonLerfer]

That's an interesting theory, it did seem there was a lack of fish of any size apart from a fleeting glimpse of some mahi mahi which were hunting in close to shore on the north west coast. It does seem that there are a lot of anglers catching and keeping all the small fish they catch too, perhaps they just never get the chance to get big in those places?

[@ThomasMann85643]

@@DevonLerfer Hi. What's remarkable is look at the bait those anglers use. They use crumbled up meal of some kind that you form into a ball and stick on the hook, the kind we would use in a fresh water pond in the USA (if you did not have worms). Yes I find it shocking that they keep these tiny fish. Spear fishermen too get fish, but they are always so small. Notice too there are not Bertram and Hatteras and other sport fishing boats in the marinas here. As for what you think, I believe it a myth to blame any of this on overfishing. I mean look around, we don't even have fishing fleets. Instead you see these maybe 6-8 meter boats that go our and put oat floating drift nets. They put them at night and then pick them up in the morning. There's no purse seiners or shrimp boats dragging the bottom. Never seen any long liner vessels here either.