Lure Fishing For Ballan Wrasse (HRF)

This one is from a really enjoyable session we had on the rocks last month. It was a bit of an exploratory trip for us and it started off less than ideally after we climbed down a rather steep bank only to find we couldn't get close enough to the water to fish effectively, the climb back up was hard, to say the least!
Thankfully, we then found a way down to the rocks and had a really productive few hours throwing soft plastics at ballan wrasse. Ben forgot his heavier set up but had great success with a scaled down approach whilst I stuck with my old faithful wrasse stick and put our Big Lerf Wrasse Combo Kit to the test and was very pleased with the results.
I caught most of my fish on Keitech lures, although did catch a few on home poured lures that a lovely guy called Steve Butler sent to me. Steve sadly passed away earlier this year, but I'd like to think he was smiling down from somewhere, seeing his lures still working their magic.
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[@TheConstantAngler]

What a session! Brilliant that Steve’s lures caught fish.

[@DevonLerfer]

@@TheConstantAngler definitely worth the gruelling climb mate 😅 yeah catching on Steve's lures was the icing on the cake 🙂🎣

[@robgeorge5593]

Great Wrassing gents. Enjoy your videos.🎣 ♥🧸🧅's

[@DevonLerfer]

@@robgeorge5593 thanks mate, patiently waiting for this weather to sort itself out so we can get out after them again, might be a while 😅

[@c.ifishingguernsey]

Nice video mate lovely wrasse session there so fun to catch 👍👍🎣

[@DevonLerfer]

@@c.ifishingguernsey thanks mate, totally agree, they're my favourite species to fish for! 🎣

[@TonyLewis-nb5mw]

Good video. Lovely colours on those wrasse.

[@DevonLerfer]

@@TonyLewis-nb5mw thanks Tony! Yeah I love the variety of colours and patterns that ballans have 😍🎣

[@stephenjackson1828]

Nice one Rich! 👍

[@DevonLerfer]

@@stephenjackson1828 cheers Steve! 👍🎣

[@charliesebbage9401]

Great video mate 💪

[@DevonLerfer]

@@charliesebbage9401 thanks mate! 👍🎣

[@lawrenceking9746]

Nice one 💪

[@DevonLerfer]

@@lawrenceking9746 thanks mate 👍🎣

[@karlrichards4125]

Stunning fish - looks like a wonderful session for you both - very well fished and thanks for sharing.

[@DevonLerfer]

Thanks Karl, it was a really enjoyable session, I didn't do nearly enough wrasse fishing this year but intend to put that right in 2025! 🎣

[@StephenDennis-s8v]

What a brilliant session and video Rich. Great stuff 🎣👍

[@DevonLerfer]

@@StephenDennis-s8v thanks Steve, I don't think anything beats wrassing in that sort of environment, I really need to do more of it! 🎣

[@Cato1983-v1f]

nice video ! Greetings from Turkey...

[@DevonLerfer]

@@Cato1983-v1f thank you mate, all the best! 👍🎣

[@BF4pawntard]

Wrasse are my favourite uk sea fish .they have so much power for something so small

[@DevonLerfer]

@@BF4pawntard amen to that mate! 👍🎣

[@lurekayaklrf]

Boys in Peril pt1

[@DevonLerfer]

@@lurekayaklrf 😂

[@АлексейСапронов-п4я]

Замечательная рыбалка, красивая рыба! Как Вам Fuego?

[@DevonLerfer]

Thank you! Yes I really like the Fuego for my wrasse fishing, good solid reel with a nice drag. It's taken lots of punishment but is still working well, it's mag sealed too so it has good protection from salt water 🙂