Garfish
Belone belone · Mackerel, garfish and shoal fish
Also called gar, greenbone
A long, slim, beaked fish that comes inshore in summer and is caught near the surface around piers and harbours.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Season
- Jun–Aug[1]
- Found over
- piers, jetties, breakwaters, harbours, surface water[1]
- Baits
- mackerel strip, herring strip, squid strip, sandeel, sprat, spinners, feathers[1]
Found in shallow water in summer and moves into deeper water away from the shore in winter.[1]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.