Usual size
30–50 cm
Maximum
75 cm
Where
Harbours and breakwaters · Estuaries (rías)
When
Rough abundance from shore in each sea
Galicia and Cantabrian Sea
Gulf of Cádiz
Mediterranean and Balearics
Canary Islands
All year in harbours and estuaries, most active in warmer water. Responds very well to bread groundbait.
Natural baits
- Bread flake
- Bread-and-sardine paste
- Ragworm
How to recognise it
Long grey-silver body with dark horizontal lines and a thick upper lip.
Tip
Groundbait with bread and use a very sensitive float with a small hook: it mouths the bait very gently.
Minimum size and rules by area
Galicia
Asturias
Cantabria
Basque Country
Atlantic Andalusia
Mediterranean Andalusia
Ceuta
Melilla
Murcia
Valencia region
Catalonia
Balearic Islands
Canary Islands
Fish are measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail; squid and cuttlefish by the mantle. If it is undersized, release it alive.
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