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L U R E a mouth holding two rows of teeth wrasse are biters, taking lures completely differently to, say, a bass, that will inhale and engulf your offering. It’s the reason you often pull in half a soft plastic. It’s also a giveaway on a retrieve. “Here we go!” shouts Danny as he starts getting tap taps on his rod. Following a bait often for quite a distance wrasse will sometime nip at a lure before taking, although sometimes they’re The colours are incredible, like no other sepcies in Europe. wrassing on a senko and in neutral colours. Dark greens, browns and blacks tend to work better for the species, but that’s not a given, so he has a range of backup colours, sizes and types in his vest pack. Wrasse are a highly territorial species, move around, keep dropping into the holes, gulleys and crags and you will find them. Hiking over the rocks along the coast line we keep trying until we hit gold. With