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Common cuttlefish at Pont del Petroli

Targeting Common cuttlefish from Pont del Petroli — the bait, the rig, the season and the light that suit this mark.

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Badalona’s old oil pier, now a public walkway reaching into deep water. The best-known mark on this coast for bass, bluefish and squid.

What it takes
totaneragamba viva
How to rig for it
  • Float-fished jig at dusk
  • Eging: cast and sink-and-draw an egi over sand and weed
Best light
First light · Dusk · After dark
Depth
1–30 m
Water temperature
13–20 °C
Minimum landing size
10 cm
See the photographCommon cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons · Source

When Common cuttlefish is in season

February· March· April· May· October· November· December

Also worth targeting at Pont del Petroli

Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax White seabream Diplodus sargus Two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris Annular seabream Diplodus annularis Saddled seabream Oblada melanura

Where else to target Common cuttlefish

Breakwater Escullera de Barcelona (Port Vell) Long port breakwater with deep water close in. Conger and scorpionfish after dark; sargo tight to the blocks. Breakwater Port Olímpic Lit harbour walls — squid and cuttlefish on autumn and spring nights, mullet inside the basin. Beach Platja de la Barceloneta Clean sand for gilthead and striped seabream. Very busy by day — fish it at first light or after dark. Beach Platja de Sant Sebastià Quieter end of the Barceloneta sand, close to the breakwater corner. Beach Platja del Bogatell Groynes at either end hold sargo and variada; open sand between them for surfcasting. Breakwater Espigó de Bac de Roda Accessible groyne with rough ground on both sides — light rockfishing and float work.