Black-barred halfbeak

Hemiramphus far

Külah balığı
Yarımgaga

Family: Hemiramphidae
Order: Beloniformes
Seas: Aegean Sea, Mediterranean

Black-barred halfbeak — (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · source

Legal status

The regulation holds no separate minimum size or closed season entry for this species. The provisions for Türkiye as a whole apply.

Where is Black-barred halfbeak caught?

Peak months by sea.

Aegean Sea

Mediterranean

Tackle recipe

A setup to start from. Rod length, line diameter and drag are changed to suit the size of fish you are after and the current and bottom structure of the ground.

Bombarda/Bubble Float

Surface trolling

Casting a light bait or lure far with a clear/bubble float

Level: Beginner–Advanced
Effort: Low–Moderate

Rod: 3.00–4.20 m; 10–50 g
Reel: 2500–4000
Main line: 0.20–0.28 mm mono or PE 0.8–1.2
Leader/trace: 1–2 m; 0.18–0.28 mm
Hook/lure: #10–#4 or garfish rope lure
Bait/lure: Bread flake
Connector: Swivel/clip; pick a suitable breaking strain
Rod: 3.00–4.20 m; 10–50 g
Reel: 2500–4000
Main line: 0.20–0.28 mm mono or PE 0.8–1.2
Leader/trace: 1–2 m; 0.18–0.28 mm
Hook/lure: #10–#4 or garfish rope lure
Bait/lure: YEM0013
Connector: Swivel/clip; pick a suitable breaking strain

Watch out: Long rigs snagging behind you

Keep with you: Pliers, hook remover, glasses and first aid

Regulations: Communiqué 2024/21 Article 16 hook and line limits and place bans are checked

Frequently asked questions

Which seas is Black-barred halfbeak found in?: In our records Black-barred halfbeak appears in these seas: Aegean Sea, Mediterranean.

Which seas is Black-barred halfbeak found in?

We have no ground-level record for Black-barred halfbeak; what we hold is at sea level. The links below go to the page of the sea in question, and the number beside each one is the total fishing grounds recorded in that sea — it is not a list of grounds for this species.