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Lure fishing for bass..

Anyone care to give some advice on course spinning tackle that's up to the job, line type/weights etc. I've been thinking of giving it a go for a while now but never got around to it so any advice would be welcome.

Cheers
m
 
Hi Martin
I will give you the lower end of the market/on a budget answer to your question. I have an old carp reel filled with 18lb braid, casts like a dream and you can feel every knock. Washed down after use it has not coroded. One 9ft telescopic spinning rod, max casting weight 40 grams. Cost me just over £20, and easy to sneak into the boot of the car when going to the seaside. For heavier work I use the cheap barbel rod sold by Dragon carp/used tackle, £20, the avon top not the Quiver top. The only thing I have paid top dollar for are my shoes. I use the ones that wind surfers and divers use. Better than sandals, which fill up with grit, sand and stones when you are wading in the surf. Spend more if you want, but enjoy. Really is great fun.
Shaun
 
Shaun what areas of the coast do you target the bass?

I mainly fish around dorset as I have family there, but I also have family in sussex so I could always head down there I just would not know where to start!
 
Hi Ricky
Holiday on Hayling Island at least once a year. Mill Rythe area on the east side. Langstone run, and the south beach just east of beachlands are bits I like. As for Sussex, the quiet bits both sides of Brighton are worth a go. Saltdean, and Shoreham( by the lagoon), are OK. there are probably much better marks, and definatly much better people to advise you, I just have fun, and a fish is a bonus.
Shaun
 
same here, I have only caught a few very very small bass on lures so far Im still waiting for that elusive fish over the 1lb mark! haha!
 
Between now and november is the best time for bigger bass..If your catching schoolies then the chances are the bigger ones aint in that particular spot..Its reasonable to expect a few biggies if you find them but as ive said ive found they dont hang round with the smaller ones but there is always the chance the bigger bass will move in to feed on the small bass..;)
 
Thanks for the advice Shaun. I have a jig rod which serves pretty well as a light to medium spinning rod but wasn't sure if the length might be a problem. I do also have an old barbel rod which could be pressed into service if that proved to be the better option.

Cheers
m
 
Adam Rawson said:
Why not stay safe and put them all back :) They dont taste as good as they're all cracked up to be anyway and they couldnt be more fun on a fly or light spinning rod.

Cheers
Adam
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Are you joking Adam???

They are a wonderfull eating fish, along with Mullet and may other fish.
Its our right as a 'hunter' to take fish for the table.
Fishing would be on much dodgier ground if we all refused to take the odd fish.


The amount of Bass (along with Pollock and Mullet etc) I see when I dive and snorkel off the UK coast has to be seen to be believed.
Yes in certain areas I'd agree that they have been over fished, but there are many more places teeming with fish life.

In my opinion, its not the rod or spear fisherman taking the odd fish for the pot that is the problem, its commercial fishing.
I cant stand the thought of French or Spanish trawlers raping OUR sea's with their pair nets, or dragging the bottom with beams.
Also the vacuum used to extract scallops from the seabed is criminal, leaving a desert in place of a once thriving marine area.

A diver hand picking scallops or a spear fisherman selectively taking Bass to sell to restaurants is so much better for the environment, certainly better than trawlers indiscriminately catching anything that swims and discarding the bi catch.

We crave cheep fish, and its our fault......

Rant over:p

Steve
 
No joke Steve, I cant stand the taste of them - just my opinion and obviously I understand they are held in high regard with the majority of fish eaters.

I agree that the rod and line anglers are not effecting the stocks much but as a non fishing eating person (as a general rule), I like to see the ones I catch go back.

Cheers
Adam

PS - I dont like Salmon either :p
 
Steve Williams said:
Are you joking Adam???

They are a wonderfull eating fish, along with Mullet and may other fish.
Its our right as a 'hunter' to take fish for the table.
Fishing would be on much dodgier ground if we all refused to take the odd fish.


The amount of Bass (along with Pollock and Mullet etc) I see when I dive and snorkel off the UK coast has to be seen to be believed.
Yes in certain areas I'd agree that they have been over fished, but there are many more places teeming with fish life.

In my opinion, its not the rod or spear fisherman taking the odd fish for the pot that is the problem, its commercial fishing.
I cant stand the thought of French or Spanish trawlers raping OUR sea's with their pair nets, or dragging the bottom with beams.
Also the vacuum used to extract scallops from the seabed is criminal, leaving a desert in place of a once thriving marine area.

A diver hand picking scallops or a spear fisherman selectively taking Bass to sell to restaurants is so much better for the environment, certainly better than trawlers indiscriminately catching anything that swims and discarding the bi catch.

We crave cheep fish, and its our fault......

Rant over:p

Steve
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Spot on I'd say..... especially the bit about fishing being on dodgier grounds if we all refused to take any of the fish we catch for the pot.
 
Steve is absulutely right..its not the rod anglers or spearfisherman who are causing fish stock decline..Unfortunately many commercial fisherman from here and abroad are destroying parts of the ocean,i must admit i watched that panarama program about it and what they found was frightning and it seemed that certain commercial fisherman dont give a damn about the damage they are causing just as long as they can make money..One fisherman and his cronies had wiped out shoals of whitefish to the extent they couldent catch anymore so they moved on to scallops and you can probably guess whats now happening..:mad:
 
Only speaking on Saturday night with a now largely former Bridport fisherman, Russell (who moonlights as the excellent songwriter, guitarist and lead vocalist of this band - http://www.reddirt.co.uk/ ) - "...the fishing is f---d ... everybody at it and at every species, and new boats - cowboys - appearing all the time. Paul.".

Yet, as squeaky clean, blameless sportfishers, we shouldn't overdo our killing - and some of us do.
 
It is rare for me to take a fish, although I always observe the regulations, I think we have got this the wrong way round. Couple of years ago I watched I young fella catching a small Bass a chuck on rag worm. He put them all back, good lad. There are times when the sea appears polluted with small Bass. We put back the fish that the law of averages says are not going to make it to maturity and breed, thus encouraging anglers to take the fish that have beaten the odds, and become breeders.
Shaun
 
Had a beautifull 7lb 2oz fish on a south cornwall mark this everning. big swell, got drenched, but worth ever second for a bass of that size.
Lovely pale pearly coloured fish. When its head came out the water i could have sworn it was a double!! Still a very big fish though.:D:D:D

And before you ask, i returned it.
 
Fishing a small cornish cove, from the rocks to one side of the beach (tiny beach maybe 30m long). The rocks drop off into about 8 or 10ft of water with predominantly clean sand bottom. However there are large reefs further to each side of the cove. The clean sand bottom forms gullies running back into the rock in places and these almost always produce fish on the right swell.
A friend of mine had 8 fish their last season casting short back into the gullies behind him, only had time to jerk the lure 2 or three times as the gullies are that narrow, but was catching them in their almost a fish a chuck!
Mine came at one of the mouths of these gullies as it widens to meet the sea, still almost under the rod tip though, probably only 10 or 20ft out!

The lure I took it on is definitely my lure of the season, Daiwa Salt Pro Minnow in laser green shiner, have lost count of how many fish i've had on it over the summer, looking quite tatty now! One of the only lures I own that works aswell in a big swell as it does in flat calm, really steady and stable and casts like an absolute bullet. For me it is almost the perfect lure, and only costs 8 quid.
 
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