BASS

[mark]

here\'s a picture to horrify!

http://sennen-cove.com/today.htm

the picture will be gone by the morning (updated daily)
so I\'ve copied to cibs

I\'ve fished all along the bay at sennen and its a cracking mark for bass, personally I reckon one of the best in England,

I\'ve seem em driftnetting in the bay which is bad enough but between the piers!
nearly posted this in the undersized fish thread, as I can\'t imagine many undersized bass surviving the ordeal off having there gills sliced up with mono

 

[tich]

Thats effing shocking!!! Mark you could try Whitley Bay pipe for spinning with light tackle, its very close to the water,Iuse my slightley shortend 10ft fly rod (not my fault me dad snapped the tip off,the old TXXT)still its brill\' for mackys.. You do need a canny low tide anything above a1.8 at low tide is a waste of time if your lucky youll only get 3/4 of an hour ether side of the low .. give it a go its canny at first light or just as its getting dark,, afew tinnies cooling in the sea the sun on your back its a nice way of wasting a few hours,, the big low tides are best if that makes sense?? you\'ll get atleast 2 hours eather side..just enough time to sink 5or6 cans . I live about 200yds from W/Bay beach so iI dont have to worry about driving,, do watch the tide it comes up a bit on the fast side so keep an eye on it I usually take my beachcaster just incase nothings happening allways the chance of a few flatties,or the odd cod and if you are lucky a lobster or two,... Try just before or on the bend 50yds before the end ,,, or right off the end casting at rightangles to the pipe keep the spinner in medium to high in the water if you let it drop to deep you are into the kelp and thats expensive :casstet: as I know to my own cost

 

[chrismorris]

can anyone give me more information on fly fishing for bass at morcambe bay
mark you saw an article in a mag can you remember which mag it was i`m going up this weekend and need a little more info on where to fish

 

[MikeR]

Chris, try this:

http://www.ukswff.co.uk

 

[Chris_Hughes]

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[Edited on 17/3/2004 by Chris_Hughes]

 

[chrismorris]

cheers chris hughes just wot i needed dont worry about the fish i`ll put them all back just for the sport mate i have been told even the small ones are great on the fly

 

[mark]

cheers chris hughes just wot i needed dont worry about the fish i`ll put them all back just for the sport mate i have been told even the small ones are great on the fly

Forget what a lot of sites/articles say about 10foot + rods, 9 or 10 weight lines etc. Standard trout kit is all you need and a lot more fun. 6/7 wt lines, 9foot rod, if you have a reel with spare spools, carry floting, intermediate and sinking lines, and switch them about until you find the fish. For me I prefer sinking or intermediate lines, and I buy the cheapest possible mill end lines at 3 or 4 quid each. Fly lines get trashed quite easily, especially if your on the rocks or fishing heavy surf.

I prefer the sinkers as it gives you the chance of hitting other fish lower down in the water, your lure will be making its way to the surface on the retreive any way.

A 1lb bass on a 6wt rod puts up one hell of a scrap.

If I want fish for the table, my rules are that the only fish I take will be in the 2 to 2.5lbs range, anything bigger or smaller always goes back, and I will only take a maximum of 2 per session.

My favourite set up is a 7foot 4/5wt rod. Hit anything over 2 or 3 pounds and fasten your seat belt for a 20 minute roller coaster ride! Now thats what I call sport

 

[chrismorris]

just looked at a map with those grid refs where exactly is the out flow
is it in between south jettyand red nab and is the tide dangerous here

 

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[Edited on 17/3/2004 by Chris_Hughes]

 

[Stores]

Mr Moderator,
In my position as self appointed titled person on the board (Sir) I hope that your aforesaid post and I quote \"one of them still uses a scarborough reel\" is not in any way implying insult (I tried defamatory but thought it looked wrong) as if you are it may well affect the book I am at present writing that pampers both its virtues and effectiveness as an effective winch anywhere from the Humber to Wick. Other than that I find the post enlightning and look forward to you continuing to educate us in the virtues of light tackle stuff

 

[Stores]

ps
I find I can catch bass as easily as codling on Tynemouth beach, especially on the ebb and flood when you would otherwise have packed up as the codling have stopped biting

 

[Ell]

Stores that\'s just the kind of remark to lose you freinds and influence.

I find I can catch bass as easily as codling on Tynemouth beach

I.e I\'m not your friend anymore (try bith spelings) and i\'m confident enough now to go to The Police about the size thing



[Edited on 16/3/2004 by Ell]

 

[mark]

Mr Moderator,
In my position as self appointed titled person on the board (Sir) I hope that your aforesaid post and I quote \"one of them still uses a scarborough reel\" is not in any way implying insult (I tried defamatory but thought it looked wrong) as if you are it may well affect the book I am at present writing that pampers both its virtues and effectiveness as an effective winch anywhere from the Humber to Wick. Other than that I find the post enlightning and look forward to you continuing to educate us in the virtues of light tackle stuff

LOL

Winch? yer not far wrong. Last time we were out I noticed that the aforementioned winching device appeared to be loaded with what I would estimate as mono in excess of 120LB breaking strain. Whilst questioning with great mirth such a specification I was duly informed (switch to west highland brogue...) \" Ach well, ye see, I dinna have tee keep buying new line as a\'ve never managed tee lose any...\"

The physical attributes of this individual could be described as a stout fellow with forearms like popeye.

He had a backup rod/reel with him which he seldome used as it was \"nee very sporting for the fish\" this winching device was loaded with 400lbs BS mono he was given by his brother as surplus line from his longlining rig he uses comemrcially!

the diameter of his backup reel would be around 15\", and most intriguing of all, appear to have a star drag system of some kind!.

Sinkers were (and I kid you not) roughly hammered lead electrodes from \"auld tractor batteries\" I guess in the 2 to 4lb weight range. Hammered as opposed to melted/recycled as it\'s \"arffy dear on the leccy\" to melt a pan of lead

Necessity being the mother of invention the reasoning here be not merely financial for the canny scot but \"its a Lang drive to the tackle shop in Fort Willy\"

I\'ve never seen a man as red in the face as he was after \'winching\' in a 25lb plus conger from 80 metres with and extra few pound of lead attatched. No playing of the fish just \"get the bugger up\"

happy days!

I\'m \"oot to the fish\" with them again at easter! and I can\'t wait

 

[Stores]

Sorry Ell - wasn\'t meaning to sound pompous, what I really meant was that the odd fish I\'ve caught on the flood is as likely to be a bass as a codling. You mentioning 120lb line, Mark, reminds me I must get some new traces for the summer.

 

[chrismorris]

i was going to try the fly at heysham this weekend but just looked at the weather report gales ooo no should i abanden this idea all together or should i just change rods to a spinning rod with a bit more weight to cast in to the wind could sumone with a bit more experience help me out please

 

[TC]

I\'m watching this thread very closely as that new bass rod I got for Christmas keeps winkin\' at me every time I walk past it.
I really wanna get out & use it and this thread is just making me even more keen to give it a bash. :exclam:

Only thing is.....if it\'s the \"wrong time\" to go trying for Bass, I\'m gonna look a right nugget standing knee deep in the surf, spinning ......lol

If anybody\'s got the Bob Moss book \"Through a line Tightly\", they\'ll have seen the fantastically evocative photos depicting Bass fishing.....yes please, I\'m up for some of that !!!! !

 

[mark]

not be long now!

depends where you want to fish. somewhere like cullernose fishes all year round to lures/spinners for pollack

 

[chrismorris]

am i to early to think about bass or are they in hot out flows all year round

 

[mark]

am i to early to think about bass or are they in hot out flows all year round

depends where you fish. They seem plentful around the south coast, but are a bit more scarce up here, except around the warm waters of the power stations/west coast.

They seem more common late summer as the water gets warmer

 

[peter.m]

TC,

don\'t just think you have to wait for the bass. When it\'s calm or sport is slow and you want to fish the beaches for flounder or plaice etc give the bass rod a go instead of the usual beachcaster. I love mine (Daiwa TDPK115) with either a fixed spool reel or Abu 6500 with lighter leads.

Fishing estuaries for flounder I nearly always use it with a spinning reel and light line. Just got a power handle for my Abu 6500CT to use with it for some light beach fishing this year. Even if there is just whiting on the beach give it a shot it\'s much more enjoyable.