Happy New Year, nearly back home after an amazing trip, seriously itching to go fishing!
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When nearly everything is perfect but you’ve got a little niggle……
Gear of the Year 2025 (10% off everything on this list at Veals Mail Order until midnight on 14.12.2025)
My deliberate choices have probably resulted in less bass for me this year, but I have learnt SO much and I have had so much fun
Is there something about a pink coloured lure in bright and bouncy conditions?
Give me that shorter swell period any day of the week for the open coast
So easy to spend your time blasting lures to the horizon when in fact the fish were in the gutter almost beneath my feet
Favorite Skyline '25 862M 8'6'' 8-24g and 862ML 8'6'' 5-18g lure rods review - around £270 (but there is 15% off everything at Veals Mail Order for a few days!)
So interested to see what might happen this winter……….
With how thin many braids are these days, is there much advantage to going lighter/thinner for the more finesse stuff? (frigging labelling!)
Can or does a rattle in a soft plastic produce more bass? Previous sneaky behaviour stuff comes to light!
Awful conditions, but my mate got his first bass on a creature bait, lovely fish as well
Fishing like this makes me so happy!
I do love a good hard lure, but I do feel extra confident with soft plastics and that bigger, single hook
This potentially wonderful time of year for bass fishing can often be a juggling act!
Amazing how this bass hit me in such shallow water and so close to the beach, all this estuary fishing is also helping my open coast fishing
I convince myself that this sort of lure colour works best for me in a specific situation, then this goes and happens
Favorite Black Swan 772ML 7'7'' (2.31m) 4-18g lure rod review - £259.99 in the UK, weighs almost nothing at 84g
As much as I am enjoying the discovery of so much more estuary fishing than I ever realised, heading for the open coast is always magical
