When you aren’t expecting many hits, it kinda helps if you don’t go missing them!
Some handy lure boxes for the smaller stuff - IMA Lurecase 3010 and the HTO Double Latch Box 20.5cm, both under £10
When a good bass continues to refuse my offerings, I sometimes wonder whether seeing the fish I am chasing is good for my health!
Slowing down with this subtler estuary fishing is causing me to see a lot more interesting stuff going on, embarrassing language though!
So much “feel” with this lighter gear that I felt a bass literally pick up (inhale?) my lure and then reject it
Was it a fluke? Only one way to find out - get back out there!
So pleased to catch my first bass on a creature bait which wasn’t the (rather amazing) MegaBass Sleeper Craw
Pretty sure that was my first, purely sight-fished bass in an estuary, what a buzz!
That one small bass from yesterday morning might end up being the most exciting fish I catch all year
A fascinating new video from Ultimate Fishing specifically about fishing for bass with the MegaBass Sleeper Craw lure
There is so much more to jig heads than I realised, I am still finding stuff out about them that I didn’t know
More bass on the creature baits, itching to experiment with different lures and presentations, feels like there needs to be more fish around for that
Never has the one tiny bass meant so much! Hope to see some of you at the Glasgow Angling Centre today and tomorrow
Looking at and thinking about water I already know (and need to check out) with a different set of eyes - what have I been missing?
It’s not every day you see a bass like this in the UK in the middle of February
Creature questions - are these lures really imitating a crab, or is it more important that they are something vaguely appealing fished tight to the bottom?
Catching my first few bass on creature baits - is it really a game changer or am I just getting overexcited?
