Lure fishing for Bass

Tony a good mate of mine has been having a bad time with the lures, it would seem every time I go fishing without him I catch and when he does come with me either I catch or worse still (for me) we both blank. So as we set off today, I knew thoughts of the lonely walk back along the shore having blanked again and the return home to be questioned by friends and family as to why he bothered would be running through his head.

We arrived at a mark on the Kent coast and conditions looked great, yes because of the tides we where going to be fishing in the middle of the day but the sea had some movement, was clear and for a change there was very little wind. First lure on was the Feedshallow and within a few casts I had a follow and a few more casts resulted in a 36cm Bass. The quick start didn’t materialize into anything special so we pushed along the rocks.

The move worked a treat and I was into another Bass, still using the Feedshallow, this felt like a better fish and was at 44cm, not long after I had another and then another all still in the same class. These fish where putting up a good fight, mainly because they where all hitting the front treble and then getting hooked in the side.

So what about Tony, well I’m glad to report, that he landed a beautiful 45cm Bass another for the Feedshallow and with his demons exorcized and fishing brain back in gear, he changed to fishing deeper and slower with a Maria La Segunda and got rewarded with a cracker. We didn’t get to weigh or measure it because she gave Tony the slip whilst he was unhooking it, but she was going back anyway and at a guess was around 5lb.

So the session was still young but out of nowhere the wind returned with a vengeance, waves started crashing in and before long the beautiful water clarity we had enjoyed earlier was gone. Before it got too bad I got a take on the Duo Tide Minnow 150 Surf, felt like a reasonable fish, but it dropped the hooks before I could get it in. After a few too many close soakings we called it a day.