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Sea Angler
February 14, 2011
I arrived home this evening from the usual hard Monday at work to find my copy of Sea Angler magazine waiting for me. It’s always a good read and I’ve been more than interested since the introduction of the “Bass Angler” section, so much so I thought I’d see if I could contribute. Despite a planned trip over to Ireland at the end of October last year (See report below) Graham and I also made a flying visit at the beginning of the month.
Despite high hopes we didn’t get the weather and conditions we had hoped for, but we still managed to land a few fish. I thought this may make an interesting article and I’m pleased to see it featured in this months issue.
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Ireland – October bass run
October 31, 2010
With a ferry booked from Fishguard at 2.30am Friday morning, destination Ireland’s South East coast of Co. Wexford, Mark and I decided to make the most of Thursday fishing the Dorset coast. I arrived before sun up and we fished most of the day, conditions weren’t ideal and we had only had a few three pounders each. We decided to call it a day, besides with only three hours sleep the night before and a ferry to catch in the early hours it seemed foolish to carry on. As ever though it’s hard to pull yourself away and I was glad we hadn’t when after casting out a Z-Claw and letting it sit I got a savage hit as I made the first twitch. This felt like a bass that would set a size challenge for Graham’s marks in Ireland.
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Sebile Magic Swimmer – Soft 130
October 18, 2010
Sebile Magic Swimmer – Soft, SP25-Electric Rainbow
The Magic Swimmer Soft has an action to die for, to be honest on a straight retrieve it swims so well that it doesn’t really look like an injured bait fish. You get three in a pack with a custom hook already inserted into one, it’s a great quality hook and the idea is that once you have worn out one bait, you just chuck it and insert the hook into another one. There are hook holes in the bait so rigging is easy and a slot in the top to conceal the point of the hook so it works well in weedy areas, though suspended weed will still collect on the nose. You also get small rubberised weights to slide onto the hook, by mixing the amount you can adjust the weight of the lure and also by positioning the weights forward or towards the back of the hook you can effect how it swims and dives.
Model: Magic Swimmer Soft Manufacturer: Sebile
Length: 130mm Weight: Variable Dives: Sinking
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ima BarbarossA
September 26, 2010
ima BarbarossA, colour #010 Horse Mackerel
The ima BarbarossA is another lipless fluttering style minnow but with a slight difference, it does have some action on a steady retrieve. Unlike a lot of similar style baits this lure has an inline diving vane which I presume helps produce it’s slalom swimming action. Put in some twitches and you can see this lure come to life, though as ever, it’s all about what happens when you stop winding, as it sinks you get that fluttering, rolling and flashing action that seems to really encourage bass to hit.
I’ve already tried this lure on the open shore and right enough I caught a small bass on the third cast. What I’m really waiting for though is to try it in an estuary with a strongish current. The technique that ima claims this lure excels at is to cast it out into the flow, as the current takes it you get the sinking, fluttering, rolling and flashing action, then once it hits bottom or has descended as far as you dare start retrieving to bring it back towards the surface, then all you need to do is repeat, what they like to call “send it, drift it & sink it”.
Despite not having a casting system this lure really flies, helped undoubtedly by it’s heavy weight compared to it’s size, it has internal rattles and the finish looks really good though after limited use I can already see signs of treble wear.
Model: BarbarossA Manufacturer: ima
Length: 120mm Weight: 33g Dives: Sinking Hooks: ST-46
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