null
Spend more, save more. • £50 = 10% off • £75 = 15% off • £100 = 20% off • Spend more, save more. • £50 = 10% off • £75 = 15% off • £100 = 20% off

31 results for 'rock'

Categories
    Montauk Rocks DVD(Post)

    Looking for some inspiration this winter when UK bass fishing is over?  The US documentary DVD Montauk Rocks is what you need.It contains lots of funny interviews with old school striped bass fi ...

    IMA Rocket Bait 95(Post)

    The new IMA Rocket Bait 95 lures are something a little different to anything else on the market. The Rocket Bait looks similar to a Salt Skimmer but it’s a sinking lure with a lip that helps thi ...

    My approach to using Needlefish (Part 2 of 2)(Post)

    In Part 1 of this series I talked about the many attributes of the needlefish that I have been using (primarily the level sinking Jim’s Lures), in addition to how to cast and retrieve them to mi ...

    ​Large Surface Bass Lures - When and How...(Post)

    In a previous post for ‘Lure Fishing For Bass’ I described how small ‘popping’ and ‘sliding’ surface lures are designed to be worked fairly quickly across the top of the water in order to mimic ...

    ​Tidal Range – How recording it can help you catch more bass (Part 3 of 3)(Post)

    In Part 3 of this series I will explain some of my experiences and add examples, from personal and guided sessions, where bass lure choice based on the depth of the water on a neap tide, a moderate l ...

    ​Finding Bass From The Shore(Post)

    This blog post is intended to help the beginner understand where to start exploring the shore with lures.The bass is the only saltwater game fish commonly caught from the shore around the UK c ...

    How I utilise an OSP DoLive Stick Wakasagi (Part 1 of 2) (Post)

    To most lure aficionados, the OSP DoLive Stick Wagasagi requires little introduction. But the recent capture of a bass on one of these incredibly versatile lures has prompted me to describe ‘how ...

    Long Distance Diving Minnows(Post)

    Here in the south west, and I suspect many other parts of the Country, the seasonal influx of sprat being hoarded onto the shoreline by mackerel shoals has also seen an increase in the numbers of bas ...

    Striper Fishing 1956(Post)

    Funny how when I watched the Montauk Rocks DVD in 2013 I felt it was somehow fresh.  Yes some of the guys in their 50s had been chucking bass lures for thirty years but they looked like the pioneers.

    ​Are you a ‘Changer’ or a ‘Mover’...? (Part 2 of 3)(Post)

    In Part 1 of this series I highlighted three examples - the first two were when obvious signs of bass prey behaviour had been spotted, where you’ve attempted to match what is present with your l ...

    Where in the water column?(Post)

    I imagine practically every bass lure angler in the Country is waiting and watching patiently for the reports of the first bass being caught. Social media will go ballistic, and the questions ev ...

    ​The Illex Nitro Sprat Shad - My ‘Forgotten Lure’(Post)

    As I’ve intimated many times, I only carry bass lures that fulfil a specific role, under a certain set of sea conditions and/or over a particular type of terrain - something that clearly b ...

    ​A new species invading UK shores(Post)

    Between spring and autumn every year there have been an increasing number of reports of what many believe to be a new species to the UK shoreline. Marine biologists are saying that if fact they are n ...

    ​‘Cabin Fever’ Why it might be good for you...(Post)

    I can’t pretend that anything beats actually being out there - clambering around to a ‘secret’ secluded cove, holding a rod and working the bass lure in anticipation of that heart stopping mome ...

    ​How to ‘handle’ a bass(Post)

    So you’ve hooked into something that is seriously pulling back... A boil on the surface followed a flash of silver reveals the culprit to be a bass, and a good one too! Your heart is in you ...

    ​Are you a ‘Changer’ or a ‘Mover’...? (Part 1 of 3)(Post)

    Two of the most common questions a client will ask me when I’m guided them are: 1. When should I change bass lures?2. When should I give up on a mark and move somewhere else? Both questions a ...

    Florida Keys Lure Fishing DIY(Post)

    A few tips and lessons learnt for UK bass lure fishers who may find themselves with some time to spare but not much money on a trip to southern Florida.From Miami I escaped down to the Florida keys f ...

    ​My approach to using Needlefish (Part 1 of 2)(Post)

    If there is one type of lure that has revolutionised the way I target bass it is undoubtedly it's needlefish lures. Seemingly innocuous (I would even go so far as to call them insipid), particul ...

    ​Are you a ‘Changer’ or a ‘Mover’...? (Part 3 of 3)(Post)

    Many, many times in the past two seasons I’ve had a client say to me either prior to or after landing a bass on a lure “I would have given up on this mark or that bass lure hours ago Marc!” When shou ...

    Hard Diving Minnows – My Approach (Part 3 of 3)(Post)

    You may recall that in Part 1 that I talked about bass being far more positive about the ultimate decision to ‘hit’ a lure the less time they have to make it. When you think about it logically, a lur ...

    The Small Surface Bass Lures I Use – When and How...(Post)

    This past week has seen a definite upsurge (judging by the amount of reports on Social Media) in the amount of bass being taken on bass lures fished ‘on the top’ - something that, I believe is occ ...

    ‘Smaller’ Hard Diving Bass Lures – Why I’ll always have some with me... (Post)

    I wrote a piece last year that posed the question - is there an optimum size and shape of bass lure? Primarily, I discussed the advantages of using smaller lures in the 80-100m size - such as l ...

    ​Tidal Range – How recording it can help you catch more bass (Part 2 of 3)(Post)

    In Part 2 of this three part series I will describe how the wind direction and strength, in addition to fluctuations/extremes in the air or barometric pressure can affect tidal range – which in turn, ...

    ​Bass - Creatures of habit or a whole lot more?(Post)

    I, like many authors have written about bass being territorial and sticking to regular patterns of behaviour when swimming and feeding around specific areas of coastline, under a particular set of se ...

    Hard Diving Minnows – My Approach (Part 1 of 3)(Post)

    If I think back to perhaps five to ten, and most definitely fifteen years ago, the first lure that was extracted from my lure box at the start of a session would have been a hard diving minnow of som ...

    Marc Cowling Signature Needlefish Lures(Post)

    Buy Marc's new lure HERE.I was still shaken from what had occurred over the past three hours earlier that evening, as I lent against my car, sweating profusely whilst struggling to wipe the swea ...