Good work. Shame about the one that got away, but sounds like a great session nonetheless. :thumbsup:

 

Cheers Andy. I was gutted but hey ho we learn by our mistakes.

 

love it nice decent pics too.

 

Nice one Darrel, sorry about the biggy but at least you got see her, shame about the lure though

 

A good first session of the year well done , a net would have come in handy, at least you caught some more fish , so ideal start to the year

 

Nice one Darrel, well done :thumbsup:

unlucky on the lost bass and shame you also lost yer patch lure

Be lucky

 

must get a net then..
sounds like a great session none the less.

 

Hard luck losing the biggie, nothing worse than leaving a lure stuck in a fish

 

Nice one mate
Shame to lose the big one
Maybe a long handled net
I use one now as I fish big rocks
Lots of times they run in between
Buggers to get out

 

Nice one mate
Shame to lose the big one
Maybe a long handled net
I use one now as I fish big rocks
Lots of times they run in between
Buggers to get out

I got one mate. Left the bloody thing in the house though. Lesson learned for me there!

 

Well done mate, shame about the big one. I'm off to the Gower tomorrow for my first session of the year so that's encouraging. Hopefully have a catch report

 

no excuses,you shouldn't of fished that mark without a landing net?? feel sorry for that bass!! :roflpuke:

 

Bit difficult as the thing run around corners and various rock hopping required from designated landing area!!!..So do I feel sorry. Thanks for already stated input!

 

Nice session ....bad luck on the bigger one .......

You are not the first , and you won't be the last person to lose a lure and big bass ..........

Seen it lots times with rubbish leader knots , people reeling in , left with a curly pig tail of braid ,,,,,,,,,,,

Sure sign , the leader knot slipped ......

Hope you nail a load more ...........nets not for me , but understand on some marks where they could be useful.

 

Cheers Mark. Was a cracking fight and couldn't stop it. Had no option to follow the fish around some hairy rocks from the flat bay I was fishing.

Managed to lift it on the very bottom part of rock (not the slope) with the swell helping but When bending down to pic it up she kicked and braid scrapped over rock and the rest as they say was history.

 

Brilliant read and pics mate ! Tidy stuff!

"Better to have hooked and lost .. than not to have hooked at all!"
On another day.. fish might've wedged in rocks and not slid back in!

My mate lost a stonker in open water... leaving a Gunny in it's gob... opted to try a cheap reel he'd bought ....warned him tho'.....drag seized... tug 'o war' .... snap!
I can still see that fish .. massive!
Ya live and learn!

 

"Better to have hooked and lost .. than not to have hooked at all!"

The Bass isn't seeing it that way!

 

Nice session ....bad luck on the bigger one .......

You are not the first , and you won't be the last person to lose a lure and big bass ..........

Seen it lots times with rubbish leader knots , people reeling in , left with a curly pig tail of braid ,,,,,,,,,,,

Sure sign , the leader knot slipped ......

Hope you nail a load more ...........nets not for me , but understand on some marks where they could be useful.

Mark, you're arguing against using a leader when in all probability a leader would have saved this fish.

Frankly, stories like this are the greatest advertisement for barbless hooks, single hooks and leaders there is.

SCG

 

The biggest ever bass I hooked and LOST that bought tears to my eyes ,
As you know bubba was nearer 14 pound than 13 ,,,,
This thing was far bigger ....
I had It on for 11mins , in very strong current ( that's a long time I assure you )
Never really got it under any control , but I got it half on , and half off a sand bank ,,,,,
Where it thrashed about , and GILLED MY LEADER ,,,,,,,
Gutted does not even come close ,,,,, my best guess 17 pound after seeing it 3 times ,
I still think to this day if I just had power pro ( what I used at the time ) straight through , I would have got this fish ..........
So I'm leader free and nearly always will be .......
You my good man , can do as YOU please lol......

As for barb less , I believe the lure in joycey boys fish , was nearly out of sight ......
Are you really going to tell me barbed or not , singles or not it was coming out , pmsfl ...............

I have always said , tree huggers that want to catch bass on fairy fluff , with barbless hooks made of unicorn horn , then land them in a lush rubberized net , then lay them out on a silk pillow ,should really take a long hard look at themselves , and ask if this BLOODSPORT , is for them ............

There the same t,,,wats , that then go and HANG them on a flicking boga , and do far MORE damage to a large bass than any hook ..............

People that can't HANDLE BASS , and need a boga cause there scared of a hook , a fin , a gill , are the ones that shouldn't be fishing for um in my honest opinion .......................pathetic ....

 

Hi SCG

I did indeed use braid straight through as I did all last season without a hitch.

It was a guttening moment what happened and can asure you no reasonable diameter leader would have stopped what happened. The way the fish kicked and wriggled off wrapping line around the sharp barnacle rocks in doing so.

You have to appreciate the tricky situation I was in and where the fish led me. With no other way of trying to land (which it was landed) other than where I did. It was a freakish moment between getting my breath, placing my rod down and bending down to grab it.

On another mark I would have chosen to use a leader but without giving away this particular mark away you would never have expected me to end up trying to land from the location the fish hit.

I wonder how many people have had a bass take line and snap them off without seeing the said fish. Is this scenario more acceptable I wonder? Having a fish swim around with a lure and load of braid trailing off it all be it in a different scenario?

It was a terrible moment but one that I did everything possible to land it with intention of removing the totally engulfed lure which indeed may have led to heavy bleeding in trying to remove.

A forgotten net left in house rushing to get the first trial session underway. A valuable lesson learned as my second season kicks off!

 

Great vid just released from Duel (promo for new 'Heavy Shot Lipless minnow!)
Very 'Gowery'/West Wales/ Cornish'...the marks fished during the vid.

Lots of visual info on tackling such marks and .. esp gear used.... and where to target lure

• timing your casts in surf over rocks
• short casts between the rocks
• longer rods to manage lure and swing in sizeable fish..
• 40lbs rubbing/shock leader

All good stuff..............

 

Great vid just released from Duel (promo for new 'Heavy Shot Lipless minnow!)
Very 'Gowery'/West Wales/ Cornish'...the marks fished during the vid.

Lots of visual info on tackling such marks and .. esp gear used.... and where to target lure

• timing your casts in surf over rocks
• short casts between the rocks
• longer rods to manage lure and swing in sizeable fish..
• 40lbs rubbing/shock leader

All good stuff..............

Very informative Kerrdiff.. looks very familiar ground!. thanks for that mate

Would love a commentary lol but you get a good feel for what he is doing and best of all it obviously works. 40lbs leader sounds heavy but when you look at the ground he is fishing I can see why etc

 

Unlucky on the lost fish mate.
Its a shame the lure was lost in the fish. Hopefully he may survive it. I have had skate with hooks embedded in there bellies still well alive. These things happen in fishing. In hindsight the left net would have saved the day as you know. Good luck with the rest of your season.

 

Hi SCG

I did indeed use braid straight through as I did all last season without a hitch.

It was a guttening moment what happened and can asure you no reasonable diameter leader would have stopped what happened. The way the fish kicked and wriggled off wrapping line around the sharp barnacle in doing so.

You have to appreciate the tricky situation I was in and where the fish led me. With no other way of trying to land (which it was landed) other than where I did. It was a freakish moment between getting my breath, placing my rod down and bending down to grab it.

On another mark I would have chosen to use a leader but without giving away this particular mark away you would never have expected me to end up trying to land from the location the fish hit.

I wonder how many people have had a bass take line and snap them off without seeing the said fish. Is this scenario more acceptable I wonder? Having a fish swim around with a lure and load of braid trailing off it all be it in a different scenario?

It was a terrible moment but one that I did everything possible to land it with intention of removing the totally engulfed lure which indeed may have led to heavy bleeding in trying to remove.

A forgotten net left in house rushing to get the first trial session underway. A valuable lesson learned as my second season kicks off!

Don't stress it dude, shiit happens! Everyone has left a lure in a fish at one time or another and never on purpose.
It has happened a few times to me, the most memorable were when a clip failed on a very good fish hooked at my feet on its first run, was that one my fault? Yep I must of over used the clip and the metal got fatigued.
One of the other times I was in the boat and a fish snagged me, after a bit of faffing the fish came free, I played it to the boat then like a total plank went to lift it aboard and the badly damaged leader snapped. I still have not forgiven myself for that one but would of never got it to the boat without a leader ;-)

 

It's a shame when stuff like that happens, but it is what it is. Barbless hooks would make no difference when a fish has properly swallowed the lure, it ain't coming out without help, imo.

The odd lure left in a fishes mouth is unfortunate, but life goes on.

 

Evening Darrell

 

 

Cracking fish that Baz!..well done mate!