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Not having been fishing since BH Monday and reading about Mmads fantastic results I was keen to get out after some Bass today but wanted to mix things up a bit so had three short sessions:
First was 6.45-9am from just after LW up on an open beach mark that I've been meaning to try with lures after bait fishing it earlier in the year. I've been working in Denmark for a week with no time for fishing so I treated myself to a couple of suspending lures before I came back, these were brought with a specific purpose in mind but I tried them at this mark where they failed by diving too deep, 4ft in 3ft of water, and came back weeded up every time. Changed to surface lures and eventually winkled out a 14oz Bass.
Second was a HW trip in the river from 1-3.30pm to try out the suspending lures at the place and tide state I had brought them for. First on was a 10cm freshwater X-rap in olive green, a lure I've used and lost before but never tried in the Arun, it didn't take long to prove its worth as less than 20mins later I had a good take which took about 10ft of line, this wasn't followed by a good fight and the best I can say is it resisted a little bit before being landed in about 1minute!!! Decent Bass though, photos attached taken after a few out takes as it woke up on the bank and gave me grief before it was released. I had no scales or tape so its judged against the rod handle which is 58.5cm and looks about 56cm and around 4.5lb, it also looked exactly the same size as Jeff's Bass 2 weeks ago and one I caught about 1 month ago which were measured at 55 and 56cm respectively. I got another Bass around 1lb just over an hour later and never changed the lure so the second one still has to be trialed.
Third outing was with a fly rod in the river mouth over LW from 6-7.30pm trying to get my first Bass on a fly. My casting was pretty poor in quite a strong wind but I managed about 20yds most casts but failed to get any interest or even see any signs of fish, might have another quick crack at it in the morning.
Now where near the results of Mmad but I'm happy and it was especially nice to get a Bass bang in the middle of a sunny day :sun:
First was 6.45-9am from just after LW up on an open beach mark that I've been meaning to try with lures after bait fishing it earlier in the year. I've been working in Denmark for a week with no time for fishing so I treated myself to a couple of suspending lures before I came back, these were brought with a specific purpose in mind but I tried them at this mark where they failed by diving too deep, 4ft in 3ft of water, and came back weeded up every time. Changed to surface lures and eventually winkled out a 14oz Bass.
Second was a HW trip in the river from 1-3.30pm to try out the suspending lures at the place and tide state I had brought them for. First on was a 10cm freshwater X-rap in olive green, a lure I've used and lost before but never tried in the Arun, it didn't take long to prove its worth as less than 20mins later I had a good take which took about 10ft of line, this wasn't followed by a good fight and the best I can say is it resisted a little bit before being landed in about 1minute!!! Decent Bass though, photos attached taken after a few out takes as it woke up on the bank and gave me grief before it was released. I had no scales or tape so its judged against the rod handle which is 58.5cm and looks about 56cm and around 4.5lb, it also looked exactly the same size as Jeff's Bass 2 weeks ago and one I caught about 1 month ago which were measured at 55 and 56cm respectively. I got another Bass around 1lb just over an hour later and never changed the lure so the second one still has to be trialed.
Third outing was with a fly rod in the river mouth over LW from 6-7.30pm trying to get my first Bass on a fly. My casting was pretty poor in quite a strong wind but I managed about 20yds most casts but failed to get any interest or even see any signs of fish, might have another quick crack at it in the morning.
Now where near the results of Mmad but I'm happy and it was especially nice to get a Bass bang in the middle of a sunny day :sun:
