When it comes to Bass Fishing, Class Matters
I am not sure exactly which year class Malcolm Gilbert came from, but he has been fighting the corner for our bass for many years. Here he indicates how the structure of our bass populations are overrepresented by occasional years where successful spawning is followed by high rates of fry survival. Given the failure to […]
The White Stuff – Part 10
Bass member Paul Jennings (also known as PJ ) went in persuit of wrasse on soft plastics on the South Coast at the weekend. The sea was calm at last but the water remained very coloured He failed in his quest, but did manage this bycatch! The picture on his mobile lacks quality: the bass […]
The White Stuff – Part 9: “You’ve got to be the lure”
Episode 9 – You’ve got to ‘be’ the lure Kevin and Keith White explain the importance of visualising how your lure looks to a fish and how to control where it is in the water column · Let nature do the work for you · All prey fish don’t go ‘Eat Me – Eat […]
Book winners & The White Stuff – Part 8
The draw for the “Bass and BASS” books has now been made. Paul Pedreschi in North Wales and James Hooper in Heartfordshire were randomly selected from the list of all subscribers to the BASS Newsletter and have now recieved their copies ( a 3rd winner in Dorset has yet to reply to my email). I am […]
Reflections on Nantes
The annual show at Nantes ‘Salon des Pêches en Mer Nantes‘ is billed as the biggest show in Europe. This year it felt a little different though. Instead of being spread across 3 large halls, it was all in one XXL hall, this somehow made it feel smaller, albeit the floor-space was 12,500m². The current […]