Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society

Fighting for Bass and Bass Anglers’ since 1973

The White Stuff

BASS is very fortunate in that many of the leading lights in bass fishing have, over the years, shared their knowledge and secrets with us by doing talks, slide shows and presentations at our AGM which is held in March every year. In past years we have been treated to enthralling talks from Clive Gammon, […]

More of the Same Please

The turning of the year drags thoughts backwards as well as forwards. It’s difficult not to reminisce when the wind is howling outside and the sound of the TV is drowned out by the rain hammering on the window. It’s at this point that I can’t help thinking back to great sessions with calm winds […]

So there we have it ….

Battered into submission ! With a seemingly endless queue of storms moving in from the Atlantic, it seems that for most areas in the UK the season is now probably over. It’s a shame, as for some areas, this can be a pinnacle of the season, but the conditions just aren’t allowing the opportunity for […]

Upside Down Down-Under

It’s Christmas Eve and I am sat in the food area of a large shopping centre. I sip my hot coffee while the Salvation Army plays silent night. My last minute shopping rests against my leg, yet there are flip flops on my feet and I am wearing shorts. Nearby is an Australian beauty wearing […]

Drop Shot Bassing

The drop-shot method of fishing is a technique usually associated with freshwater predator anglers. It was through my off-season interest in perch fishing that I first chanced upon this method. My brother-in-law Simon Nicol, is a fanatical perch and zander angler and I owe a lot of my more recent technical lure fishing developments, and […]