Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society

Fighting for Bass and Bass Anglers’ since 1973

A lesson learnt ?

A Lesson Learnt? June 2008 – The Climber The plan was for a month’s climbing in Geyikbayiri, Turkey with the objective being an ascent of a hard sport climb called Black Moon. But here I am, four days into the trip, with too many beers and too few easy acclimatisation routes under my belt, standing […]

Walking the dog …

The techniques below are a few ideas to try.. Most modern lures can be fished in a large number of ways, below is just a few suggestions. Get out and experiment and learn what your lures can do….. Following a cast, when the lure lands, leave it completely still for up to twenty seconds. You […]

Wrestling Big Girls at Dawn.

There was a different blog post lined up for today but given the reports coming in from the crusaders in the Cape we thought an update to the progress of the BASS members currently in USA was in order. John Morgan has been updating the visitors to The BASS Forum to give a flavour of what is […]

Battling with Monsters

  Weds 22nd May, 3.40pm: Not being unable to fish when I suspect the bass will be switched on is always frustrating. It’s usually work that gets in the way; though getting my head down tends to be one of the better means of distracting me from thinking about far away shores. If however fishing buddies then start texting to update me on their […]

Early Days

The first session of the season gets me all worked up. No reason to I suppose – other than many months cooped up inside watching the rain and the wind. It’s a pity that the first session’s promise often isn’t borne out in the results. After many years bass fishing, and many years of ‘first […]