CHAPTER 5 – GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS Suffolk Bassing – Ambition Achieved It was a dull and drizzly day. I had gone down to my boat to do a couple of jobs on it. I thought that if the work was straight forward I might have time
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When Bass Don’t React by Donovan Kelley Many readers will have had the unhappy experience of catching a nice bass which gives only token resistance to the rod; more like a cod, say, or a ray, than a tough, hard-fighting predator capable of tremendous bursts of speed. Why
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CHAPTER 5 – GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS New To Plugging As a comparative newcomer to lure fishing for bass, I experienced a quite remarkable session during a visit to Ireland and would like to share my experiences of that and other trips in the same year. Apart
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The Effects Of Stress On Bass And How To Reduce It by Steven Neely With the practice of catch and release becoming ever popular, there has been much discussion already on reducing unnecessary harm to our catch, such as de-barbing hooks, replacing trebles for singles and various
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CHAPTER 5 – GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS The Dark Strand I’ve talked with many anglers who have fished the Dark Strand, in Smerwick Harbour on the Dingle Peninsula. In daylight it is regarded as one of the most productive venues, although weed can be a problem. It
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