CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Spring (Part 1) In the spring the North Atlantic Drift, pushed along by the mild southwesterly winds, carries rich nutrients into the bay from the far off seas of the Gulf of Mexico. Creatures living in the sea and above it depend, in
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The Science Group is continually scanning the scientific horizon, looking for research papers and other information relating to bass biology, which may be of relevance to anglers. We recently produced a paper “Methods of tracking bass” describing both traditional and more recent methods of following bass as
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CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Winter (Part 2) Mora stayed feeding in the open area of the harbour until the early snow water began to come down from the hills, and the continuously cold winds cooled the water sufficiently to make her swim out to the deeps. As
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CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Winter (Part 1) Year followed year, and with the passing of time Mora grew to exceed 10lb. Her natural enemies became fewer and fewer and she left the shoal to hunt on her own. She was a creature of habit, and her life
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CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Autumn (Part 2) At this time the tenants of the reef changed as some of the summer visitors, who had come there to spawn, departed on their winter migration to warmer southerly waters. Others, following the shoreline until they tasted the waters of
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