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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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends by Clive Hodges Many successful bass anglers are secretive about the marks that they fish. This might suggest that they share little information about how they go about catching their quarry but that is not always the
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CHAPTER 5 – GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS September She rests gently in my hands, gills flaring slightly as I hold her head into the tide, recovering from the indignity of being measured, weighed and photographed in the arms of a grinning land creature. Her fins stroking the
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Tweaking Your Terminal Gear – How a bit of thought will increase the chance of a safe release by Steven Neely On a recent trip to the South coast of Ireland, I was fortunate enough to hook and land a stunning bass around the 7lb mark! Not
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Sampling Very Small Bass in a Bass Nursery Area by Captain Derek Goodwin To begin, bass spawn at sea 20 miles or more off shore starting in February, continuing for a few months. The hatchling bass larvae mingle with the plankton, but somehow move inshore to enter estuaries
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