BASS Press Release.
This is the latest press release from BASS. If it generates the any desire within you to act to try and bring about improved and fair protection for our bass then please spread the word. Facebooking, tweeting or blogging it would be brilliant. Sending it on to politicians, people in the tackle trade and those that […]
The Hodges Brothers Part 5: “The Big Fish Aren’t Gonna Last”
Kim and Clive round off their presentation with the answers to several questions from the audience and explain how they rig their mackerel baits; how they see the future for big bass and what they do with their bait at the end of a bad days fishing. • The ‘right’ conditions to fish for bass […]
EU consideration of how to reduce bass landings hits the national press
We seek to achieve a broad balance of subject matter on this blog. Of late however, we have been somewhat weighted towards bass politics and the campaign for restoration of our bass stocks. I make no apologies for this what so ever, as the coming weeks the measures to better protect our bass will be […]
Its easy to campaign for reduced bass landings.
At the weekend I found myself next to the water, without fishing tackle but in possession of my audio recorder. I might not have been able to fish for bass but at least I could pass on what I learnt at the recent BASS meeting – one intended to help give anglers like us […]
Petition for action to reducing bass landings
A succession of poor spawning years and increased fishing pressure has led to a steep decline in the bass spawning stock. The seriousness of the situation has at last been recognised by EU Fisheries after their scientific advisory board this year stated there needs to be an 80% reduction in bass landing. Plans are […]