Fighting for Bass and Bass Anglers’ since 1973

A remarkable sight ….

Continuing the theme of the good-fortune enjoyed by the members of the BASS Blogging team, this time it’s Matt on the receiving end … In January Matt made an audio blog of Julian catching a fair few good bass including a whopper of 12 pounds. Well on their latest trip it seems the pendulum of […]

Late night news

I wake abruptly from a strange dream where I am fishing on the rocks with Si Lewis and Arsene Wenger casting huge paddle tail lures the size of spaniels. We didn’t catch. I look at my phone to check the time, its 2am. I notice I had a text from Si an hour ago. It […]

Slow & Low

This time of year can produce big bass, and i’m constantly distracted by the thoughts of how to maximise my chances of encountering one. There are so many different ways to fish for bass. The array of equipment available to us is enormous (and every increasing). Metals flung at distance, big shads fished sink & […]

Getting it right or getting it wrong?

When it comes to big bass it never ceases to amaze me how many different ways I can find to screw up. I’d claim this is due to there being so many links in the bass fishing chain making it inevitable a factor beyond my control sometimes leads to disaster. A better explanation however might […]

Touché

Having read Matt’s account of the disturbance I caused in the Spence household on Saturday morning, I almost felt guilty … but not quite. Although I may have to arrive bearing gifts next time I appear on his doorstep. There is a breed of bass anglers that seem to spend every waking hour, and quite […]