noob bass advice

[tony07]

Im not a huge sea fisher but have been fishing on lakes rivers etc for a fair while now. So ive been eyeing up what i believe to be sea bass coming in with the tide at the shore where i live. They can be seen swimming about in water no deeper than a foot but the water is rather weedy. I tried fishing today with a plug but had no joy so whats my best option? Peeler crabs? and what sort of set up? ill be using a 9 ft spinning rod for it.

Cheers for the help!

[The Austrian]

If its really bass and not mullet what you're seeing and the area you fish is full of weed and snaggy you could try fishing a float rig baited with a few juicy lug or try a head hooked free floating sandeel with your spinning setup.

[Stevieg]

Hiya.. i too have noticed bass in extremely shallow water and rooting around in weed being pushed onto the beach.. i have swam with bass and mullet and even though they can be hard to differentiate between bass have thicker 'shoulders' and swim with a wiggle:) I havn't tried float fishing for them yet but i've heard a head of a mackeral can be good too? and would reduce waste after filleting. i must give it a go,this could be done from a pier aswell