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My first bass!!

#1 Post by AlanF »

People:
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Duration:
2hr 45mins
Tide:
hw at 22.30
Weather:
se winds, dry, over cast
Bait:
rag, Berkley Frenzy Surface Popper
Rigs:
1hook up tide rig
Results:
caught a small pollock on the bait rod on first cast, retrieved bait and re cast out. Decided while letting it soak would try a bit of lure fishing. Cranked out the telescopic rod and the berkley surface popper. Worked my way down the beach, 3-4 casts at each 5m interval. On the the third interval hit a bass about 15 yds from shore. Absolutely delighted, its my first one and spent a very very long time trying to catch one!!!



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Re: My first Bass!!

#2 Post by Hooker »

3 years trying to pop one off the surface. Congrats
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#3 Post by oli »

congrads on your first bass,nice one,now thats it,now way back :lol: hooked up on bass lure fishing? :D
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#4 Post by Creep »

Excellent Job, Well done!!! How did you catch the cans??? What rigs, trace, bait etc?? :)
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

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#5 Post by saving private brian »

theres no better feeling well done
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#6 Post by AlanF »

thanks all, its nuts i finally know what everyone means now when they say you know when you've caught one. Strong little buggers.

I've been targetting bass properly for the last 3 or 4 years, feels really good to finally know a mark after many many hrs blanking! :-) I always thought i'd pick one up from bait but I think I might start leaving that rod at home now!!
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#7 Post by fishy1987 »

:D :D congrats lovley bass and to get your first on a popper is unbelievable :)
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Species 2011 (25) :Cod 80 , Whiting 50 , Coalfish 42 , Sea Scorpion 6(3shortspined/3longspined) , (3b)Rockling 2 , Dogfish 72 , Flounder 32 , Bass 2 , Poor Cod 16 , Dab 16 , Ballen Wrasse 2 , Turbot 1 , Tompot Blenny 3 , Smoothhound 1 , Tub Gurnard 1 , Mackeral 78 , Pollock 10 , Corkwing wrasse 2 , Black Goby 5 , Pouting 4 , Cuckoo Wrasse 1 , Ling 1 , Conger eel 6 , Silver eel 1 , ( Year End 31st October )
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My first Bass!!

#8 Post by stevo74 »

Congrats-They say you never forget your first!!! Love the Becks fish measure
Species list 2011 - Bass, Dab, Rockling, Dogfish,Common Smooth hound, Starry Smooth hound,whiting,pollock
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#9 Post by cathalger »

Congrats on your first bass Alan, nice fish there.
2013 Sea Species:- Bass, Flounder, 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Whiting, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Pollack, coley, mackerel, sea trout, cant remember cos I didn't update at the time.....
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
2011 Sea species:- codling, L.S. dogfish, coley, whiting, pollack(4lb 3oz), sea trout, shore conger eel (15lb), ballan wrasse, grey gurnard, plaice, dab (and lobster).
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#10 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Nice one amigo,one of many to come,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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#11 Post by leadhead »

congrats on your first with many more 2 come :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#12 Post by dave18 »

Congats nice fish :D
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Re: My first Bass!!

#13 Post by kopidol »

Nice one ! But what is a poppers??? :-)
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#14 Post by roger de dodger »

kopidol wrote:Nice one ! But what is a poppers??? :-)
a top water lure that pops :lol:
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#15 Post by chuckaroo »

fine fish. and great way to catch one. well done
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#16 Post by AlanF »

thanks all for the well wishes :) Had a lovely dinner last night of pan fried bass. It was the wife's first time trying bass and she asked me when I was going out again!!! :lol: I understand now why its such a luxury but for now if I catch anymore they will go back in unless they beat this one.

I went with a popper because of the rough ground I wish fishing after loosing many spinners or wrecking them from scraping off the rocky bottom.

Here's a handy article about poppers, helped me decide to go get one :)

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Sea-Angler/S ... n-poppers/
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#17 Post by 3wheels »

Well done on your Bass, im 3yrs trying to catch one on the surface no joy :evil:
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#18 Post by sparkey+1 »

Fair play man that's a nice bass congrats on your 1st bass..... and to get the green light from the misses is unbelievable.... :P
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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#19 Post by tight lines »

well done mate the first of many
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