advice on bass fishing

[1poundfish]

Well lads I'm hopeing to get some advice on lure fishing for bass...I'm fairly new to bass fishing only got out a few times last summer with no joy but will have more time this year iv only tryed tramore back strand so far...any advice would be great...pms welcome

[lowie69]

Get in contact with Arthur Daly he will put u right

[1poundfish]

Thanks for the reply bait ball

[seanie35]

Hi try some of the bigger spring tides, dawn and dusk and call into absolute fishing see what lures are catching this time of year

[1poundfish]

Thanks seanie I'll look into it and give it a shot

[Eoghan]

Make life easy on yourself and get to an estuary, down the south if poss. Light spinning outfit and a few lures, maybe start with a shallow feed (white) and then build a preference for lures from there. Stick to bigger tides - new moons and Full moons and a few days either side. If one of these dates coincides with a nice high pressure even better. I dont want to give you too many parameters or you will be waiting all year for the ideal conditions. I have added some weekends from my own fishing diary that I intend to target, just to get you started. My favourite area to try is a rocky shallow area close to the mouth of an estuary, and early morning if poss but try different times, tides etc look for large submerged rocks or half submerged and get a lure close to them. I am also a bigger fan of low tide than full tide but thats a personal thing, every mark is different.


Dates in all of the below are weekends :

APRIL
12th, 13th, 14th April
New moon 10th

26th 27th 28th April
Full moon 26th


MAY
10th 11th 12th May
New moon 10th


June
21st 22nd 23rd June
Full Moon 23rd

[sparkey+1]

Good advice there.

[Steve]

Planning your first trip already Eoghan?!! Will probably be down there one of those April weekends myself!

[Eoghan]

Planning your first trip already Eoghan?!! Will probably be down there one of those April weekends myself!

What do you think Steve..!!
We spend the year dreaming about it.

This year we are getting sea trout licenses. We have never targeted them before but this year we reckon why not.
It will be CNR but it will be handy to fall back on if the Bass arent about. April/May can be hit n miss.

Let me know if you are heading down and we'll meet up for a session or two.

[1poundfish]

Thanks for the advice eoghan I'll give it a go

[JimH]

Solid Eoghan

[Steve]

Bought my 2013 licence in Henry's yesterday - well worth a hundred quid.

Only problem is that Pat always manages to twist my arm into looking at some new rods or reels while I am there. Heading back today to pick up my extra purchases!!

Steve

[JimH]

Pat will do that Steve - sometimes you don't even know its happening!

[roryodonnell]

@Steve: With Pat, sometimes he wont let you get what you want, but you always get what you need

[Steve]

True Rory. That braid I was showing you was going on my reel whether I liked it or not!!! In fairness he was right, it's class stuff, like silk.

Any luck after I left? Couldn't face going back, hands were like ice!

[roryodonnell]

No joy after you left. I only had a small fishing window, so the cold wasn't too bad. The braid did feel very slick indeed. I love to hear your thoughts on it after a couple of months. Anyways, it was nice to meet you, probably see around over the spring

[Eoghan]

@Steve: With Pat, sometimes he wont let you get what you want, but you always get what you need

I think he uses an old Jedi mind trick....... "These arent the lures you're looking for"......and all that jazz

[prawncocktail]

1poundfish i have one question for you
how do they get the figs into the figrolls