Squid lures 13lb 7oz bass from shore
A switch of bait proved decisive for Hampshire sea angler Dave Jones when he landed this 13lb 7oz bass from the shore.
The 27-year-old fished off Lepe beach in Southampton and started off using livebaits. But after a quiet couple of hours he switched to a squid bait and promptly hit into ‘the fish of a lifetime’.
“We were using live whiting but to no avail so I pinched some of my friends old bait which had already been defrosted twice and within two minutes my rod was rattling like crazy,” he said. “I had to be careful as I was only using 12lb mainline but after 10 minutes I managed to beach it.”
Big bait for 14lb bass
Late summer nights normally provide the best chance of a large bass on the North Devon Coast and using big baits can often pay dividends - as David Brooke proved with this 14lb specimen.
The Combe Martin Sea Angling Club member was fishing with his friend Derek Ferret, who caught a 10lb 10oz fish the previous night, on an unknown local shore mark. Both fish were returned to the sea alive and were tempted using Ammo dirty squid presented on Sakuma Manta Extra hooks. David is no stranger to big bass having landed a specimen of 15lb 6oz back in 1984, also from a Devon mark.
Boat bass weighs 16lb
A late season bass session produced the goods for Barry Seabrook when he landed this 16lb specimen from a popular off-shore mark.
The Kent-based rod boarded his own boat at Herne Bay, Kent and headed out to an area that had a history of producing big fish.
He then offered a mackerel fillet hookbait and it wasn’t long before he received the all-important bite. A short battle followed before the huge specimen was lifted in to the boat.
For more details on fishing in the region visit www.hernebayangling.co.uk
A bass best at Watchet
Mark Hugh enjoyed one of his best ever sea fishing sessions when he landed this huge 12lb 2oz bass from a popular south-west mark.
The Taunton-based angler was fishing 20 metres off the harbour wall at Watchet in Somerset around three hours before high tide using half a fillet of mackerel when he struck into the fish, which is believed to be the biggest of the species caught from the area this year.
