Almost any lure will catch Bass !
The modern Lures made by Rapala, Abu, Redgill which are designed to look like fish with colouration and movement fish very well indeed. In fact most modern style lure are very productive in the right conditions. Many lures when spinning simulate an injured fish which provides the Bass with an easy meal.
Exmouth in Devon was the first place I ever went fishing to try and catch a Bass.
I was about 15 years old and my brother had just moved down from the Cotswolds to set up business in Honiton. We were both very keen anglers, having lived on the Isle of Man we had a good grounding in fishing.
Fly fishing was our main stay up to this point and we were both fairly good at this facet of the sport. We hoped to use our skills from hunting trout to good effect when it came to Bass fishing.
The first mark we fished in Exmouth was the old Docks, now a housing estate! We threw out to bottom fishing rigs in to the tidal flow about 3 hrs before high water with complicated rigs on the end baited with rag and squid cocktails. While these baited rigs fished we also started to spin from the same location.
Exmouth in Devon was the first place I ever went fishing to try and catch a Bass.
I was about 15 years old and my brother had just moved down from the Cotswolds to set up business in Honiton. We were both very keen anglers, having lived on the Isle of Man we had a good grounding in fishing.
Fly fishing was our main stay up to this point and we were both fairly good at this facet of the sport. We hoped to use our skills from hunting trout to good effect when it came to Bass fishing.
The first mark we fished in Exmouth was the old Docks, now a housing estate! We threw out to bottom fishing rigs in to the tidal flow about 3 hrs before high water with complicated rigs on the end baited with rag and squid cocktails. While these baited rigs fished we also started to spin from the same location.
My brother caught a huge Gar fish on a Rapala J11 and we saw the odd Salmon from our location. The ledger rigs caught nothing !
We returned to the same venue many times and blanked on the ground rigs but the plugs would produce the odd Pollock (1lb to 1.5lb) but no Bass.
We also fished the beach off the Esplanade in Exmouth. Ledger rigs caught the odd flounder but the plugs would out do the ground tackle ever time, with school Bass, Pollock and even the odd small Wrasse. Queen’s drive was also tried (the beach off it) with little more success.
The beach from Sandy Bay caravan park produced fish. The best conditions were late summer, falling tide, on shore breeze and over cast. The best method was plug / lure. We would fish a lot here and have some good results with fish in the region of 2 – 3 lbs, not huge but nice.
OK, Razor Shell is the same as Razor fish. I am getting about 2 people a day asking me if they are the same beast.
They seem to be known in different parts of the country by either name but the Latin name that stays the same for the genus is Solenidae.
3 species are found around Cornwall (Common Razor Solen marginatus, Ensis arcuatus and the Pod Razor Ensis siliqua.) and they all look very similar to me. It’s the curve of the Razor shell that distinguishes them.
There is a whole range of fishing kayaks now available on the market. You can fish from any kayak but some are better than others for the job in question. I will cover 3 of the makes and models here.
Ocean Kayak Prowler 13 Angling edition – This is possibly the most popular fishing kayak on the market at the moment. It is a sit on top kayak which has been designed around the fisherman. The basic package comes with 2 flush mounted rod holders, padded seat and back rest. There is also a tackle box. This kayak weighs 54lbs and is 13’4” long. Retail about £559. It’s a proven boat and highly regarded as the King of fishing Kayaks Read the rest of this entry »
Today I bought my RTM Disco.
I am too exhausted to write much about it tonight, but I have had a great time on this KAYAK and I am hoping to fish off it tomorrow all being equal.
I went to Poldhu cove today for an hour and got screwed by a medium swell running in, then I went over to the east side of the Lizard and enjoyed some peaceful paddling
Anyway I have loads of questions about this whole kayak fishing thing so I will post as I learn.
A few considerations for you when look to fish from a KAYAK.
Buy a set of wheels for your yak! I know you can carry it down to the beach, but with trolley wheels you can load everything into it, Rods, BA, Bait, Paddle etc and just trundle down to the waters edge. It makes life very easy!
Make sure you have a paddle leash. This will prevent the paddle floating away from you when you drop it.
When you are ready to fish or move around on your Kayak for the first time, stay seated, put the paddle across the boat but under your knees, so it looks like a wing. As you move side to side the paddle will dip in the sea and damp the movement, increasing your stability. It works like a mini outrigger.
To increase your chances of catching from the sea you need to be there when the fish are hunting.
Generally larger tides induce more fish in to feeding, because stronger currents scourer food from the sea bed and higher tides flood beaches and rock dragging food sources into the sea. Also higher tides are often when other sea creatures mate and give birth hence a lot of planktonic food stuffs in the water column. For example mysis shrimp are found in my experience in greater numbers when there is a full moon, hence spring tide.
I would suggest as a rule of thumb the last hour of a rising tide and the first two hours down are the prime times, this said some marks fish best at low water, or just on the flood so you will need to try and see what fishes best.
I have invested in a Vision Koma for my salt water fly fishing.
It has a great drag, really accurate and the control knob is of a good size so easily adjusted with cold hands!!
For a value for money large arbor reel you cannot beat this in my opinion as it comes with a free spare spool. Due to its diameter it should relive line coil allowing longer more accurate casting.
Having spoken to the supplier they state if its well rinsed it should not be a problem to use this for saltwater applications.
I would like to know what you think is the most important Kayak accessory.
I would like to build this list to help those out there who are considering getting into the sport of kayak fishing but do not know which kayak accessory to spend their hard earned money on.
There is so much on the market these days which is meant to “save time” and “save effort” but what are the really good bits of kit out there on the market.
