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Bass Fishing In UK Waters

Author: BoatandTackle Fishing

So you want to catch a bass? This must be the most prized saltwater fish to sea anglers.
I'm going to talk you through a few different methods that I'm aware of, some which i have had success on myself.
Bass come closer into the UK shoreline when the waters warm in the run up to summer, it's said that the water temperature needs to be above 8 Celsius. Around Cumbria June / July have been excellent months this year with big numbers of bass being caught from places like Silecroft, Drigg and St Bees.

Bait fishing for bass.
There are a few good choices for bait, Rag is quite a good choice but other situations or marks may fish better using lugworm or peeler crab.

Rag worm as bait can be deadly on the right mark, rigged up with a pulley rig and a bunch of small rag this offers a great amount of movement in the water to entice any lurking bass into a feeding frenzy. Rag is good for both beach fishing and rocky marks. I would use hooks between sizes 1/0 and 3/0 and gripper lead of between 2oz and 5oz. It is always advisable to vary your casting distances, both in shore and at distance. If possible use two rods, one fished close in and one fished further out. The best time, as with all bass fishing methods, is to fish at either first or last light.

Lugworm, it's worth a mention that a lot of the bass caught over the past couple of month have been caught on black lugworm. If you pump or dig your own blacks try and use just the huge ones, real bass beaters. Use a pulley pennel rig setup with size 1/0 to 3/0 hooks. A good cocktail of baits for bass fishing would be lugworm tipped with half a peeler crab.
Peeler Crab Baits are deadly for bass fishing. A nice big peeler crab bait or a few smaller peeler crabs is the way to go if your looking for big specimen bass. Use a pulley rig and cast out into the distance beyond the surf. Using a 3/0 hook whip a whole large peeler crab onto your hook with bait elastic. It's worthwhile using big velvet peeler crabs to entice bigger bass.

You could of course use live bait for bass. If you have nice clear waters freelining a live sandeel bait could offer the ultimate bass take. This isn't a method that I've tried. It may be worth while trying it out on my boat. I know guys that use this method and simply hook the sandeel through the lip on a long flowing trace setup.

Bass fishing using spinners, poppers and plugs.
Bass fishing using lures is a sport in itself. Put the hours in and find the right marks and i can guarantee your in for a bit of fishing heaven. Again the best times for this method is first or last light. Use fluorocarbon between your braid and lure.

Some of the best lures that have gained popularity on the UK bass fishing tackle market this year are made by Rapala, Yo Zuri, Owner and Storm. The storm Chugbug must be one of the best selling poppers to bass fishermen wanting to fish the shallow waters around rocky areas and outfalls. Other plugs worth a mention that are for deeper water marks are Rapala X – Rap Saltwater SXR10, Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk.

The list of good plugs for bass fishing could be endless as everyone has a favourite for a different mark and varying conditions. I recently asked 3 bass fishermen what their favourite colours are on a popper with a view to getting some made myself…. I never got one straight answer. It is worth a mention to look at the conditions your fishing and choose the correct colour or pattern contrasting it.

It is good to spin for bass, two belting spinners for bass fishing are the old favourite Dexter Wedge, which every budding bass fisherman should have in his box and the Toby from Abu. Spinning for bass is great fun and on lighter spinning tackle can be a excellent challenge and really get your adrenaline pumping once your feel that classic bass thump.

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About the Author

I'm Lee, founder of Boat and Tackle, born, bread, and living in Cumbria Uk. Sea fishing is,,, well basically my life. Boat and Tackle was setup because there are endless items available to the sea fishermen that are hardley ever used within the UK. If you want to fish in the UK the tackle and equipment you need can be basic, so why troll a tackle shop full of carp and game tackle if your only interested in sea fishing?

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