Massive Bass

[alanbeh.]

Congratulations, that is one serious Bass! Probably "The Bass of a Lifetime".

 

Alan.

[Dave Bourne]

Super looking fish,that must go down as the biggest bass ever landed in Scotland.

Well done the man that caught it and returned it.

 

Ian B I think its time you started targeting these fish.

[oneftonshore]

Great fish. Well done for returning it but try not stuffing your fist up its gills not the best way for a long and happy life

 

Hope one day I can manage one like that on a lure.

[Davy Holt]

Great fish. Well done for returning it but try not stuffing your fist up its gills not the best way for a long and happy life

 

If you look at it again you will see he is holding it's gill cover, not as you suggest "stuffing his fist up it's gills"

[Toerag]

We are fishing in a 100 ft of water. Are the Bass likely to be feeding on the bottom are chasing the joey mackerel about

We have a few deep bass marks like that - 90-130ft deep. They're mostly big gravel banks, but some are hard, virtually flat ground with the odd bit of reef up to 3ft high - the sort of ground you can drift over and only lose the odd hook but never any weights. We normally fish them on big springs (3.5knots drift) hard on the bottom with livebaits, but sometimes the fish will herd the bait up in the water at which time you can get them spinning up, or if the gannets are diving then probably by trolling big deep diving plugs. The bass we get are often stuffed with 2-4" long scad.

Hope that helps!

[Ian Burrett]

Ian B I think its time you started targeting these fish.

 

And I think you are right :thumbs:

 

 

We have a few deep bass marks like that - 90-130ft deep. They're mostly big gravel banks, but some are hard, virtually flat ground with the odd bit of reef up to 3ft high - the sort of ground you can drift over and only lose the odd hook but never any weights. We normally fish them on big springs (3.5knots drift) hard on the bottom with livebaits, but sometimes the fish will herd the bait up in the water at which time you can get them spinning up, or if the gannets are diving then probably by trolling big deep diving plugs. The bass we get are often stuffed with 2-4" long scad.

Hope that helps!

 

H Toerag

 

Thanks for the info. I will certainly give it a go