Early Bass

[Elton]

I was sent in this picture of an 8lb 1.5oz bass, caught at a Loughor, Swansea on the 17/02/04. Rag was the bait.

 

[DelJ]

That's a cracker.

[Elton]

No, it's definitely a bass

[macky]

loverly fish

 

was it returned alive???????

[gonefishing]

that cooker on the right looks too close to make a return seem likely...

[Steve B]

Nice fish, but pictures of dead Bass dont look good. It would be better if it was photographed and released. For some reason people like to kill big Bass, why i dont know, maybe just to show off.

You get a much better feeling when you release a fish like that.

[macky]

100% agree with steve

[Jim Roper]

Perhaps they have never tried them before!

 

The ones about a pound and a quarter are the best but we're not allowed to eat them, are we?

[Leon Roskilly]

Jim Roper:

Perhaps they have never tried them before!

 

The ones about a pound and a quarter are the best but we're not allowed to eat them, are we?

They should just about be over the 36cm legal limit at that size Jim.

 

What we really could do with are slot limits, where small fish are allowed to grow big enough to spawn a couple of times, and larger sporting specimens are returned to provide future sport as they grow bigger and bigger.

 

Tight Lines - leon

[H.A.]

Nice bass.

 

Regarding 'early', though.

In the 'good old days' we would never dream of fishing for bass down here (Hampshire/W.Sussex) until late April and these fish would start a western migration by late October. I'm talking 40 years ago.

 

Now some of our best bass fishing is after a storm in Nov/Dec/Jan!

 

When I go bait-digging (and if it's fairly mild),

I nearly always see swirls of schoolies throughout the winter months.

 

I must admit severe cold does send them into deeper water.