River Bass

[Archer]

Got another 40cm Bass this evening on Surface lures...Im loving this Bass fishing thing. So handy to home and boy do they go hard!
Have to thank Alistair for being such a great teacher. So good he hasnt caught one himself this season yet....

[hardb8]

Congrats on ya P.B. Bass m8,That's a great fish for a wildy.


Cheers hardb8

[Canoedle]

Cheeky bugga, told you the surface lures would be good fun.

[themisses]

Nothing beats see them nail the lure.

Well done!! They are such great fun to catch.
Will give you a hoy when we are down next, you can teach Rod how to upgrade from livies!! (sorry honey) I have my car today, don't have to worry about walking home.

Cheers Kim.

[whykickacatalong]

Have to thank Alistair for being such a great teacher. So good he hasnt caught one himself this season yet....

Yeh yeh As I said last night, I will have to start asking questions to you on how to catch them

Thats alright, once I have perfected the new prototype lure i had they will be coming in hand over fist

[ele-phrez]

go the surface fishing in rivers, less lost tackle. I'm for ever loosing lures in the river trying to get hard up in those good snags.

[whykickacatalong]

It's not all bad. A quick lunch time stop over on the upper Tweed area saw 6 bass landed in 45 mins with a heap more hitting the surface popper prototype that just would not find the hooks, back to the drawing board.

[whykickacatalong]

Not big but fiesty

[Archer]

And he's on the board....
Nice fish mate you did better than i did today big fat 0 .
Beginners luck must be wearing off.

[Roo]

have alook at the tail on them. there's clue as to why they go so hard
gotta love the wild bass hey [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

When do we get a look at the prototype??

Have you seen the latest fishing world mag?

Lemmy see

cheers, roo.

[whykickacatalong]

Yep, FishingWorld Mag is where it is from.

Used a fly hook but I think it is too small. It was a quick 2min job putting it together and I thing that the foam needs to be perfect to run straight without spinning. Saying that it does put out a nice little "bloop". I am going to take some time and carve the foam better and will play around with either a hook with lead on the shank or crimping a split shot on it for more weight and a bigger hook or maybe a long shank. The place I was at yesterday would be perfect to test a few different ideas as there are so many Bass just schooling in the pool. Great to watch them eyeball the lure before taking a swipe at it

[Roo]

I'd bought the mag that day and only quickly scanned through it( didn't read the article, just a sticky beak at the pics). When i got home that night i knocked one up myself before i'd even read the text . I used a piece of polystyrene foam and shaped it with a nail file (err sorry missus). oh and after reading the article i'll have another go at it. The long shank is a good idea, those bass have a massive gob and are'nt shy about using it

cheers, roo.