first scoolie of the year first cast of the year
with some king rag

nice one bart
first cast......what about the others ,anything else?

ta
just two of us ,only that
only did an hr ,weather started going bad
i dont like it cold and wet

nice fish, love bass fishing

Good stuff bart bud, canni wack a bit fishin an a few choice j's.

better than nowt for an hour though mate

hopefully get a bit in myself this week if my knee sorts itself out

Nice fish there matey

I am no sea angler but I have watched plenty of it on Discovery Realtime, mostly Henery Gilbey and I have to say that along with wrasse bass are the nicest looking sea fish that are caught around the english coast line.

Whats the crack with sea fish these days, is it mostly catch and release, it certainly looks that way from what I have seen on the telly, Henery Gilbey always says the best thing about catching his fish is returning them back and watching them swim off. I have also seen Matt Hayes and Mick Brown returning big conger eels in one of their programmes

I went out on a few charter boat trips many years ago and everything that was caught was killed, it seemed a bit of a waste to me, fair enough take a few fish home for the table but we ended with dustbin bags full of fish, the fish were not even knocked on the head, they were just thrown into big plastic containers and left to sufforcate, in the end thats one of the reasons I stopped going out on the charter boats.

I did enjoy going out on the boats though and if they do mostly practice catch and release these days I would certainly be up for trying it again some time in the future

ta peeps
you get both ,some return some keep ,that one went back
but thers money in bass so people catch to sell ,you wouldnt believe how many small boats go for them
lads catching 300 + a day in full season

i dont do any boat fishing ,but thers loads of charters
i prefer quiet beaches , just looking for bass and a bit of mackerel bashing

Was it above the legal limit then Bart? Can't wait to get out there this year & bash some Bass

no Bish ,think it was about 13 inch so just under legal limit ,i think 14 inch is to small
so i use the sea federation limit of 16 inch
im hoping for a good year ,this is a month early for my area

a pic of the rag snapped them on the dig they were about 2 foot long

cracking looking fish there bart never caught a bass (or many other sea fish for that matter just whiting doggies and flatties )

lovely colour isnt it ??

bet those would be great on carp gear !!!

peppi

ta
yes there a beautifully fish , carp gear !! not up on fresh water gear
i use light gear ,11 foot rod ,casting weight of 1 to 3 oz
know a few lads that use fly rods ,see them bend
they can put up a fight ,gets the old heart going

Peppi - freshwater, even rain, will kill Rag.

yep the carp gear i own is a little heavier than the gear your using by the sounds if it ....

12 foot rod casting around 3-5 oz leads .........



didnt know that bish.

peppi