School Bass caught on 5cm Spro Trout Master Snake Paddle lure fished on an Illex Gambit Straight jighead – one of my favourite combos
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LRF Smelt
LRF Smelt caught on a tiny 2g Illex Gambit Straight jighead and a Jacks LRF lure
LRF Mullet
My first lure caught Mullet. Saw a shoal feeding at the base of a flood drain, free-lined an artificial worm back to them and wallop, we were on! Lure was half a Lip Ripperz Trout Wormz dipped in Jacks LRF Special Sauce
Friendly Tompot Blenny
Nice detail on this Tompot caught on an Ecogear Shirasu Fine jighead. Cracking set of eyebrows!
X-Layer = Bass
My Bass fishing received a well timed boost last week with a couple of decent sessions. I went back to what I know and rekindled my relationship with the X-Layer with instant reward. Not that I had gone off these lures, I just wanted to use everything else I had instead, and this had kind of confused my fishing a bit. So after a look back at last years Bass fishing it was quite clear the X-Layers caught me fish, simple. So with a clearer plan and many less lures in my bag I ended up on my usual spot at the right state of tide two days in a row.
School Bass from Southampton Water
School Bass caught on an Ecogear Aqua Straight near a drain water outlet in Southampton Water
Catch The Hatch
More catch-the-hatch than match-the-hatch!
Catching up – LRF
First of all I should explain my absence over the past few weeks. A combination of no internet and a ton of work to be finished at home have stopped me getting online to update the blog, but I have managed to get fishing now and again. I have been concentrating on LRF from the shore in an attempt to boost my species count but at the same time keeping half an eye open for Bass.