5 small Bass in a 40 minute window as the tide races over an obstacle. Tremendous fun on light tackle.
Soft Plastic Lures
The choice in small, soft plastic lures suitable for LRF and light lure fishing is immense. Take your pick from shads and paddle tails, darting lures, pin tails, worms and creature baits. All in every conceivable colour. If you are looking for inspiration, browse through the dozens of posts that feature my successful soft-plastics and the many varied catches made.
Ultralight Boat
With practice it’s amazing what you can get away with on the boat. This beautifully marked Ballan Wrasse was fooled at slack tide fishing a 2.3g Shirasu jighead in 9m of water.
Ecogear SS Minnow
Picked up these SS Minnows in Japan, although I’m sure I’ve seen them in Blighty before now.
Really like the look of them.
Corkwing on Bug Ant
Nice to land a Corkwing on a pure plastic at the weekend – especially a Bug Ant. Definitely a 9/10 for cool.
Success with BLAC
This is a post I wrote for Ecogear on my successes at rounds 1 and 2 of the British Lure Angling Championships:
“Catching 12cm Perch may not be to every lure angler’s liking but it is certainly a way to qualify in this fantastic new championship.
Nice Canal Pike
Very happy with this one. Went walkabouts yesterday and managed to find a stretch of the K&A with a decent Pike in residence.
PB Brown Trout
Okay, it’s closed season, but this bycatch Brown Trout was very welcome after a drought (fish not rain!)