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Some stunning bass for our anglers on their last morning, including a cracker...
Sometimes fishing seems to look upon us anglers and decides to give us a bit of a break. We got a bit of a hammering with some strong NW winds a couple of days ago and we struggled for a few small bass...
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A lovely bass to start things off out here
On our first day with our first group of anglers here in Kerry, we worked our way around a couple of marks and ended up in an area that is particularly stunning and can throw up good bass, pollack and...
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Heading over to Ireland tonight
I would usually be on the way to Fishguard right now, but for some reason there isn’t a StenaLine afternoon ferry over to Rosslare today so I am on the 01.30am tonight. It’s due in at 05.30 tomorrow...
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A bit of a punt pays off and it really gets you thinking
Gotta hand all credit to Mark here, because it was him who suggested we go take a look at some ground we had been talking about but had never physically been to. On the radar as such, but I was...
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A somewhat surreal morning after (the tuna madness) - can the water sometimes...
I had no intention of going fishing the morning after my day out photographing those farm animals in Mount’s Bay - this blog post here - but I got back home late in the evening and I was buzzing. I...
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Photographed some bluefin tuna fishing, absolutely incredible to see, plus a...
My words won’t come anywhere close to doing justice to how incredible this UK big game fishery is that is now prevalent here in the UK, because bloody hell it was incredible to witness. Having now...
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Was it lure type, lure profile, lure colour, or just good luck? The return……
If you go back and take a look at Friday’s blog post, I detailed how Ben who I ran into caught a bunch of bass in some bouncy and very weedy conditions. I caught bass before I ran into him, but when I...
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Got photos of a cracking bass being landed yesterday, can’t plan this sort of...
I came away from fishing yesterday with a bunch of photographs I am really proud of, but when I sit down and think about the session and the fishing and how it unfolded, once again it’s banged home to...
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Have bass always been doing all these different things but we simply didn’t...
If you are reading this then I have to assume that you have at least a passing interest in lure fishing for (European sea) bass, but what I don’t know is how or why you got into it, how long you have...
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Crystal clear water is great for seeing, but does a bit of chop and colour...
Mark and I had a situation yesterday morning where we wanted to return to an area which is gradually starting to reveal way more secrets to us than we had initially thought, but the wind had changed...
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When a last minute change of plan turns out to be very interesting
For all the different weather and surf/swell apps that I am sure most of us use to try and get a good idea of what’s going on out there as regards bass fishing conditions, they are not at all...
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If a double figure bass is (or was?) the dream fish for a bass angler, what’s...
I know I’m getting old, but perhaps I am a bit old fashioned as well? When I brought a bass to hand that I caught at range on a 35g Seeker yesterday, I estimated it at about 3lbs before unhooking it...
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We’ve got a new Savage Gear bass fishing video up on YouTube
I’m not very good at all this social media promotional stuff and so on, but I did some filming up in North Wales a few months ago with some good people from Savage Gear UK - and the results are now up...
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Favorite Blue Bird Sharp Jig 862M-T 8’6’’ 5-20g and 832ML-T 8'3'' 4-16g lure...
Best value for money lure rods I have ever come across? I have considered messaging my Favorite contact to ask if the company had made a mistake with its pricing for these two lure rods, the Favorite...
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Back down to earth with a bump when I made the classic sight-fishing mistake...
Just when you think you’re getting to grips with the whole sight-fishing ninja thing then fishing does what it does so well - brings you right back down to earth with a sharp bump! As per my blog post...
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My biggest sight-fished bass so far, also the first time I have properly...
Not for one second did I think that sight-fishing for these amazing fish would become yet another part to this endlessly fascinating puzzle that we call lure fishing for bass. It’s not a common...
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Sakura Dark Player 8102 M+ 8'10'' 7-25g lure rod review (it’s easily a 30g+...
In most respects this rather stunning Sakura Dark Player 8102 M+ 8'10'' 7-25g lure rod is an easy fishing rod to review - it’s bloody good - indeed the only “negative” as such is that I think Sakura...
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I think this creature bait stuff is teaching me so much more about bass...
I saw some anglers fishing in an estuary the other day and the first thing which struck me was something I wouldn’t have thought too much about before I really started getting into the stealthier side...
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I always keep a close eye on a good angler fishing his local patch, those...
Sorry for the lack of posts last week, but I was away seeing my wife and girls in the Isle of Wight. I was determined to do loads of running, and I did, but thanks to a very kind local angler, I also...
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I reckon that’s the fastest I’ve seen a bass hit a lure, first one on a...
Bear with me here. Back in March 2008 I was photographing fishing for golden dorado out in Argentina, and one fish in particular has stuck with me ever since. I was out there as a photographer, but...
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