Species BASS (Dicentrarchus Labrax)
Shore Caught record - 19-00-00 South Breakwater, Dover D. L. Bourne 1988
Boat record - 19-09-02 off Reculver, Herne Bay P. McEwan 1987
Fishing season -All year although May to December are the most productive
Likely Shore Locations - Sandy Beaches , Estuaries, Tidal Races, Broken Weedy shallow Ground. Places with water movement structure and food. The list is endless with Bass.
Geographic area -Bass are distributed around most of the UK coastline . The lower half of England still has the greatest concentration of mature fish
Methods
Bass love to feed close to shore and often in low light conditions in shallow water , this provides a great opportunity for the Saltwater fly fisherman to target the species especially at Dawn and Dusk. Floating and intermediate lines will suffice for most UK Bass fishing situations.
Flies
The range of flies that will capture Bass within our inshore waters is huge although this can be whittled down to a few key patterns . Size and shape will be the deciding factor most of the time. The ‘’A’ List UK Bass fishing flies would be
Clouser Minnow Size 1 - 4 # Colors - Olive and White , Charteruse and white , Orange and Black , Pink and White for schoolies
Leftys Deciever . Size 2/0 - 2 # Colours Blue and White, Charteruse and White , All white ,
Gurglers and Poppers. The size 2 # Gurgler is a great choice of fly , it has a great top water action and will cast on lightweight tackle with ease. Large Poppers require heavier lines and a strong hauling technique and are well suited to Surf or Choppy conditions.
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