A sample of some of the many success stories from our readers
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Some of the bass you’ve caught.
Dean Adams, from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, caught this 9lb 9oz personal best bass on a mackerel wrap presented. “It was a weird – a bit of weed about and no bites, until a slack liner out of nowhere produced this cracker,” said Dean.
Asa Lucy’s first bass since lockdown restrictions were eased was a personal best fish of 5lb 13oz. The angler, from East Wittering, West Sussex, was fishing at Bracklesham Bay and caught it on an up-andover rig baited with a whole herring. He also caught some smaller bass, baby smoothhounds, dogfish and pouting.
Bristol angler Tony Irwin fished the upper Bristol Channel and landed this 7lb 12oz bass, which was 73cm long, on a three-hook clipped rig with size 2 hooks baited with lugworm.
Benjamin Cannings, from Wiltshire, got out boat fishing for the first time since lockdown. Fishing on Silver Spray charters out of Poole, he boated a 10lb 3oz bass.
Bass fishing in the Cleethorpes area of Lincolnshire has produced some good fish. Here’s a 7lb 2oz fish caught on a peeler crab by Paul Chilver, of Hull.
John Francis landed this 5lb 8oz bass on a Pennell pulley rig baited with crab while fishing at Port Talbot.
Harvey Clews caught this bass on his third cast while fishing locally at Swansea. The 8lb 8oz fish took a Sidewinder Bass Stick at low tide.
This 5lb bass is a personal best for Harry Tempel, of Newton Abbot, who fished a mark along the Bristol Channel. “So happy, the fish gave a great fight and was in perfect condition,” he said.
This 14lb bass was caught and released by Sean Dixon, while fishing locally at Cardiff. He used a squid bait cast out 25 yards on an up-andover rig.
A squid bait produced this 6lb bass for Richard Johnson, of Sheffield, who was fishing at Kilnsea, East Yorks.
Fishing at a North Norfolk beach, Alastair McCaig, of Fakenham, Norfolk, caught this eightpounder on a Pennell pulley rig with size 2/0 and 3/0 hooks baited with lugworms.