Will the Bass turn up this weekend?

The first set of Spring tides in May, has traditionally been my benchmark for the start of the Bass season. We normally see an influx of smaller Bass in the 2-3lb range, and reports from Kimmeridge and Ringstead indicate that some are starting to show. However, as I mentioned last week the bait fish have not arrived in numbers yet, so that may well delay the Bass. There are plenty of large Bass being caught by Commercial Bass boats towards the Isle of White and St Albans head.

Personally I will be out trying for some Bass this weekend. At the early part of the season, I normally head towards Kimmeridge and Ringstead, but after being caught up in a landslip at Kimmeridge last year, I wont be going there again. I urge anyone to either avoid that area or take great care to not go under the cliffs.

9lb Bass

This year I will probably start off at the reefs around Sandsfoot Castle, as the Bass normally come in looking for Peeler Crabs. Fresh Peeler are without a doubt one of the best ways to target fish, other than by lure. If you want to find out how to find Peeler Crab and how to prepare them, then have a look at these couple of videos I produced.

One piece of good news is that the Mackerel are about in good numbers now. Reports from the tackle shop at Abbotsbury indicate that they are being caught in good numbers down that end of the beach.

What’s not so good is the lack of Plaice. Don’t get me wrong, there are Plaice around on Chesil, but not as many as you would expect.

As part of our new catch & cook series of videos, we decided to produce a filleting one. Gavin Parsons shows how to fillet a Pollock, but the same techniques can be used on most of the common white round fish in the UK.

There are good numbers of Squid being caught from Brighton and a few from Plymouth. There is no reason for them not to come from the piers at Weymouth.

Guiding on lures and bait: now the the weather is starting to improve I will be concentrating on Lure fishing again. Although we can’t take any Bass we can still fish for them. I am limiting my guides to 100 this year, which is a 30% drop from last year. I want to concentrate more on creating videos. However we can offer guided services in Poole and Plymouth, as well as the North East of England. If you would like to be a Fishing Tails guide then please contact us for more details.

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