ollie Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hi guys. I do a bit of spinning from the rocks during the long summer evenings, using a silver toby. I like getting out for an hour or 2 and catching the odd fish. What I want to know is has anyone done much spinning off the shore yet or is it a bit early? We are to have good weather this weekend so might get a trip out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebrown Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I did a bit in Cornwall in early may and had some interest (2 hookups, 2 hook pulls ) so its always worth a chuck. I would say this is the perfect time to start bassing in earnest but Im not the most experianced lure angler so others will have a better idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Perfect time now...I am off to gower for a few days in the morning an I will be taking lures and the fly rod as well as standard beach gear and hoping to get plenty of schoolies and maybe some bigger bass as well. I woul have said you can successfully spin from may through to the end of september (which is when the bigger bass tend to turn up) but bass are mow present around UK coastlines all year round and there are plenty of other species which will readily take lure such as pollack, wrasse, mackerel, scad, garfish etc etc. Good luck with the lures and without sounding condescending, please make sure you know the minimum size limits, especially for bass as they are really slow growing. Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebrown Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I seem to remember that the bass limit is smaller than the size they need to be to breed, essentially fish nthat are legal to take, but havnt had a chance to spawn. I dont often take bass but I try to only take fish of over about 450mm nose to tail fork. Just out of interest what do you guys use as leader? Mine goes: Snaplock to 25lb Flurocarbon (about 2-3 foot long) to Swivel to 30lb braid. Im mostly working shallow divers and shads round rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I had 8 macks and a pollock off Brixham breakwater whilst on holiday easter BBQ same nite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Went tonight for an hour or 2 from the rocks and didn't even get a hit. Aw well it got me out of the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 8lb main line straight through ,bayer perlon ,maxima, best one for me near rocks is Trileen,its tops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I seem to remember that the bass limit is smaller than the size they need to be to breed, essentially fish nthat are legal to take, but havnt had a chance to spawn. I dont often take bass but I try to only take fish of over about 450mm nose to tail fork. Fairplay to you mate, it seems pointless when theres no quota on Bass and the boats can harvest whatever they want but as a matter of principle I fish along the same lines as you. I only kill what is clearly not going to make it or is horribly injured. A treble in the eye or a deep hooked fish thats bleeding gets the priest instantly regardless of size and nothing gets wasted. I was gutting an undersized mercy kill last week that was no more than 12 inches and she was ready to spawn. This flies in the face of the popular belief that they dont spawn until 16.5 inches. Whether the eggs were viable or not is another matter but its incouraging that they may be spawning younger. I was a bit upset when I saw Bass of less than 12 inches on the slab in Hastings earlier today. They were marked up as local and the guy proudly comfirmed that they were when questioned. I thought the 14 inch limit covered the whole of Europe. Its not morally right to throw back dead fish whether they are undersized or not but at the same time it makes you wonder whether they were deliberately targetted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I'd tend to leave it later in the year over here Ollie. Depends on where you go though. I mostly catch Blockin or Pollock this time of the year close to St. John's point out on the boat, and all with moulded pirks I made myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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