SEA BASS ON LURES

As can be seen from my videos on you tube most of my bass are caught in rocky shallow water with gulleys running paralell with the shoreline. These gulleys are like mini highways for the bass and the tide is the traffic lights, when the tide fills the gulleys that gives the bass the green light to enter and feed on small fish or crabs etc.. When fishing near gulleys you need to be very careful of the  rockpools between them and as  the tide floods in and you have to have an escape route just in case of big waves and swells. Always have an up to date tide timetable and make sure you know your location in low water especially if there are any snags about. One only has to see how many people have been killed by rock fishing over the last few years to understand that it is dangerious, but if you take these precautions and fish with a buddy you can have an enjoyable past time. I will be putting up a list of things that i use and do just to make sure that i have a good day out and don't have any problems while rockfishing. Always keep an eye on  the waves and watch out for rogue waves or big swells.


(1) Have an upto date tide timetable.
(2) Know your mark in low water.
(3) Fish with a buddy.
(4) Let someone know where you are and what time you are due home.
(5) Check your phone coverage and make sure you have the emergency number on speed dial in case you
     have a problem with your hands etc.
(6) Know the weather for that day especially wind strenght.
(7) Check out the nearest house to where you are fishing just in case of emergency.
(8) Mars bars and water, always have some food.
(9) If your not a good swimmer an automatic life jacket is a must because if you bang your head a manual
      jacket will not inflate......
(10) Footwear ( rubber sole and spike boots only ) NOTHING ELSE WILL DO, I HAVE HAD TOO
        MANY FALL'S SO I KNOW THESE WORK.
(11) A good jacket gortex or better, waterproof and windproof.
(12) A lighter and small torch.

      I will be going into the clothing and footwear in more depth soon with some audio and video footage on you tube and then i will share my tackle and equipment tips for catching the big bass.