My first lure caught bass!29/04/13

People:Me and a mate

Duration:10.30-21.45

Tide:All stages

Weather:Sun splitting the stones and the odd shower(Sunburnt head on someone who had pulled a sicky from work!)

Lures:Sp's, hard lures and casting jigs.

Catching gear:Teklon Concept 702ml, Stradic Ci4 3000, 20lb braid

Results:Me 1x trout, 1xBass. Mate 1xTrout, 1xBass




Report:Hit the road on a spur of the moment trip yesterday morning. Got to the first mark and my mate was in to a fish first with a 1 1/2lb trout on a mini xlayer. I fished a giant xlayer for an hour without a touch so I stuck on a pink duo press bait and trew it out. I hit a fish on the second sink and draw that turned out to be a trout of around 2 1/2lb. Released the fish and cast out again, the bait had only hit the water when I got hit again, this was a better fish and was stripping line at distance. The fish jumped out of the water and threw the hook, don't know how cause it was a decoy single hook. What made it worse was the lure that had tempted two fish in two casts got snagged nearly at my feet, I filled my waders trying to get it back but it was a lost cause. We fished several different marks during the day in perfect conditions with crystal clear water and birds working in close without a touch of a fish with only a few very expensive lures lost for our troubles. Arrived at the last mark of the day as light was starting to fade. My mate hit a fish after around 30mins fishing, a very welcomed schoolie of around 2lbs on a feed shallow. Feed shallow on so! My mate lost another fish in close which made me even more optimistic. At last I hit in to a fish, my first lure caught bass of 3.85lbs on a feed shallow. All the failed trips, blanks and lost lures were now forgotten! We fished on in to darkness but had no more takes. Already planning the next trip!

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Fair play lovely session ,congrats on the bass

Nice session

nice fish could be a good year for u

congrats on your first lure Bass, and a nice one it is, may there be many to follow!

Nice one timod a big well done

nice ones lads ,sunburnt head =possible scarlet fever

Well done Tim! Made up for you.

Big well done I'm still trying to get one on the lure now I'm going fishing.

Nice fish, well done...

nice fish

Great stuff Tim!!

Nice one Tim,you're screwed now kid,bass fever will start to kick in.was the other fella with ya sounds like him anyway feed shallows and xlayers the usual bling stuff.

Cheers for all the replies and kind words lads!

Nice one Tim,you're screwed now kid,Bass fever will start to kick in.was the other fella with ya sounds like him anyway feed shallows and xlayers the usual bling stuff.

Yeah Gavin it was the other lad alright, your right about the bass fever kicking in only Im pretty sure I had the fever a long time ago without ever catching one, don't know what will become of me know

Congrats Tim very well done and a nice way to forget about all the lost gear. Will be going out over the weekend with the lures..

Nice one tim pity about the lost fish

only seen this report now, very well deserved some nice fish tim fair play to you