New personal best Bass

People:Me

Duration:3hrs

Tide:High and dropping

Weather:Moderate NW wind, dry

Bait: Various hard and soft plastic lures

Rigs:

Results:1 Pollock 12cm, 1 Bass 72cm




Report:The smallest and the biggest. Decided to try a spot that is throwing up some bigger fish of late. Got to the mark just at high tide to fish the drop over the reefs. Not much action for the first hour or so, until the light began to fade. I was fishing an IMA Sasuke 105 and thought i could feel a little wiggle. Low and behold when i got it in this plucky little pollock punching well above his weight was hooked up.

I fished on into darkness with no action at all. I was beginning to wonder if it was time to call it a day when WALLOP, something larger than i had ever felt before hooked up and started to strip line from my reel. He took off about 40ft before i could reighn him in again. He repeated this about 4 or 5 times before i finally managed to get him onto the sand.

I knew it was a decent fish by the way he fought but it wasnt until i saw him in the flesh that i realised i had a new personal best. He weighed in at 8lb 2oz and was quite chunky for his 72cm length. It was a huge adrenaline rush and i am still shaking and smiling almost a day later. I took a couple of quick photos and got him back in the water. After a couple of mins he recovered enough to swim asually away. The sight of him swimming away intact almost topped the feeling of being previlaged to land such a beautiful fish in such good condition.

IMG_0111.JPG

IMG_0119.JPG

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

nice one bassy tom! congrats on the p.b!
savage bass!

nice one. congrats

Great stuff and know what you mean about the pleasure of watching them swim away , great result all round

Nice looking bass, well done.

Lovely Bass, well done I like that Pollock's ambition though!

Already gave ya a like in Facebook pal.
Sure it's a bass here's another

Nice one, well done.

well done Bassy Tom. crackin fish!
nice story

Beaut of a Bass, fair play to ya for releasing.

Nice bass well done


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

good man tom you stuck at it and it paid off bigtime cracking fish.

Nice bass well done on the pb.

Absolute Beauty, well done .

congrats thats a cracker

Lovely fish. Well done

Nice fish Tom. Nothing to beat catching fish of this size on a lure rod.

Well done Tom on your PB Bass.

A lovely fish, the last line of your report says it all.

smashing bass ,,,, well done