Float fishing for Bass

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Ro Murray
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Float fishing for Bass

#1 Post by Ro Murray »

Hi guys,
Going to try a little float fishing for Bass from rocks down south along the Waterford coast.
Any suggestions on best bait ??

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Re: Float fishing for Bass

#2 Post by henrykelly10 »

some rag' or crab' i heard a guy got a big bass on hermit crab on float worth a shot :wink:
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Re: Float fishing for Bass

#3 Post by darrenh »

if you can catch some live pollock,mack or sandeel even better
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Re: Float fishing for Bass

#4 Post by Spruce »

I have had more than acceptable catch rates with ordinary "hard" crab under a float. just search for the smaller ones, those around the size of a 50p coin seems to work...for me anyway!
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Re: Float fishing for Bass

#5 Post by yellow peril »

Was out the other day fishing for bass and we used shrimp with a float and we got one bout 5lbs in a estuary
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Re: Float fishing for Bass

#6 Post by sailnfish »

darrenh wrote:if you can catch some live pollock,mack or sandeel even better
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+1 . I have never float fished for Bass myself but I have seen lovely Bass caught on small live pollock under a float. Good luck with it :)
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Re: Float fishing for Bass

#8 Post by chuckaroo »

sailnfish wrote:
darrenh wrote:if you can catch some live pollock,mack or sandeel even better
:wink:
+1 . I have never float fished for Bass myself but I have seen lovely Bass caught on small live pollock under a float. Good luck with it :)
+2. undoubtedly the best method. any of these fish will do
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