Halloween Bass

popped out today on the high tide small tide but choppy. The wind dropping whilst we were out

The first fish fell to me and was around 3lbs it was caught on a snot green Jersey wonder in  towards Green island gutter.

Derek was not catching on his black shad so swapped to a white Jersey wonder and immediately took a fish around 2.5lbs.This was where we cut through from Greve D'azette to Green Island

He then took another one on the inshore reef at Greve D'azette

A pleasant Afternoon

a late decision saw us out for the afternoon on a beautiful afternoon. 32 ft tide slight northerly wind I decided that we should try some of the deeper marks and headed off the Demi where Derek had his 10lb fish

Derek was using a senko worm and cast out to hook a fish just over 3lbs. You could see another larger fish following the hooked fish up The next fish hooked was the larger fish taken on a white Jersey Wonder.

the fish weighed in at just over 5lbs I took a fish of just over 4lbs caught at twin peaks caught on a lime green jersey wonder Derek had one further fish of just over 3lbs

Bad weather and few fish

good tides and October should produce plenty of fish So Thursday I took a couple of hours off to go out with Derek.Despite a good forecast wind was southerly 4 with a heavy swell making it hard going even rough . We had 4 fish before giving up. Following day out with Derek at Seymour produced only 8 fish. I had a fish over 3lbs at the Oyster beds whilst there were a few in the Lagoon.

The Bass festival started yesterday with gusting force 7 winds making it difficult to fish. There is a report of a 7lb fish being caught.I have just received my bill for repairing my starter motor on my boat again. I do not know why it needs cleaning so often

Bad start to the day

arriving at La Collette to start a nice day fishing resulted in find that the engine would not start, more money. We then had to make do with our emergency boat or more correctly Derek's. Launching from Millards corner it was not long before I had 2 wrasse around the 2lb Mark. I then took a similar size bass at Micks cross through mark. I took another fish near Icho where I drifted onto rocks previously.

I think we had a total of 6 bass but a lot were small coming from the reef at he end of Green Island Gutter
This afternoon I have been making more lures this time a creamy green colour and  also a nice black one

Good Friday

Out once again with Derek towards Icho first light on a small low tide. The height of the tide being about 27ft tide

A number of fish came to the boat well 9 for Derek and 3 for me a lot of fish came near where I cut through to La hocq. The biggest fish weighed around 4lbs today witha few at 3lbs and a fair number of small fish, these were caught towards Green Island gutter.

 Most of the fish caught on homemade lures

Out on a quick trip

Thought I go out this afternoon a small tide which was falling with a stiff Northerly wind First fish was a wrasse of about 2lbs caught on a mauve coloured homemade lure caught at flat rock

Moving on to the back of Green island reef produced a small fish on a white lure

Moving on to where I cut through to La Hocq produced 2 fish weighing about 3.5lbs each

a further two fish came to the boat around the 2.5lb mark one caught at Gannet Gulley and the last was at the reef in Green Island Gutter

Another 11 fish on homemade lures

Wel another lovely summer type day with Easterly winds and temperatures up to 23 degrees Fishing mainly around Gannet Gulley resulted in 11 fish for Derek and I caught on white coloured Jersey Wonders weights ranged from 2lbs and 4.5lbs

Due to the fact that these lures seem to be working well I have made some different coloured lures which I intend to try out over the next few weeks.

Another great sunny day

Despite the forecast of force 4-5 easterly winds the sun shone on us today with a good 38ft tide. Mick ward was following us today but we could not find the big fish we had yesterday. Derek started the day off with a fish of around 2.5lbs and this was the average weight for most of the day.


11 fish came to the boat today well I had 6 and Derek had 5 most coming from around and near gannet gulley just prior and after low.All the fish were caught on homemade lures.We shall see what tomorrow brings

Homemade lures really do work

It has been a while and  the conditions wer not good with an easterly force 4 but a good 38ft tide. So out with Derek towards Sh*T gulley eventually resulted in a 6.5 lb fish caught on a white homemade lure. Moving onto the back of Icho near to SH*T rock resulted in an 8lb fish for me and quickly followed by a 6.5 lb fish.Not much more but a further small 1.5lb fish again took my homemade lure