BASSING-JERSEY

fog and pollack

2012-02-24T19:56:00.000Z

The day started off a bit misty as I headed off in amongst the gutters on the East Coast of Jersey.I thought I might pick up a stray bass but that was not to be. I thought I might try out the savagear sandeel slug. I attached it to a 7gm jig head and arrived at one of my favourite reefs that was slowly uncovering with a fast ron of tide over it.

I know that any fish are always at one end of the reef so adjusted my drift to pass it . Immediately I began to hit pollack of around the 3.5lb a decent size for about 12foot of water. A lot of the fish seemed to be stuffed with what looked like butterfish or something similar.

Nantes 2012

2012-02-03T17:37:00.000Z

Having returned from Nantes last week I though I would just give an update of what I saw learnt etc.Certainly the show was not as big as last year and certainly visitors seemed to be less. Having said that it was ineteresting to listen to some of the guys there and also to see the Monster Tackle gang there, buying goods.

What caught my eye were the new castiac eels made for the French market I have bought a couple of packs to try.Also I liked the new sinking z claw which would be handy under certain circumstances.

New hooks are coming on the market which I am told by Ultimate guides as having been very successful last year.

A number of metal lures are coming on the market also ultimate have a weight for getting tiny soft plastics down in deep water to fish for bream etc.

I am sorry there are no photos at present but I will update with more info when I have tested the items. I must say I like the look of the savagegear sandeel slugs which Monster tackle have on sale. I saw them at the show and look like they will be a big hit this season. Cannot wait to try them out.

Nantes 2012

2012-01-21T10:56:00.000Z

5 days to go before the Jersey contingent set off for the show at Nantes. Numerous exhibitors will be there as usual. I will update the blog with the latest items so watch this space.

Windy Start 2012

2012-01-08T10:48:00.000Z

Wet and windy start to 2012 so that means that I have not fished so far, this coupled with the fact that my boat is currently at St.Helier Marina makes it more difficult to get out.

Off to Nantes in a few weeks to see what new stuff is available, it should be a good trip down there with Mick from Mr Fish and also Tom from Monster tackle is making the trip. Hopefully I may get out before then

Some 2011 Fish

2011-12-20T18:10:00.000Z

Here are a few fish from 2011 Have a great Xmas and thanks to Tom from Monster Tackle for allowing me to test some gear and for selling me that great Century Rod

Last fish for December

2011-12-18T11:31:00.002Z

With Derek jetting off to New Zealand for 3 months and horrendous gales I think the fishing is over for December.


Greedy fish inhaled the surface lure

However we did get out a couple of times last week which resulted in a few fish on surface lures in shallow water taken at a reef near to the MB. The fish were holding there as the tide turned from low
into the flood.


Derek with a fish around 4lbs

The fish were more plentiful when there was a bit of chop on the water, the following day it was flat calm and this resulted in only 4 fish compared to the 7 the day before.

Fishing is likely to be hard over the next few months and will probably be restricted to Pollack and LRF fishing

December Bass

2011-12-03T15:37:00.000Z

Managed to get out at half tide as my boat is on a temp mooring in St.Helier marina. We set off to LHG and at Micks corner Derek put on a black redgill as the water was cloudy. He immediately took a bass around the 2.5lb mark, we moved off up LHG and as there was a heavy swell running we decided to try a head where white water was around it. Both using surface lures we both hooked up to fish at the same time weighing in at 2.5lb.

The swell picked up and we had to move towards EC where Derek took another fish on a white redgill

More surface action

2011-11-28T15:40:00.000Z

The last trip of the year out in Derek's boat before he goes off to New Zealand so we ventured out in a force 4 sothweaterley wind making conditions verytough. The drift was extremely fast. Derek started the ball rolling with a bass of around 2lbs near the oobeds I took one on a soft plastic (sakura magic eel) at the same spot. Things got difficult with Derek picking up a fish at finger rock on the surface whilst I took one on a surface in the lagoon.The point was disappointing so we went off to the reefs in the middle.

Derek cast his lure in amongst some weed and was immediatel hit by a fish that weighed in around the 5lb mark.Derek took another one at this spot before moving inshore.

As the tide came in the fish turned up for a very short spell where we took 4 more fish on surface lures and shimmer eels.

Surface Fun

2011-11-25T17:15:00.000Z

Out with Derek at first light the conditions looked great for a few hungry fish wanting to feed. However it was not to be and it was not until we went to the offshore reef that Derek took his first bass around the 2.5lb mark. This was on a shimmer eel.

In the meantime I was busy catching pollack. Derek took another fish at this reef before moving off up to finger rock, where Derek took yet another fish.

We moved up to thepoint and the fish were hard to find. I put on a bass arrow and immediately got hit by a fish of 4lb. After this the fish disappeared and we made our way up to the OB after the tide turned. Fish again were not there.

A short time the fish appeared on the Eastern side Derek continued to take fish on his Patchinko. I changed to a z claw and took a nice fish of 6.5 lbs and a fish of 2.5lbs. We had a total of 10 fish well Derek had 7 of them.

A few brace of bass

2011-11-20T15:01:00.000Z

Out with Derek this morning, nice sunny day but a small 27ft tide and a heavy swell running in amongst the rocks. First cast for Derek resulted in a fish taking Derek's red gill and snapping him off. Things became quiet and no fish were showing interest in the surface lures.

Deek put on a black redgill as we approached a reef of rocks near Micks Corner that were just showing a cast just to the side of the white foaming water resulted in a fish taking the red gill. The fish came to the boat and weighed in at 5.5 lbs before it was released back into the sea.

Derek later took another fish around the 2lb mark again on the black redgill
whilst all I had for the day was poxy polloack

This coupled with the 2 bass we had the other afternoon it would seem that things are slowing down maybe with the sea temp dropping

A trip with Steve

2011-11-11T13:46:00.000Z

Out today on a 32ft tide, the forecast was bad so Derek was walking down Steve Olsen came and we started off at LHG where at Micks point I hooked into a fish on the first cast not big around 2lbs. Second cast I hooked and lost another fish.

Fishing became difficult for some reason and we ventured round to the point where Steve picked a nice 4.5lb fish on a soft plastic on his light gear this was followed up with a smaller fish. We caught quiet a few pollack which coughed up bits of squid and we also caught a number of snipe.

We made our way back to LHG where I caught another bass around the 2lb mark

Dull Day but brighter finish

2011-11-08T15:11:00.000Z

Arriving at the slipway at first light this morning the conditions did not look good with a 3-4 easterly wind and a fairly heavy swell. Derek decided to go as the wind was forecast to drop.

It was too choppy to fish standing up but Derek soon had a fish at PS around the 3lb mark on a slider, but it was very difficult. Moving onto another reef I placed my Patchinko in almost against the rocks when it was immediately hit by a fish of around 4lbs.

Fish became scarce and I took one fish on a sakura magic eel. Having been out since 7am and only 3 fish in the bag in 4.5 hours it was pretty depressing.

We moved into shallow water the IOB where we knew fish will often turn up just after low tide. I switched to a white z claw which I had got from Micks. For some reason it was difficult to use staying just under the water, perhaps had not rigged it right.

We could see some fish on the surface as conditions had improved. I was immediately into a fish around the 3lb mark

We took a total of 17 fish in this area bringing our total to 20 fish for the morning out.This brightened the day up

Weather Window

2011-11-05T13:47:00.000Z

Decided to get out today with Derek before the wind came up.First light on a low 26ft tide, northerly wind resulted in 8 fish all caught at LHG.
Derek was using a duel magnet surface lure which far outfished the Patchinko I was using.First cast at Micks corner resulted in a fish between 4-5 chasing Derek's lure up to the boat before turning away.

I took a small fish of around 2lb on a Sakura magic eel.We took 8 fish this morning nothing bigger than 3.5lbs

Top water action

2011-10-29T17:40:00.000+01:00

I have promised to keep this as secret as possible and never to divulge the identity of this fisherman who has been persuaded today to love topwater lures,He also goes by the name of Steve Olsen.

Setting off this morning with a 38ft tide and a slight northerly wind the undientified male was smuggled onboard as we headed east out of the harbour

We stopped off at a spot not far from the harbour and using a stinger slider eel which Tom from MONSTER TACKLE had given me to try I was soon into a bass of around 2.5lbs This lure continued to attract fish throughout
the afternoon.

2 more fish quickly fell to this eel whilst my mystery guest had managed 1 fish

As the tide was dropping fast we made our way east

stopping at the next mark we were immediately into bass with a couple of fish being landed between 3-4lbs

The secret fisherman then took a bream on a nanjo

Early Morning Start

2011-10-21T14:12:00.000+01:00

Having been out yesterday and only catching one fish, we decided an early morning start would be better. The tides are extremely small this week . At first there was no wind but picked up to a force 3-4 this coupled with a swell made it a bit choppy.

First stop was a gulley at LH where we know fish will wait for the tide begin to flood, first casts with a patchinko and a skimmer for Derek result in fish attacking the lures, Derek hooking a fish for a few minutes before it came off.

Next cast for me and a fish was on and a fish of around 3.5lbs came to the boat.
a further two fish of a similar size were caught at this point before they moved off

We moved on further and I switched to a white gulp lure and immediately took another fishThis pattern continued with fish staying on the marks for a short period of time only. We ended up with 9 fish nothing bigger than 3.5lbs but good sport on an Autumn Friday morning

Surface Action

2011-10-17T15:42:00.000+01:00

A sunday afternoon,with a light westerley wind and a 32ft low, I made my way to EC not far from my mooring and tried out a small patchinko.

First cast into a small gulley and a fish around 3lb was on, next cast another fish of the same size, next cast another fish the gulley seemed to be packed with fish. I took one more fish at this spot. Picking Paul up we made our way east to Mick Wards corner. The tide was just turning and the fish were there I took another 3 at this spot then further up the gutter another two. Paul of course had none.

Alternative Bass festival

2011-10-15T18:49:00.001+01:00

with Jersey Baas Festival in full swing, Derek and I have been out and about over the last few days Wednesday produced 18 fish in heavy drizzle mostly caught at the point n shimmer eels, Yesterday we were out around IT in an easterly wind produced only two fish around the 2.5lb mark.

Today was a day for better fish but the hot and calm conditions made it difficult and most fish were again taken at the point, Derek taking two 5lb fish in quick succession. followed by some 4lb fish. We ended up with 9

More teaching

2011-10-02T12:23:00.002+01:00

The day after I taught my son how to fish again I was out with my brother in law and a friend from England. We started off the day at LHG were a couple of fish were caught on Mick's corner before moving onto twin peaks where I picked up a fish of around 4lbs.

This was swiftly followed by another fish of around the same size caught on the other side of the reef at IT

Moving onto the point where we picked up more fish, The tide was big and the conditions were again calm. The fish took yum worms and shimmer eels

Teaching my son how to fish

2011-09-29T19:37:00.001+01:00

Out today with my son (aged 28 years). He decided that he knew best on how to catch fish. The conditions were not good hot flat calm and a very big tide. This coupled by a fishing boat shooting a net within 10ft of our boat right across a large gulley.

Well I started with two fish just over 2.5 lb caught on shimmer eels before we moved on further east, by this time my son was choosing a new lure to put on despite me telling him to keep to a lure that works.a further 5 fish came to the boat all around the 2lb mark. Unfortunately all to me. By now the tide was extremely low and we moved out to deeper water where the tide was still running.

Bang a fish was on my eel again and this time it was going like a train, where was my son, sunbathing so I had to net it myself

The fish was just over the 5lb mark

We switched to surface lures and eventually my son caught a bass of around 2lbs. We ended up with 10 bass, he caught one of those.

good fishing in choppy waters

2011-09-26T17:12:00.001+01:00

Out with Derek yesterday in a force 4, Mick and Bob were out fishing gdz and they had 14fish up to 5lbs, we moved on to lh gutter were I took a number of fish using yum worms. This was on the falling tide and as the tide changed they seemed to switch to shimmer eels.

We also had 14 fish up to 5lbs

Same old, Same old

2011-09-24T14:07:00.000+01:00

Out with Derek this morning, another lovely day, a small tide of 28ft It was not destined to be a good day for me as everything I threw at them they did not want to know but just wanted shimmer eels. We ended up with 11 fish the biggest being about 3lbs

Most were caught at the point when the tide turned

Lovely calm day

2011-09-23T16:46:00.000+01:00

Out first thing this morning with Derek, testing some of the lures I had purchased in America. The one in the photo is a trigger lure which worked well this morning.

Very small tide meaning the fish were not very big, the biggest being about 2.5lbs. We ended up with 12 fish some at the offshore obs, also the reef and the inshore Obs. The surface lures were not working today although it was flat calm.

Couple of Early Morning Starts

2011-08-20T12:58:00.000+01:00

During the last few days Derek and I have been out early morning fishing leh gutter, but the sight of longliners laying line after line.

Yesterday the weather was more overcast and a bit more breeze than today seemed to make it easier to catch fish on the surface. We took a number up to 3.5lbs I think we had 7 at lehg before moving back to EC where we had a further 6 fish.

Today was a different matter with only 1 fish coming from LEHG, as the area was surrounded by longliners we made our way back to EC. This time I tried a Sakura Magic Eeel that Tom from Monster Tackle had given me to try.

Immediately I was taking fish compared to Derek who was trying the shimmer eels. I took fish fish before Derek took another.. We had a total of 9 fish this morning. This will be my last post until Mid September

Bad Day Good Day

2011-08-16T19:30:00.000+01:00

Sorry if this post is a bit long but probably my last for a few weeks whilst I take a well deserved holiday from fishing. Out with Derek today no that is not the bad day but having seen a diver out and about whom we know he took great pleasure in coming up to our boat to show us a double figure bass that he had shoot in the head and was now in his cool box. Well done Mike Shearer as we said at the time it is alway great to see a dead bass laying in the bottom of the boat.

Clearly he realised our disgust and left us to get on with our fishing

The day started as per normal with most fish coming on surface lures

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A couple of good fish attempted to take the surface lures but missed, I took a smaller fish on a plastic prawn once again,(sorry Tom no photo as it spat the lure when it was netted.

Just after low tide with about 12 fish having been caught I went back to my shimmer eel, fished again slowly I took a couple of smaller fish up to 2lbs. I then had a gentle pluck as I let the eel fall then the fish that was on decided it was going to swim in a different direction. The drag on the van staal was as smooth as ever, and it is times like this you appreciate the quality of the reel. The fish went off on a number of good runs in the 8ft of water.

The first glimpse of the fish and Derek said it was about 4-5lbs what does he know any way. Eventually netted it weighed in a 9lbs on the BASS tape.

The fish being returned hopefully not for a diver to shoot through the head.

More Surface Caught bass

2011-08-13T17:58:00.000+01:00

Another day of drizzle which got us pretty wet as we heade for the south east corner of Jersey. We started at the usual spot and picked up 4 bass around the 2lb Mark, I had my own a surface fished Nanjo that Andy Kendrick sent me over to try out. Thanks Andy I am always willing to try new stuff out.

The fish became difficult to find compared to yesterday and clearly favoured surface lures to anything else we offered them

Derek had a nice fish of about 3.5llbs on a surface lure followed by another around the 4.5lb mark

Later we saw a lot of terns diving and the sea was alive with sandeels. It sounded like rain on the surface, but not a fish amongst them. We had a total of 13 fish today.Out by myself tomorrow in a different area so less fish expected

drizzle and wind

2011-08-12T16:55:00.000+01:00

The forecast was not good as we prepared for another day fishing , the wind blowing just under a force 4 westerley and a heavy drizzle was begining to descend. A lovely August day,

I rigged my rods up whilst waiting for Derek my HPR rod with keitech sexy impact the other one at this stage with a small Sakura eel both of which Monster tackle had given me to try. I have to say that the Keitech stuff is really working at the moment, I would not have tried them at this stage but probably remained using our shimmer eels.

We arrived at a mark where we knew that fish remained for a short time, and this remained the story for most of the day moving from reef to reef knowing from the knowledge that we have built up when fish were likely to be there. Derek was quickly into a bass of around 2lb on his surface lure whilst I took a fish on my Keitech sexy impact fished on a worm hook with a small bullet lead. Both of us picked another fish each this way.

Derek netting a small fish

The fish were all up to around the 3lb Mark and I think we had 7 in a fairly short period of time. The strange thing was that at one reef they would only take surface lures, whilst the next only sub surface and then a mixture so it was difficult to decide what to use. I tried my patchinko out and this produced a few more fish but a lot of misses including a couple of decent fish.Derek had put on a sidewinder tail on a jig head and was immediately into fish.

As the tide turned we noticed a lot of terns diving etc in the distance and I put on another Keitech lure a shad impact and immediately hooked into a fish.

The fish continued to bite for a short while then disappeared, then 5 minutes later the terns would show you where there were again.

I even had a tail bitten off the shad impact

Total for the day was 25 Bass up to 3lbs a couple of larger fish lost and some mackerel and Pollack.

Thanks Century

2011-08-10T13:14:00.000+01:00

Just a quick post to thank Century rods for sending me those free gifts through the post. It is much appreciated and will be used. If any other people want to send me tackle to try out and to give it a fair and honest appraisal let me know

Century HPR Rods

2011-08-07T16:44:00.000+01:00

Having had the chance to test these rods during their design phase, thanks to Keith White, I thought I give my honest opinions on this rod.

I am not one for saying things are good if they are not and was some what sceptical about the hype surrounding the rods, I am new to the style of fishing that these rods are designed for but they can cope with a wide range of lure fishing methods.

I had the chance last week to try the finished product thanks to Tom at Monster Tackle who dropped off a 7'3 equal butt size rod to me.The first thing I said to Tom was is the rod in the bag as it seemed so light. The next day was the first time I had used the finished product, since I had relunctantly given up the prototype a few months earlier.

I set the rod up with my Van staal vs 100 I am not a great fan of quoting line pe and flouro strength etc as I know what I can use without getting into trouble with knots etc. I was using a variety of soft lures using my favourite method of a worm hook and 2 split shot further up.

Casting light soft plastics is easy with rod and bite detection is also superb, feeling every little knock. The weight system makes the rod feel weightless in your hands. This is great if like me you are fishing every day, whilst almost everyday.

I know people have been critical of people behind the design of this rod but this should not influence whether people should buy this rod or not. You cannot knock the quality of the product I believe Century have a winner in this product. I could go on about build quality and the type of resin etc but all I am interested in is if the rod does the job and does the job well. Well this rod does

Early bird catches the Bass

2011-08-06T12:41:00.000+01:00

early start at 0545 this morning just on low tide overcast drizzle, we made our way to lhg where numerous fish up to 2lbs were caught on surface lures, before moving further up where Derek took a nice fish of 5lbs whilst I took one of around 3.5.

As the tide came in we tried near Rhino and I picked a fish of around 3lbs on a keitech lure from Monster tackle

A total of 26 fish came to the boat a good day out.

Prawns are working

2011-08-06T12:27:00.000+01:00

Having been given some plastic prawns to try out bt Monster Tackle I decidec to give them a try, second cast resulted in a small fish taking a natural coloured lure at the crossover between gig and lhg we had a few more on surface and also a couple of nice pollack on flourescent red prawns

A great week

2011-08-04T15:33:00.000+01:00

Well it has been a fairly good week for fish and we have numerous fish up to 4.5lbs,I have been out with Derek, Paul Butel and visiting angler Stewart Gowland.

Fishing with Derek we have found that the surface lures seem to be working well at the moment and fish have been caught at the lagoon and the point

Fishing with Paul Butel resulted in a swift 4 fish at the cut through between GIG and LHG we then proceeded to take 13 Bass around the IT area. Plus a 4lb pollack at twin heads.

Stuart was slightly unlucky as the weather was hot and flat calm but 4 fish came to the boat most in LHG at the turn of the tide.

I am getting a new century rod from http://www.monstertackle.co.uk/ Tom from the company could not be more helpful, I have ordered other bits and bobs from this company and the service have been excellent

Hot and Calm

2011-07-30T18:21:00.000+01:00

It has been hot and Calm all week and it is set to continue. No photos to post but out with Derek yesterday and we had 18 mostly taken on surface lures. Nothing over 3lbs, Fish were caught in the lagoon, finger rock and the offshore oyster beds. The point not fishing well.

Today I was out with Paul and we had 11 fish again small with fish coming from the oyster beds offshore, offshore reefs finger and seal rock and LE H gutter

Early morning start

2011-07-22T15:25:00.000+01:00

Out with Derek in my boat this morning at 0600 and headed up towards Icho, Initially had a few bass on surface plugs near Rhino rock before trying uptowards Le Rocque 4 fish caught in this area but nothing big before moving to Greve D where Derek took a 4lb fish near green island

French Invasion

2011-07-14T18:27:00.000+01:00

out at seymour today with Derek on a 33ft tide, 3 French boats were near Petit Seymour but soon cleared off who then the camera came out. 17 fish came to the boat with Derek once again outfishing me. I am going try a new jig head tomorrow to see if makes a difference.

Nothing in the lagooon or lagoon reef , fish mostly caught at the point and near by. This was a similar story last week end.

A Glorious Day

2011-07-04T19:42:00.000+01:00

Flat calm a good tide sunshine what more could you want, this coupled with feeding gulls and feeding bass made it a great afternoon.A lot caught on the off shore reefs whilst the others were at the point

18 fish came to the boat a number at just over 3lb, more around the 2lb mark and the rest smaller.

Derek holding one of the many fish that fell to shimmer eels.

Nice 6lb fish

2011-06-30T17:41:00.000+01:00

Out in Derek's boat today a bit disappointing at first as the bass were hard to find, I rigged up a senko worm on a worm hook and two split shot. This resulted in a nice 6lb fish at the point, I later had a 3lb fish on a soft lure that Steve had given me. We had mackeral, wrasse to 4lb and pollack but only 9 bass.

Decent fish at last

2011-06-21T20:05:00.000+01:00

Last two days I have been out with Derek yesterday we had 13 bass up to 3lbs caught on offshore OB and Autumn reef, a few more fish came from the point.

Today I tried a lure given to me by Keith White, using a 5/0 hook and a 5g cone head. A fish took the lure immediately and put up a good fight. The fish weighed in at 8.5lbs Derek had a 4lb fish on offshore reefs whilst we had another 9 from around the area including a few inside the point

good couple of days in small tides

2011-06-11T13:55:00.000+01:00

Over the last two days I have been out with Derek fishing the point reef and OB, we had 17 fish yesterday and 7 today.

Yesterday was the best day with a nice 4lb fish falling to Derek mostly caught on white paddletails, today was much harder going with me having to revisit my techniques going back to basics, Ihad two fish on surface lures today, a small patchinko.

a few bass this afternoon

2011-06-06T20:54:00.000+01:00

Out with Derek this afternoon, we started off at the OB but with no luck moving off up to the lagoon and then back to the reef and the point. 19 Bass came to the boat but nothing over 3.5lbs

First for June

2011-06-01T19:54:00.000+01:00

No photos today Fish were hard to find as we went out on the low, one small fish taken on a Jersey wonder in LH gutter, noticed a boat longlining there.

Free Software

2011-05-28T13:57:00.001+01:00

Found free dvd creating software on line and created this

Also out last Wednesday we had 3 bass a nice one near IT of 4lbs

Second Double well almost

2011-05-21T10:30:00.000+01:00

Out with Derek again today we had a total of 33 Bass Derek included his tally with a fish just under 10lbs caught near the wading reef whist he had another one of 5lbs near the offshore reefs. These were caught in shallow water. Again a lot of Bass near to or prior to the point

first double of the year

2011-05-19T18:39:00.000+01:00

No not me but out with Derek today and it started fairly well with a fish of around 4.5lbs caught in about 6ft of water. Derek then hooked into a solid fish that moved off at speed not realising it was hooked. A steady fight ensued with the fish making a number of spirited runs. This is the advantage of catching fish in shallow water.

Eventually after several minutes the fish was safely netted and weighed in at 11bs on the boga grips whilst it showed 12lbs. on the BASS Tape. The fish was unhooked and realesed back to fight another day. The day continued fairly well with a total of 13 fish coming to the boat with an average weight of around 3lbs. All the fish were caught on sidewinder shimmer eels.

The fish was caught where I had my first fish with Paul

A pleasant Morning

2011-05-13T20:47:00.000+01:00

Out with Derek this morning, small tide flat calm, Derek took one at both oyster beds also a couple at the reef and shearers run, whilst I took 2 at the lagoon reef, I hooked a fish in Shearers run before losing it. Nothing over 3lbs

Last week round up

2011-05-07T12:32:00.000+01:00

Have been out a few times with Deek and I have tried to continue with the other methods, Wednesday we had a number of fish but small, Derek catching one at bird rock then near gannet gulley and some the main gulley at Le Hocq, whilst Thursday saw all the fish appear at Le Hocq on the incoming tide.Yesterday we fished the lagoon and I had some success on the final heaven worm fished on a hook and a couple of pegged split shot. nothing at the point but we still managed 9 fish

expert fisherman

2011-05-05T20:44:00.001+01:00

Royal Wedding Day

2011-04-29T20:39:00.000+01:00

A Royal wedding today so Derek and I went out, I tried out the use of sluggos whilst Derek remained faithful to the paddletails. Derek had 3 bass all around 2.5lbs one at Greve , pne in S--t gulley whilst the last was at Gannet Gulley, We also had some nice pollack in S---t gulley

Round up of the last few days

2011-04-22T19:24:00.000+01:00

Have been out during the last few days and netted 4 bass up to 3lbs, furst two coming near the seals and the twin peaks, whilst yesterday had a fish near the large rock at Greve D'azette and a bass on the reef near the demi lighthouse.

25 degress flat calm it cannot last

Swanning about

2011-04-17T18:01:00.000+01:00

Out yesterday with Derek had one bass at the lagoon reef then nothing until just after low when we had 27 fish between the point and the oyster beds. Also there was a lovely swan swimming about.

Does size matter

2011-04-15T18:10:00.000+01:00

out today on a flat calm sea with a tide of about 31ft.I went to the point and had a number of Pollack up to low tide. I noticed a number of birds sitting inside the point back towards the oysterbeds.I had 17 bass all small caught on a small homemade shad

A lovely almost summer like afternoon

2011-04-11T19:59:00.000+01:00

out with Bev on a beautiful afternoon, started off getting a few mackerel off La Moye Point before ending up at reef in St Aubins bay where we had a number of pollack and a bass around the 2lb caught on the black minnow. The fish loved it allowing it to flutter down.

More Wrasse

2011-04-09T20:19:00.000+01:00

Out today by myself,I decided to turn west instead of the usual right. Met up with Paul and Callum, Had a couple of mackerel at white rock and a 5lb wrasse at the jailers also a couple of pollack at the reef in St.Aubin

Large Wrasse comes to the Boat

2011-04-06T19:26:00.000+01:00

with a beautiful day flat calm seas it was a good afternoon to get out in Derek's Boat. Derek started off with 3pollack caught near seal rock followed by a wrasse of around 4lbs, all caught on a small black eel. Moving onto finger rock resulted in a massive wrasse of 6.5lbs.

Moving onto the point resulted in 4 bass all small around the 1.5lb mark

First Bass for 2011

2011-04-02T17:17:00.000+01:00

out at Seymour today with Derek fishing over oyster beds, second cast and a nice fish of just over 2lbs took my silic lure. Derek had a small fish a few moments later.. The wind picked up making it difficult to fish.

Boat Ready for new Season

2011-03-27T15:53:00.000+01:00

Boat came out last Wednesday ready for a service. So Friday was antifouling followed by polishing and painting the deck, reports of a 13lb bass being caught on bait have been received.

First Bass on the boat

2011-03-22T21:17:00.000Z

Out with Derek today on a 39ft tide, easterley wind ,after catching an early couple of pollack on the run up to Icho we decided to go to the point at low tide. Derek had two bass on a small dark senko worm the biggest fish being about 2.5 lbs. It is a start

Wrasse but no Bass

2011-03-19T16:23:00.000Z

Out today in a chilly easterly wind looking for bass as I hear that a 14lb fish was caught last week I had a couple of pollack on my Jersey wonders when decided to give my jigging rod a go. Using a white and pink 6 inch shad i was immediately hit by a fish on the controlled drop.

The fish was netted and weighed just over 5lbs on my boga grips. I was also joined by a group of 4 dolphins for about 20 minutes or so.Also lots of whitebait in the harbour.

Just a sandeel

2011-03-14T14:29:00.000Z

Out on a 26ft high tide ,so was not expecting much. I drifted the normal spots up to gannet gulley using a small senko worm. Nothing caught until I hooked a sandeel. Also tried my new jigging rod at various spots including near the demi but not a sign of a bass as yet.

Lobster Magic

2011-03-09T19:00:00.000Z

Out last night with Callum,Carl and Craig fishing LRF just off the harbour entrance on a 35ft tide. We had tried the castle with no luck.

Plenty of pollack were taken on the drop on tiny xlayers with Callum leading the way. He also had a great lobster which he kindly donated to the skipper.

Pollack and more Pollack

2011-03-05T17:33:00.000Z

Out today in a chilly force 4 Northeast Wind on a spring tide looking to test some of my toys from Nantes 2011. I rigged up my small black minnow which had been selling like mad at the show. As the tide began to turn I allowed the little lure to drift in the current and slowly drop.Fishing just before the demi as the tide turned.

This accompanied by only the smallest of twitches resulted in over 30 pollack in as many casts before the tide had risen enough. The biggest fish was only about 2.5lbs but excellent fun. Very impressed by the action . Wait till the bass are about.

Nantes 2011

2011-02-22T16:14:00.000Z

Great show down in Nantes where there were 3 halls of tackle boats etc. I bought a new jigging rod which I intend to use off Noirmont. Also bought soft plastics such as the black widow.
I will definately be going next year just to experience the atmospher and to learn by watching the demonstrations. This year I spent an hour watching an 96 year old demonstrate a lure. The action was all in the wrist

Night time boat trip

2011-02-01T20:06:00.000Z

I went out last night with Callum and Carl, LRF fishing around the harbour. The tide was ebbing and was about 31 ft, with very little wind. we tried near the harbour with little luck, before moving onto drift either side of the castle breakwater.

I was using mini xlayers along with Callum whilst Carl was using mini metals. We were soon into pollack which ran well on the light gear.

we carried on for a few hours catching numerous fish including a mutiple hook up

A great way to fish during the winter and lessons to be learnt for the summer bass season.

LRF

2010-12-30T21:18:00.000Z

Met up with the White brothers and a group of others down at the harbour last night and fished La Colette. What a fascinating night seeing the lads using extremely light rods and lures. A number of fish were taken in the darkness.

It will certainly a great method to develop for Bass fishing next year, I think I will pay Mr Fish a visit and see what gear I need. I will not need a reel but a lightweight rod some low breaking strain fluro and braid and some small jig heads and soft plastics

Xmas Time 2010

2010-12-20T20:30:00.001Z

No fishing at present with the weather cold and snowy, however we shall see what is about in the new year on the banks and some of the offshore reefs. I would expect my next blog will be in the New Year so Happy Xmas and Happy New Year

Autumn Silver

2010-11-19T18:15:00.000Z

Out at Seymour today with Derek on a 31ft force 4 S/W wind started in the usual place and the first drift produced 3 fish all around the 2lb mark. Moved off to the offshore oyster beds where we had a few more fish. Most were being caught on Jersey wonders although Derek had a few on Senko Worms

We moved to the offshore reefs where more fish were caught before moving down to the point although bass were seen on the surface and birds diving we could not catch them well apart from one Derek had one at around 3.5lbs. A total of 20 fish were taken

Another great trip

2010-11-08T17:29:00.000Z

Well to round the weekend off Derek and I made our way to Karame where I took a fish of around 3lbs on a mother worm Then onto Shearers run and to the reef further up into the lagoon. This reef has been fishing well just as it uncovers Today we had 7 fish there up to around the 4lb mark. All of these on Jersey wonder lures.

Moving onto the point about 40 minutes before low and took about 4 fish on the first drift the wind was making it very uncomfortable to fish. We took 27 fish over a period of time at the point and further away towards the big eastern rock. Derek had a fish of around 5lbs.

fantastic Weekend

2010-11-06T18:05:00.000Z

I have been out with Derek during the last few days 37ft tides wind westerley 3-4 Yesterday proved great when we took 25 fish a number being caught at the point with the birds cirulating there The fish turning up around the low tide mark. Biggest fish yesterday was around the 4lb mark

Most were caught on homemade lures, Well today saw rain this morning but the wind was not too bad this time we had 39 fish the biggest being caught by me at 6.5 lbs whilst Derek had one around 6lbs We had 9 on a reef near the lagoon just as they were uncovering before moving onto the point where we took a further 28 fish The big ones were caught at low tide or just after whilst the others were caught off the point

Halloween Bass

2010-10-31T15:54:00.000Z

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

2010-10-26T13:38:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-23T17:49:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-18T16:35:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-15T17:08:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-14T19:45:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-10T14:34:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-08T21:00:00.000+01:00

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

2010-10-07T18:22:00.000+01:00

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

4.5lb fish on my green lure

2010-09-29T14:19:00.000+01:00

Out with Derek today lovely conditions but fish few and far between I took a 4.5lb fish at Karame on my lime green homemade lure. Derek had 3 fish on his swim senkos

Great Weekend

2010-09-27T15:58:00.000+01:00

Out with Trev and Iestyn for the weekend, not much caught on Saturday the wind gusting force 5 Iestyn taking 2fish whilst Mick's boat took 8 fish mostly in st gulley. Yesterday Derek Trev and I had 9 fish (3 each) a lot in Le Hocq gulley ona variety of lures and soft plastics.

Choppy conditions

2010-09-24T08:27:00.000+01:00

Out by myself today wind sw 4 swell making it very difficult fished all marks and found one fish only at twin peaks about 2hrs before low tide. Tide was 34ft. The fish took an orange home made Jersey Wonder.

Where have the bass gone

2010-09-22T18:43:00.000+01:00

Out with Shaun today every spot tried on the south east coast but nothing. Had to move to St. Aubins for Shaun to pick up a 4lb fish on one of my homemade lures.I am told that a lot of cuttlefish are in the gutters maybe they are obsessed with squid

2 Fis in 2 Casts

2010-09-21T17:12:00.000+01:00

out on the low tide a beautiful day flat calm 31ft out to near the petit demi first cast a fish of around 5lb on a manns longtail worm then swiftly followed by a fish of just under 3lbs. Tide had just turned and the fish were up stream of the head

Home made lures do work

2010-09-17T17:02:00.000+01:00

Well out today to try these home made Jersey Wonders and up the Southeast to Gannet Gulley where I took a smallish fish

Derek also took 3 fish the biggest being around 3lbs. Moving onto St.Aubins saw some bird movement but not enough. Having said that there were a lot of gulls of Icho but could not locate the fish. I also took a very small Gurnard at St. Aubins

Make your own soft plastics

2010-09-15T20:26:00.000+01:00

Well I thought I give it a go and took the plunge and ordered some mold making gear from ebay then converted some sluggos and swim senkos into one and made a mold

tomorrow I will attempt to meltdown some old soft plastics and see what happens

Hard worms come good

2010-09-11T19:36:00.000+01:00

Out today on the south east coast of Jersey not many other boats out as you could hardly blame them with a choppy sea and heavy drizzle,

However we managed 7 fish , Derek having his only fish on his first cast a fish of around 3lb came to the boat on a swim senko from SH.t gulley, I then took two fish again around 3lb tucked in behind a reef which took my purple redgill just off the entrance to Gannet Gulley. Moving out onto deeper water I cast my 9inch Manns Hard nose with a curly tail up against a rock in about 25ft of water and a 3.5fish came to the boat. This was again followed by another slightly smaller fish which took the same lure.

The second fish on this lure has almost devoured the lure.

I managed a further 2 fish to round the day off

Two dozen fish today

2010-09-10T18:26:00.000+01:00

Yes Out this time at Seymour Jersey very choppy at first before the wind dropped as the tide dropped to extremely low levels.

No double figure fish today. The fishing was patchy but we managed 24 bass between us.A few fish at just over 3lbs more in the 2-3 lb range, and a fair number of smaller fish who were keen to attach themselves to our swim senkos and redgills

Concentration is required and is etched across Derek's face

Fish were caught at the point the reef and the offshore reefs

First Double for Derek

2010-09-09T17:50:00.000+01:00

Well big spring tides and Derek Buesnel and I thought we might get a few but the trip started disappointing with two 3lb fish being taken on a redgill and black shad.

We moved onto deeper water where there was a fast current flowing between some rocks. Derek cast out with the famous black shad and bang hsi line took off, luckily his van staal behaved perfectly as line was stripped from his reel.The fish was quick to come to the surface and we could see it was a decent fish. Eventually being netted by an expert skipper. The fish was measured on the Bass tape and my boga grips it came back just over the magical 10lb mark.

The fish was returned back into the water to fight another day. Excuse the photographs but they have been edited to hide the exact location
The fish safely in the net
The first time I have seen Derek smile
We had 2 further fish just under 3lbs

I am not jealous it is nice to see an elderley fisherman like Derek catch a decent fish at last

Another Day Fishing

2010-09-08T17:05:00.000+01:00

Out at Seymour today 36ft tide with the wind blowing a stiff westerley3-4, we had a total of 16 fish which varied between a nice 5lb fish and the smaller fish. Most caught on redgills whilst the larger fish were caught on black shads.

Derek had his larger fish at La Conchiere whilst other fish were caught at the point, offshore Oyster Beds, near seal rock

Fish being netted

13 Unlucky for some

2010-09-07T16:57:00.000+01:00

Out in the area of Seymour tower today choppy again with that swell, This time in Derek Buesnels boat we were late out due to the rough conditions. We had a total of 13 fish the first few fish were caught on black couloured shads in deeper water. The fish did not want to know my white and blue redgill. The first fish Derek had was a fish of 4lbs

Derek with a 4lb fish

The following fish we had ranged from 3.5lbs, 3 lbs a few at just over 2 pounds and some smaller fish. The fish caught in shallower water were keen to take the lighter coloured redgills. Out tomorrow so we shall see what happens. Thanks to all my regular readers

Personal Best for 2010

2010-09-06T16:06:00.000+01:00

Out again on 31ft tide headed towards icho but nothing at Twin peaks ,gannet gulley and henced moved back towards Green Island where Derek took a fish around 3.5lbs on a swim senko, Moved onto a reef off St Aubins which resulted in 2 fish around the 3lb mark

Fish being netted by Derek

Moved offshore to just off Bass Reef resulted in an 8.25lb fish and a 4lb fish noth on redgills at just past low tide

The fish being released

Swell Day

2010-09-06T15:56:00.000+01:00

Out on a very choppy day swell so bad I could not get as far as Icho so fished Green island gutter where I cut through this resulted in 3 fish all around 3 lbs, we moved back to Greve where Derek had a further fish of a similar size. Moving west and towards B Rock in the middle of the bay we could see a large number of terns working the incoming tide.

We had a further 18 fish of different sizes that ranged from small to about 3lbs

Visiting Anglers

2010-09-04T14:52:00.000+01:00

small tide today out on the high on 27ft tide fish were hard to find eventually found 4 in one place at the entrance to Gannet Gulley always at the same point. Biggest about 3.5lbs whilst others were just over 2. All caught on Redgills.

I have just been told that purple redgills are fishing well so I have ordered them to give it a go we shall wait and see

Bank Holiday

2010-09-01T17:26:00.000+01:00

Out by myself as Derek was not allowed out, Saw Mick and Bob out had a good day with 2 fish around 2.5 coming from the moorings at Green Island, before moving on to next gulley where had another 2 fish. Nothing was caught at twin peaks.Moved onto western end of gannet gulley which produce another fish.

I moved onto western lagoon where I took a small fish, the last fish was a fish just over 4lbs caught at western end of icho gulley

Bright and Breezy

2010-08-29T19:03:00.000+01:00

Force4 blowing up to force 5 N/W made it uncomfortable to say the least on a falling 34ft however bright and sunny. I was determined to stop Derek beating me. But it was not to be with Derek taking a fish of 5.5 lbs and 4.5lbs at twin peaks with 2 more fish at the western entrance of gannet gulley.

I took one small fish at the lagoon near Rhino rock mostly all caught on redgills

Derek with his largest fish

Beaten by Buesnel

2010-08-22T16:37:00.001+01:00

out with Derek in his boat a plaesant day cloudy with a light southerly wind but disappointing 7 fish only the biggest being around 2.5 lbs, most caught on the offshore oyster beds whilst a few more caught at the point and one near the lagoon.

Swim senkos outfishing everything else at present

Choppy seas

2010-08-21T17:22:00.000+01:00

out on a small tide 27 ft choppy seas with a southerly 4 wind I caught 2 pollack whilst Derek caught 4 bass biggest about 3.5 lbs whilst the others were between 2.5 and 3.5 Mostly caught on redgills,2 near top end of gannet gulley whilst one was caught at icho gulley and one at green island

Redgills do the business

2010-08-14T16:33:00.000+01:00

Out with Shaun Du V 39ft tide 4 Northerly wind, Drifted Du Val gulley approx 2.5 hours before low resulting tow fish at 3.5 lbs and 4.5 lbs to redgill and swim senko then moved over to end of gulley at icho resulted in another fish at 4lbs. Then went over to Gannet Gulley and tried rocks just off resulted in fish at 2.5 last fish taken drifting back from margaret rocks another 3.5 lb fish

Larger fish today

2010-08-12T19:23:00.000+01:00

out wth Derek towards Icho on a huge 39ft tide and the tide dropping like a stone, fish found at Dereks reef bring 3 to the boat with an average weight of 3lbs and later after the tide turned 2 more caught west side of gannet gulley all on redgills

Finger rock

2010-08-11T18:14:00.000+01:00

out with Derek on his boat I found the fishing hard yet using the same swim senko as Derek he had 11 whilst I had only 5.Most of the fish were caught at finger rock a few hours before low tide. The tide being 39ft with a 3-4 North west windy out tomorrow in my boat so we see what that brings

Not much luck more Dolphins than Bass

2010-08-09T16:38:00.000+01:00

out with Stuart Gowland today expecting a good result for a 33ft but were disappointed tried most of the spots and had a few bites but nothing more. Dolphins playing around icho for ages in shallow water. Only one fish came to the boat outside edge of gannet gulley, about 2lbs on manns hardnose.Stuart had a nice Pollack plus a further wrasse and pollack coming to the boat.

Derek had 9 fish at Seymour includinga 4.5lb fish

The boat bass record went this weekend at

16lb 1oz I believe caught on live sandeel

A breezy day

2010-08-06T16:51:00.000+01:00

out with Derek at ST nine fish came to the boat at offshore oyster beds and reefs nothing bigger than 3lbs as per usual.

Manns hardnose worm being very popular at present I wish I had ordered more from Tacklewarehouse