Your Questions About Bass Fishing Techniques Uk by Mark White

Your Questions About Bass Fishing Techniques Uk

Carol asks…

How to fish for Northern Pike at night? Does anyone have any good ideas or techniques for fishing for NORTHERN PIKE at night? I only have bites from bass and I actually had my first ever Northern Pike bite today. I was using a Mepps Straight spinner, but it ended up spitting out the lure at the pier. After about 6 both bass and northern both stop biting. I have also been trying the Terminator T-1 series bzzbait, but I have not had much luck with that. Maybe its the wrong season, but after dusk I get no bites. Anyone know: 1. Techniques for getting northern bites after dark 2. where Northern go after dark? Thanks much!

LMBassFish answers: Night pike fishing can be tricky. They tend to lie still on the bottom. During the warmer months they will do this in about 6-8 feet of water. You will need something topwater to create noise to trigger them. You get an awesome outburst from them. Try using a hula popper or pop-r. I wouldnt recommend something like a jitterbug or buzzbait. They seem not to like something you use with a steady retrieve. You need a lure that makes a “bloop” or “Plop” noise. Good luck! Edit: someone gave me a thumbs down, and i think its because i suggested topwater. Here is a website for you that will back my answer up. The third paragraph pretty much says the same

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thing in my answer. Http://www.esox.co.uk/pikefishing2000/new_page_9.htm

Betty asks…

Cooking Sea Bass ….. can you batter it ? what is the best way to cook it – with out using the Bar b Q Any sauce I can make to put over it … something easy that I would have the stuff in the kitchen, I have to make this tonight and have never made sea bass – i have made several other kinds of fish. But I am out of Ideas HELP

LMBassFish answers:

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If you’ve never had it, sea bass is a VERY oily tasting fish (def not my fav though some folks go nutz for it). I can’t see it would take well to batter and frying, both from the texture of the fish and the oil content. I’ll broil it with seasonings. If no one has any special recipes you might want to web search it. I’d gladly give you one if I had it, but as I mentioned, I don’t enjoy that fish and I love fish. You’ll either love it or hate it! Here’s a couple sites/recipes to check out and see if any sound good to you; http://southernfood.about.com/od/moreseafood/r/bl51027a.htm http://recipes.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Category:Bass_Recipes http://www.superfood.blog-city.com/another_sea_bass_recipe__with_ginger_and_spring_onion s.htm (I love the toppings they use….fresh and flavorful, and would cut the oilyness) http://www.brightonmarina-seafishing.co.uk/bass%20recipes.htm (very simple technique from fish folk) Hope you find one you love!

Mark asks…

great fishing techniques??? i go fishing for crappie in a lake. we use either worms or minnows, and we use a rod and reel line. but we dont catch barely anything. what are some great fishing techniques to catch more

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crappie???

LMBassFish answers: Never fished for them (except on TROPHY BASS), as I live in the UK………… But some good general tips for freshwater fishing: 1) BE PATIENT…….. If you’ve been reeling in every minute or two to see if there is anything attached to your hook yet (used to do that all the time when I was a kid), try to settle into the session a bit more and give the bait at least 15-20minutes or until you see the rod tip twitch (and more of a tug, than when you get with the wind blowing it). One good approach for detecting bites is a technique called “touch legering” (using a weight on the line instead of a float/bobber…… Then feeling for bites by holding a slightly tight line between your thumb & finger). 2) Use “Watercraft” – the art of using your observation skills to figure out where the fish might be. Potential fish holding spots include Jetties / Boat landings / Piers + Sunken branches or entire sunken trees. 3) Prepare your rigs well, and try to put some thought into it…….. Like use blackened swivels & weights instead of silver coloured ones, as they reflect light less, and thus the fish should be less suspicious of it… And try not to fish heavier than you need to, so it makes less of a splash when it hits the water (also helps to cast smoothly, with a gentle flick rather than launching it as hard as possible). 4) In addition to worms, try using a “cocktail bait” of worm + a bit of BERKLEY’s “GULP!” + “POWERBAIT” range of baits. Http://www.berkley-fishing.com/cat.php?k=46657&sk=46657 http://www.berkley-fishing.com/cat.php?k=46684&sk=46684 5) In the immortal words of Elmer Fudd “Be vewy vewy quiet”, as sounds (and / or the vibrations from them) can apparently travel 5times further / faster through water than it does here on land, and fish are quite sensitive to detecting vibration.

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Likewise, casting your shadow over the water can also spook fish……. So try to keep as low down & as far back from the edge as you can.

Paul asks…

Starting sea fishing? I have been fishing for trout and salmon in rivers and lochs for years. I have just bought a caravan near the isle of whithorn in dumfries and galloway and plan to start sea fishing from the rocks. What basic equipment do i need, type of rod etc?

LMBassFish answers: Hi, An eight foot medium/heavy spinning rod with 15-20lb line is OK off the rocks where you are. A 10 foot spinner is good if you have space to use it and for very long casts an 11 or 12 foot beachcaster is the one to get. There are some super-long ones in the link below, used in Malaysia on very flat beaches to get a very long way out into deep enough water. Fixed spool reels are the easiest to use. If you get a big one that can take 200 yards of 15-20lb line you can use it on all of the rods.

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Shakespeare and several other firms do all-in-one kits called combos which save money and have a rod reel and line included. Your local fishing shops are where to look for new gear. Handle a rod before you buy it. Get local advice from the guys in the know. The fishing shops are the hub of the fishing community and they have a reputation to look after. For tackle, simple rigs are all you need, with old bolts or spark plugs for weights. In the heavy weed and craggy bottoms of the rocky areas of the Galloway shores, the same as where I am on the Isle of Man, you’ll be snagged quite a bit and theres’ no point leaving expensive weights on the sea bed. Use lighter line for the hook and weight fixed on with snap fasterners or swivels and if you get snagged and lose the end tackle that’s all you lose instead of having to cut a load of line as well. On sandy beaches you can use more aerodynamic tear-drop weights on the beachcaster to get better distance and go after some inshore codling far out or even better, a decent size Atlantic Bass, a prize worth having if you like a fight and an excellent meal, though in heavy seas when the bass come close to find the churned-up goodies under breaking waves the eight foot spinner will do nicely. More on here for techniques, meant for piers but applies equally to fishing off the rocks. Be safe always and keep warm. . The sea is a good provider but it can be a cruel enemy. Http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArkcI8QJ6BC0g7NDBxByP9whBgx.;_ylv=3?q id=20101030132654AARN34t&show=7#profile-info-jGYnLp1kaa . . . . Aigh vie and tight lines.

Joseph asks…

Preparing bass on a camping trip…? I’m going to be camping, and fishing, and we won’t have anything except very basic supplies. We’re going to be eating a lot of bass, and I would like to know some other techniques besides the basic fillet. I’ve heard of the one where you just throw it on the campfire… but then what do

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you do with the fin?

LMBassFish answers: Clean the fish and wrap it in kitchen foil. Bake it beside the fire or in a biscuit tin oven or bake a dozen at once in a pit oven. A biscuit tin oven is a biscuit tin with a lid. Nothing else. Use a wire mesh tray or similar for a trivet, lay the foil-wrapped fish on it, or lay the fish in a tray covered with foil to keep the juices in, put the lid on the oven and put the whole lot over a big pile of cinders, not too hot. Cook at cinder mark four for twenty to thirty minutes….ish. For a pit oven, dig a pit that’s deep, long and wide enough to take all the fish and their container, put the fish into a steel or iron pot, long and low if possible, or just wrap them in two layers of foil with some dill, lemon, or whatever you fancy for flavoring, cover with one or two inches of soil, and build a fire over it. When the fish is cooked the fins will just pull off with the skin or you can cut them off with a knife or scissors before or after cooking. Bake potatoes in the pit as well or use a pot over the same fire for veg and potatoes so you have a double-duty cooking fire just like home with a hob over the oven. Use a thick log to scrape the fire away from the pit and then dig up dinner. More cooking for camp luxuries but don’t read the rain forest special breakfast unless you’re a real toughie with a stomach of cast iron. Some people might need a bucket handy or an open window. Http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100717195625AA9aE2t . . . . . . Bon Apetitt.