Arnie has been at it again – here is his account:

Arrived at crantock on Sunday at 12.15, low tide at 10.10, started fishing at 12.40. The wind was fairly strong blowing NW, with the swell around 4ft but blown out and messy-white water everywhere.

Started with a big tide minnow 200 and surf 150 but they were still getting beaten up quite bad due to the conditions. I needed to get deeper to present the lure a bit more naturally, so on with the 28g megabass bubble header.

5 casts later I hook into this beauty at 1.10.

Slow steady retrieve to stay deeper, with random lifts to create an upwards darting action, and brief pauses afterwards to enable the lure to flutter back down.

Although the bass are still on the small side (still) we are all still seeing a lot of life in the rock pools and absolutely tons of white bait in the water.

Anyone fancy a dip?! It’s surely still warm enough. LOL

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Mat Arnold decided to go out for a little session on New Years Day and was rewarded with a 47cm (2.5lb) Bass.

“I arrived early at 10 o’clock, high tide was around 10.30. Wind was fairly strong, westerly with gusts up to around 25mph, swell was about 3-4ft. Started fishing pretty much bang on high tide, wasn’t expecting much but couldn’t wait to get going. Didn’t get a touch until 12 when this little beauty showed up.”

It’s clear that the size of the bass being caught are still relatively small, begging the question: When will the bigger bass show, if at all?

There is still a lot of life in the rock pools (a good sign) and the number of lance in the water is normally quite high this time of year. With continued mild weather Bass of all sizes can happily thrive. It is unclear whether a cold snap is due anytime soon (as this can sometimes encourage the bigger bass in)

In Rob Taylors’ words: “Just keep fishing, there is bass there to be caught right now, so get out when you can”.

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After enjoying a good many mince pies and turkey sandwiches, it was time to get out in the fresh air and bash away a few calories.

Our chosen destination on the north coast was too dangerous on the day, so Rob decided to head to the South Coast to a mark he fished a few times last year; producing healthy numbers of bass up to three and a half pounds.

The conditions today were not what you would call ‘bassey’ but everyone in the group was happy just to get out and get some exercise.

For anyone who doesn’t know Rob Taylor, he likes to walk! Today, he was being very constrained, but still managed to give the rest of the group a good work out! I would say we covered a good couple of miles of rough ground, plus a mile walk to the mark. It’s amazing just how many calories you burn off when you are rock hopping. I know there will be a few tired legs today for sure!!

Although the rain kept falling, there were only 1 or 2 heavy showers and everyone was geared up in waterproof waders, so it didn’t affect the fishing at all. There was little ground swell, but the ground was perfect for Bass.

4 Fish were caught on the day, between 5 people – 3 Bass up to 2lb and 1 Wrasse around a pound and a half.

It was a great day out and although conditions were far from perfect, everyone enjoyed the exercise.

With the sea temperature currently 11C and not likely to drop anytime soon, we are predicting a more active Winter period, possibly the best we have seen in a long time.

Watch this space!

Mark produced the first Bass of the day - off the surface

More pics to follow . . . .

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