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

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A nice show of Bass, with Rob Taylor taking 10 Bass up to 4lb in one session.

“It was great fishing, as soon as I cast out my first lure, the Bass were hitting hard – I lost just as many as I caught, I could have had 20″.

Rob returned to the same spot a few days later and the results were not quite the same.

“Hit a nice Bass (estimated around 6lb) which cleared the water several times and went on a few runs through gullies, but I just couldn’t bring it in”.

Sounds like a real fighter Rob had there and although he couldn’t bring it in, he had a lot of fun trying!

It goes to show that even the most experienced anglers can’t always bring in those fish that hit above their weight (Rob’s got the record for doubles at Bass Masters on Lures and Bait)

And what was Rob’s weapon of choice?

“You’ve got to have those Savage Sandeels, they are proving lethal for Bass right now”.

Savage Sandeels

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With November in the UK being one of the warmest on record, this seems to have curtailed the influx of bigger bass across our shores in Cornwall.

With this week producing some colder weather up around Ireland  – we hope the Bass will work themselves back down through the channel, around some of our favourite marks. The only issue will be wind and ground swell, which have been unstable for several weeks now, giving us small windows of opportunity to get out. The problem with that is, conditions can drop to such a point, it’s pointless targeting Bass, as the conditions just aren’t right to encourage them close to shore.

The name of the game on rock marks will be targeting those days when ground swell is between 3- 5 foot and winds around 10-12 with gusts up to 20mph. If you can get out on the building tides too, you are increasing your chances of hitting decent size Bass this side of Christmas.

From the surf, it will come down to whether you can safely fish in behind the first few waves (Bass are very often caught on plugs and soft plastics behind the 1st, 2nd and 3rd waves) whether from the rocks or from the beach.

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