bass fishing

[greg campbell]

is there anyone that can tell me where to go for fly fishing for bass in the winter in the northwest england or southwest of scotland

 

[Bryan Baron 2]

If your after the sea bass you will have to wait till spring next year. The cold tends to move them away. A good place to try is the warm water outflows at hesham power station.

 

[William Foxall]

dont waste your time down mon tue nothing sorry

 

[greg campbell]

hi brian, william do you get bass all winter at hesham and what is the best bait to use and is it any good flyfishing at this time of year

 

[alan]

Greg, i agree with Bryan, at this time of year you might find the old bass but most are gone, you wouldbe better waiting a couple of months before trying.
mackeral are supposed to be fun on a fly rod as well.


you might be able to find some pollock about, they are meant to take flys as well.

 

[Bryan Baron 2]

Greg you here of the odd fish coming of in winter. Crab's the bait, they do get caught on Black Lug. I would not waste my time better off trying for the Cod thougth ther is a shortage of them again this year. Dabs and Flounder are paving the sea floor at the moment. As advised above i would wait till April at the earliest.

Alan not much hope of Pollack of the NW coast. The beeches are far to shallow. A 150 yard cast will only put you in 10-12 feet at low water. We do get some big tides they run from 7.2 to 10.5 meters. Southport and Lythm St Annes the tide can go out over a mile. same in the Morcambe bay area. Blackpool and Fleetwood its more around the half mile mark.

 

[William Foxall]

live in morecambe bay greg , dont bother with the fly waste of time but if you e-mail me i will help as muck as i can, i have a little mark which i fish in the new year get a few bass. mate of mine has had several past couple of wks 3-5lb mark.