| #1  06-08-2010, 09:46 PM | ||||
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| Bass sizes Fished for Bass last week and a mate of mine caught 6 and put them all back as they where quite small, after taking my brightly coloured shock leader off my main line I also managed to catch 2 bass, the first one was small, same size as the other bass my friend had caught so put it back in the sea but my second bass was a bit bigger maybe 2lb ish but still put it back as I was not sure on exact weight, is there any rule of thumb on what size is good to keep ??? Tight lines!     |
| #2 06-08-2010, 10:11 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bass sizes 10cm per year average growth rate in the uk, double that in the med, I tend to think it is wiser to take smaller Bass of about 3- 4lb, rather than a ten pound Bass, that has reached maturity and can spawn and reproduce. Plus I think the big ones don't taste as good as one half the size, but hey, put them all back is the best choice of all because we have Mc Donalds now!  ! |
| #3 06-08-2010, 10:26 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bass sizes Macky dee's is ok as they have the 99p deals but can't put a price on a tasty bass unless your a supermarket and I am not paying there prices lol. Just nice to keep the odd one tho, makes all those hours spent relaxing on a beach worth while. Tight lines! |
| #4 06-09-2010, 12:00 AM | ||||
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| Re: Bass sizes You catch them , if you like eat them , your choice  personally i dont eat fish and they all go back , i think the legal limit is 41 cms  __________________ If Everyday things are getting you down & stressing you out, Think like a Dog, If it cant be Eaten or Humped, Piss on it and walk away.. |
| #6 06-09-2010, 05:12 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bass sizes Hi Vorny, there's alot of talk about putting things back and being conservative, but when you see all the nets laying east to west and right upto the shore line its a wonder we catch at all from the shore. So use your decretion and do what most of us do, keep one or two for the pot, i,m pretty certain its not a patch on whats being caught in nets!  Enjoy enjoy enjoy |
| #7 06-09-2010, 08:29 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bass sizes people always make the mistake of throwing the small fish back and keeping the bigger ones which are actually the breeding fish ! If you wanna keep it then it must be within the legal size limit for Bass - this isnt negotiable  southern area minimum size limit for bass is - now upto 18" for the shore so ignore below Fish cm in cm in Bass 41 16 41 16 Bream (red) 25 10 25 10 Bream (black) 24 9.5 24 9.5 Brill 35 14 35 14 Bull Huss 58 23 58 23 Coal Fish 35 14 35 14 Cod 35 14 35 14 Conger eel 91 36 120 48 Dab 20 8 20 8 Dogfish 38 15 46 18 Flounder 27 10 25 10 Garfish 38 15 38 15 Tub Gurnard 28 11 28 11 Haddock 35 14 35 14 Hake 30 12 30 12 John Dory 33 13 33 13 Ling 72 28 72 28 Mackeral 30 12 30 12 Megrim 25 10 25 10 Mullet 33 13 33 13 Plaice 28 11 28 11 Pollack 30 12 30 12 Pouting 18 7.25 25 10 Poor Cod 18 7.25 18 7.25 Rockling 18 7.25 18 7.25 Silver eel 38 15 38 15 Spurdog 58 23 58 23 Scate / Ray 41 16 41 16 Smoothounds 51 20 51 20 Sole 25 10 25 10 Scad 25 10 25 10 Trigger Fish 30 12 30 12 Turbot 41 16 41 16 Whiting 27 10.6 27 10.6 Witch 28 11 28 10.6 Wrasse 23 9 23 9 Unclassified 20 8 20 8 Weevers 20 8 20 8 Fish cm in cm in Shore Shore Boat Boat __________________ Shore Species 2012: Bugger All !! |
| #8 06-09-2010, 09:12 PM | ||||
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| #9 06-09-2010, 10:13 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bass sizes That's what I thought about the big ones Steve, as the Females tend to live the longest, will do exactly that chaos, keep the odd one for the pot but what I really want to do is keep notching up the species count. Tight lines all! |
| #10 06-10-2010, 06:46 PM | |||
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| Re: Bass sizes the recomended retention size set out by the anglers trust (previously by the nfsa)was set at 41cm recently has been raised to 45 cm but the defra minimum landing size remains at 36cm . at this size they are juvenile as research indicates that bass start breeding at an average size of 42cm so therfore it makes no difference if the fish retained is minimum anglers trust size or 15lb. all are now potential breeding fish. so i just ask if you have a good days fishing dont be greedy and keep all sizable fish for the freezer, just take one or two for the table as they taste much better fresh  |
