night fishing for bass

[captain chaos]

Greenheart commented on flyman fishing at night for bass, how on earth do you convince a E.A, man that you are fishing for Bass?
Just a thought, or wouldn't you catch sea trout on fly in the lower reaches of an estuary as they only feed or tempted to feed once at their spawning ground?

[flyman]

Originally Posted by captain chaos

Greenheart commented on flyman fishing at night for bass, how on earth do you convince a E.A, man that you are fishing for Bass?
Just a thought, or wouldn't you catch sea trout on fly in the lower reaches of an estuary as they only feed or tempted to feed once at their spawning ground?

hi captain chaos,
Greenheart was right all my bass fishing i do at night,
Ive been fishing for bass at night nearly ten years now with out catching
1 single seatrout. This is aquestion we often ask our selves why ent we catching the odd sea trout?
The rivers we fish have got sea trout in them but not as many as the well
known seatrout rivers of wales.
I normally have a salmon licence which would cover me any how.
I now most of the E.A. bailiffs in s.e.wales and a few of them have been bass
fishing with me .
Ill be out towards the end of march which is when we usally start catching the bass on the fly.

Flyman

[captain chaos]

Hello Flyman, excellent thanks for advice, i have a 7-8 rod with wf7 line floating or sinking at present, is this suitable or do i need to uprate gear for punching out against s/westers.
Like some kit advice if you can spare the time?

[flyman]

7 weight is all i use sometimes even a 6 weight,
Were i fish is up the river near the upper reaches of the tide.
THe river is quite narrow no need to cast more than 6 yards and the banks
cover us from most winds.
Floater is all i need, i use leader of about 6 ft around 12lb so ican swing my fly
in front of the bass when i spot them.
Alone i fish in the dark we are right by street lights and u can see the bass even in
quite merky water. your gear would be okay down here so give it a go were u are.
I tend to fish small tideshour before high water and then fish the tide right out.
The bigger tides bring in all the rubbish and u cant control your flies.

Flyman

[captain chaos]

have been down to pembrokeshire, have a cousin in Tenby, The waters are alot murkier here than yours, the river i intend to try is very fast, i reckon i will only be able to fish at low and slack, as for spotting fish it might be possible up the high street in shoreham, plenty of light, if it holds fish, don't see why not. Thanks again for tips.

[flyman]

Hi Captain chaos ,
The waters down Tenby are alot cleaner than were i fish to,
The river,s i fish run into the Seven estary S.e .Wales.
Give it a go u want catch anything unless u got a fly in the water.
I m of on my first trip of the year tonight to see if theres any early bass about
high water 11.50pm 10 .7m at cardiff i,ll be fishing it down for a couple of hours.
Flyman

[captain chaos]

let us know how you get on, i was thinking of ging today, but had to play mum.

[Noel]

Good article here that should help.

http://www.sacn.org.uk/Articles/Do_I...A_Licence.html

So we decided to ask the Environment Agency exactly where anglers legally stood when fishing the tidal stretches of rivers.

Surprisingly the answer was that it is the species that you are fishing for, not where you are fishing that determines whether freshwater fishing regulations apply or not, and that a freshwater rod licence might be required out to the six mile limit if you are deemed to be fishing for freshwater species.

(And this especially applies if you are fishing for migratory species such as salmon or trout where you will need a game fishing rod licence to catch sea-trout etc)

And it is the bailiff who will determine what you are fishing for, bearing in mind where you are fishing and what tackle you are using.

[captain chaos]

Originally Posted by Noel

Good article here that should help.

http://www.sacn.org.uk/Articles/Do_I...A_Licence.html

To be Honest thats as clear as mud! Or my River!

Totally confusing, or maybe i'm up too early?