Help!! The bass are here and i want em

[dougwoolcott]

There's a surprise ! not heard of Bass down here yet ! You are right in thinking Bass are similar to Sea Trout as far as lure fishing goes but Bass will take a much wider range of baits. I used mackerel "flappers" when fishing East Coast England and had some good results but that was with a strong tide flow - not sure what the tides are like up there but we get about 1.5 metre on a spring tide down here ! I would imagine a small coalie or pout fished live (or gently killed) would work. You could try trolling with a deep running Rapala.
Please let me know how you get on as they must be around Rogaland if they are as far up as Mold.
Regards
Doug ( from sunny Idse)

[breiflabb]

Originally Posted by barbelblanker

"Garfish will be a problem as I have not seen one here under 2 foot."

My heart bleeds that you have such a problem .

My wife has not yet figured out why I do not want to go to Scotland camping in the summer. The reason being that I am a bad enough sea angler without going all the way to Scotland and then wonder what to catch . I thought Bass did not get that far up and the only other summer fish that I really like is mullet. What do you normally catch in Norway in the summer ?

Light all day does sound good though.

Whatever you do, all the best in Norway, hope you get a ten pounder.

well pompey bas is almost right except yhrer are more coalies than cod +there are also pollock,haddock,hake,lemon sole,plaice,flounder,halibutt,mackrell,red
fish,seatrout,salmon,monkfish,lumb,++++,
All caught in diffrent numbers.So if you want to go camping with some of the most spectacular sceenary in the world come to the fjord lands.

[breiflabb]

Originally Posted by dougwoolcott

There's a surprise ! not heard of Bass down here yet ! You are right in thinking Bass are similar to Sea Trout as far as lure fishing goes but Bass will take a much wider range of baits. I used mackerel "flappers" when fishing East Coast England and had some good results but that was with a strong tide flow - not sure what the tides are like up there but we get about 1.5 metre on a spring tide down here ! I would imagine a small coalie or pout fished live (or gently killed) would work. You could try trolling with a deep running Rapala.
Please let me know how you get on as they must be around Rogaland if they are as far up as Mold.
Regards
Doug ( from sunny Idse)

Hi Doug. I have heard of a huge bass in tresfjord right where i live but a steady catch in batnfjord just south of kristiansund. they are catching them right at the river mouth in shallow waters.Tresfjord also has a nice river mouth but as it is a salmon and seatrout river one is not allowed to fish within 2 km`s of the mouth.So I have to find another spot.I will let you know as soon I succeed.
regards Craig

[breiflabb]

Originally Posted by englishmike

answer to question 1..is a question what type of areas are you fishing .for example estuary.. bass move in with the tide so fish incoming tide from slack water onward ,use bait which is present ie.. lugworm,rag,mussels,razorfish,clams.bass feed in all depths depending on what is on the menu .if no sandeels in area what is the local baitfish herring fry,blueys find out ,if prawns are in the area try live ones under a float ...

always use a lure at an angle to the current bait fish hardly ever swim with the flow always across it,speed of retrive is trail and error make it move like an injured bit of food and the takes come.as for type of lure thats why it's called fishing experiment with different types but blues and greens are worth a try and white for clean areas.


hope this helps if not send me a ticket and i will c if i can catch one..

rigs boat and shore long running ledger if you want to hook them 3/0 circle hook let them bite hook themsevlves and enjoy

Thanks Mike.Good tip about the current.

[pompy.bass.man]

bass also love mackeral, whole fillets work best for the big bass, use a pennel rig with a running ledger rig,
on the pennel use a 1/0 on the bottom and a 2/0 on top i like using saksuma hooks as they are so strong and sharp
here is the rig, sorry about poor quality i drew it up on paint

thats how icaught this beut, 14lb

[breiflabb]

thats a lovely bass

[pompy.bass.man]

i know it is ain it. have you caught any bass yet??

[breiflabb]

Nope. Being futher north they have not started moving yet.I guess more towards the end of the month.

[pompy.bass.man]

oki, well that rig i showd you is my favorite bass rig, so use it well. good luck

[fishbonkers]

Hi,

I suggest that you look at it from first principles, always remembering that the bass is first and foremost a predator, who's instict is to chase, kill, and eat.

1) ask myself: what would be the natural food for the bass in Norway?
(I suggest it may be immature herrings)

2) then: where are the most likely places for the bass to feed on that natural food?
(e.g. if it is immature herrings, you need to find out where they congregate, which will be where the herrings actually go to feed, where they go to breed, where they go to shelter from stormy seas and so on). Also the depth that the food fish prefer is critical here. There is no point in trolling deep when the foodfish are in shallow bays being hammered by the bass, and likewise there is no point in plugging the surf in shallow bays when the baitfish congregate in deep dips and troughs of the sea bed. This all needs to be looked into by you, by reading up, talking to commercial fishermen, talking to people who dive etc, and by finding the forums for these activities and reading what they say about fish activity. It could be that a feeding area is very easy to get to (e.g. under a certain jetty on certain tides) or, there could be only one area in the whole fjord that is worth fishing)

3) then: what would be the best times to fish?
(e.g. which months, daytime or darkness, stage of the tide and so on. Again it all depends on the natural food)

4) then: how do I get to these locations?
(If the baitfish congregate far out, then don't waste time shore fishing. Get out on a boat somehow. One day a month on a boat to a lucrative bass feeding spot is worth much more than a load of 'try it and see' sessions on the shore)

4) then: what tackle and method would be best?
(I suggest that in summertime your priorities are: 1)livebaits of the food fish, then 2)plugs that simulate the live food fish, then 3)deadbaits of the food fish, then 4)other baits or lures that might work (including spinners).

Sorry if this all sounds rather basic, but when I turn up on holiday with a fishing rod, I try to think along these lines.

I hope this helps.