bass on feathers

[Norfolkboy]

when feathering for mackerel, can you get bass on them too??

these willl be from the shore, and are the shrimp rigs size 4/0's and the daylight one's i think (got some new 1's the other day)

will the weight scare them, or does that not matter??

thanks for any help!!

what happens is:- the mackerel chase the white bait fry and the bass chase the small mackerel and the white bait fry. and the gulls pick up the bits. so you have a good chance of picking up a bass under the mackerel, your feathers should be the silverey type with a 2/0 hook you will get plenty of mackerel as well so if no bass are there you'll still get a feed. (so look for places where the gulls are working)

[Norfolkboy]

thanks gus, the hooks may even be 3/0's, only looked at them once, cos my grandad has them! just hope the macky are around..

[steve devon]

theres a place around here where theres plenty of bass but you can only catch them on feathers and nothin else

[Pross]

Where's that Steve? If all else fails I may resort to feathers to catch something / anything!

[steve devon]

its not a shore mark and its not my mark to tel

[Pross]

Fair enough.

[andyg]

JulianS, a new forum member had a nice bass to about 4lb on feathers on Sunday in the Forum boat comp. You should have seen the look on his face when it came to the surface !!!

[steve devon]

i caught a mackerel on sunday and when i brought it in i was wondering why it wasnt fighting then i senn 6 bass chasing it in!

didnt expect that!