Haven’t really been fishing all winter been pretty busy in other aspects of life, so hardly been out this year!!!!

Now Bass season is apon me (by far my favourite type of fishing) it’s time to dust off my rod and get out.

Night bass fishing session

So grabbed my gear and headed to my local spot for around 8pm. High was around 10pm so I headed out with anticipation for the first bass if the year.

Goby’s

Still very light when I got there so decided to fish for some goby’s (don’t know why but I have a massive soft spot for these little guys) . Tied on my little lure clip , always use these as I fish many different methods and the clips allow me to quickly change the way I fish. Attached a 3g cheb with a size 12 hook, stuck on a tiny bit of isome and wasn’t long before i was into the gobies.

Had my fill of goby’s and the sun was starting to set so time for a switch.

Herring

Unclipped my Cheb weight and clipped on my usual herring dropshot rig. Baited my two hook dropshot with isome and tried to find the herring off the front into deep water.

Sadly I wasn’t able to find the herring (not had much luck with them the past year). I only fished for herring for about 30 min before switching to bass.

Bass

Been fishing for around an hour 30 min catching gobys and 30 min failing to find the herring. Time for a switch and target the bass.

Unclipped my herring dropshot and attached a 4 gram Cheb with a size 8 hook. Dug out my favourite bass lure a white bugsy and started fishing the shallows with my usual slow retrieve across the bottom.

Wasn’t long before my first bass.

The bass was only a couple of lbs but felt like a monster on my light gear . A couple of runs where it dived and took a fair bit of line.

Was able to get the fish under control and had it beaten at the surface. Lowered my landing net and gently plucked the fish from the water , unhooked, a quick photo and lowered the bass back into the water to fight another day.

I was feeling hopeful of a multiple bass session . I was getting lots of bass bites. Seemed like super aggressive micro bass around, constantly yanking my lure down the hook and even nipped the tail off my lure on multiple occasions!!!!

With a bit of focus it wasn’t long before I was into another bass. A micro bass this time.

A couple of missed bites later I was into another micro bass. Love these little fish !

Sadly next cast I snagged up and lost my lure and leader. I tried to tie my leader in the dark, but by now there was a bit of a breeze and I couldn’t get my knot right , I got little annoyed and ended my session a early as it was getting close to home time anyways .

Not bad for a couple hours out. Really enjoyed myself! Looking forward to my next session!

Speaking of which I’m really considering ditching the braid completely! I love braid but I miss the simpler days when I used 4lbs flouroshield line straight through.

No faffing around with leader knots or worrying if the knot is strong enough . I think next session I will take out my old faithful cheap Shimano 1000 fx reel loaded with 4lbs flouroshield and see how much I miss braid.