Zip Baits ZBL System Minnow 139F

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Just back from a great fishing trip. On arrival at the spot I was dismayed to find the wind gusting to 30 knots from the SE and the surf at over head high so I wasn't expecting much! Amongst other things I wanted to try the Zip Baits ZBL System Minnow 139F as reccomended by JED at Cloud nine tackle Here which I used for most of the session in
rotation with other similar lures (X140, TM145, TM175 SLS etc), and which amazingly produced five fish. I opted for the #721 "See Through Mist Yellow" which seemed ideal for the slightly coloured water and bright conditions as I wanted a highly visible bait. I have to say I'm impressed with this lure, it has an internal sliding weight, similar to my beloved Shore Line Shiner, which stays in the forward position during the retrieve due to a carefully calibrated magnet but slides backwards for the cast (Mag Drive) and she flys straight true and long as a result. Although it wasn't the best of conditions to assess its action (!!!) I couldn't get out of my head that it looked a bit Feed Shallow esqe in the water but I'd like another session to confirm. The lure is certainly very stable at its operating depth of 0.3 -0.5m and the bib is broad and very solid. This lure seems to be a class act. 

B.A.S.S. Magazine

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I have a short article in this month's B.A.S.S. magazine entitled
"A year or two of Irish Bass".

B.A.S.S. (Bass anglers sportfishing society) is an organisation
run by volounteers who love their Bass fishing
and they do sterling work to help protect the species.

If you're not a member you should be,
annual membership is only £20 and can be arranged Here.

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Happy St Patrick's Day !!

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About now...

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Surface only maybe?


Its about now that my Bass fishing mind starts engaging in relation to seasons past and the coming season in prospect.

I 'm very prone to imagining its all going to be so easy. After all, haven't I got another intense season's fishing under my belt? Which has lead to far greater knowledge than I had this time last year. My equipment is light years ahead of what I was fishing with a year ago. I've found new productive marks and improved my understanding of those I've known for some time. The memories of golden fishing experiences loom large in the memory whereas the tough sessions, weeks, even months have all but been forgotten.

I start to dream up new effective methods that may or may not work, I even go through phases of planning on making it more difficult for myself by maybe only surface fishing for the whole season, or surface and fly only, or not fishing soft plastics.

Normally the pattern from here has been, start fishing way too early for reliable fishing but find myself unable to back off because surely they're just about to arrive so best just keep going.....Last season was particularily hard I thought and the afore confessed thoughts of fishing nirvana certainly did not materialise very often!

My plan for 2012, is to start the year with MOTF (Mullet on the fly) which has just begun and should keep me occupied for a good few weeks yet, then I will be travelling to more reliable winter locations for my Bass fix until a few weeks before the closed season..

So this year I've got it all worked out and under control........what could possibly go wrong?

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