Davemc

I've got a few injection moulds on the way to play with during lockdown.

I've got a few injection moulds on the way to play with during lockdown.

It was great. Back now. Still wishing I was fishing though 😕

I had a Labrador once that used to eat the kids dolls clothing , When I picked the turds up they were dressed as Barbie 🌺

I had a Labrador once that used to eat the kids dolls clothing , When I picked the turds up they were dressed as Barbie 🌺

Some lovely surf conditions today. I took this whilst walking the dog. Should have been WTD instead...
 

There's nothing quite like making your own and catching on them  , I've now had to move out to the garage as the Mrs says I stink the house out with poisonous fumes   🙄    ....but I've got my chair , microwave and me for company .. perfect .

There's nothing quite like making your own and catching on them  , I've now had to move out to the garage as the Mrs says I stink the house out with poisonous fumes   🙄    ....but I've got my chair , microwave and me for company .. perfect .

When @Davemc comes along im sure he could add to this.. 
Last time we were on the spot together he threw an homemade SP at me and it worked and I had the biggest of the session, from memory memory 60's. 

Good evening gentlemen. 
Hope all your fishing is going well 👍
So, a little bit about me seeing as I've skipped the intro...
Still very new to lure fishing for bass. Fished most of my life but never any serious salt water efforts until a year ago. I love the sense of freedom sea fishing brings and the watercraft involved with an enormous body of water such as the sea. 
Report from today...
Booked a couple of days off so I could take full advantage of the time of year and today was the first good crack at it. 
I had a couple of hours of shit tide to use up this morning so popped to Southsea to chuck a seeker about for a laugh. Found a couple of manky gars and then headed over to a new mark that me @Tadpole have been having a pop at. Started covering ground over features with my patch 125 and a kahki gravity stick with the paddle tail. The first fish of around the high 40s came on the stick with just a slow straight retrieve and nothing added to it but the rattle. The second fish exactly the same only this one was WAY better! A nice big heavy lump that kited around me about 8ft away just to show me everything before the hook popped and came flying past my head....FUCK!!! I dont need to describe the devastation do I.
Long story short, all was redeemed with 8 fish throughout the day and every one on the gravity stick. All high 40s apart from a couple that were better including a 60cm PB.
@Tadpoleturned up last minuite and done his usual thing of catching the biggen and then casting his patch a million miles into the distance over and over again for fun 😉
All in all in all, probably the best days fishing I've ever had 👍
Cheers for reading 
 
 
 

Hi bones 
Not really mate , some say slow it down but I've found that  switching  it around just like fishing in daylight works best for me , sometimes the bass will take a lure just deadsticking but another night they will hit it on a faster retrieve .

It works well for catching squid... just ask Gonzo...

I love fishing at night , it heightens the senses , a few years ago I fished the entire season in the dark, I find that generally a bigger stamp of fish caught at most marks at night .

I love fishing at night , it heightens the senses , a few years ago I fished the entire season in the dark, I find that generally a bigger stamp of fish caught at most marks at night .

When I was focused on lure fishing, 90% of my sessions were at night. I prefer it to daytime in many respects. Fish seem to come closer in, they seem bolder at night. More willing to feed? Maybe.

The first thing I noticed about it was how smooth its was. It increased my casting distance by a considerable amount. As far as abrasion resistance goes, I'm yet to have any breakages. In and around snags I'm not concerned because it feels so steely.

Strange you say that about the gravity sticks , I deliberately worked them over a 200 meter reef casting a couple of times every three feet for two hours of prime tide  ...they looked good in the water but not a sniff so I popped a homemade Slugo on and two fish in a few casts ...maybe a coincidence, I just think the bass wanted the slimmer profile on that occasion .
Regarding the Van staal it does everything well , lighter than my Stella and biomaster  and more rugged than my rarenium and stradics ...not as smooth but I like that I can drown it when wading without any concerns, I killed a Shimano rarenium in a week over in Kerry.
Rods are a personal thing & I just like the feel of the N70 although I did balance my Shoregame which improved that no end .
Catch up soon buddy ...still trying to crack the night shift on your local mark but as the photo shows I'm getting there ....
 

Looking good @Davemc, looks like a solid fish that one!!
Thought I'd mention the sticks as you said you free a blank with them, admittedly those caught weren't big fish but he certainly caught enough of them on the paddle tail yet no matter how I worked the pin tail I could only entice 3 hits but only small stuff.
I've just started to explore ground that I previously told you about and the fish have been most obliging, nothing grandiose but one or two knocking a fair size.. and certainly not on par with the fish up the other end but im sure with enough hours put in a lump or two will grace us. Big tides this weekend, will be out a few times to see whats kicking about.
Heard of a good fish recently at Tip, 70cm OTT on a P100 in some pretty shitty conditions.. Give us a shout when you're next kicking about.

Strange you say that about the gravity sticks , I deliberately worked them over a 200 meter reef casting a couple of times every three feet for two hours of prime tide  ...they looked good in the water but not a sniff so I popped a homemade Slugo on and two fish in a few casts ...maybe a coincidence, I just think the bass wanted the slimmer profile on that occasion .
Regarding the Van staal it does everything well , lighter than my Stella and biomaster  and more rugged than my rarenium and stradics ...not as smooth but I like that I can drown it when wading without any concerns, I killed a Shimano rarenium in a week over in Kerry.
Rods are a personal thing & I just like the feel of the N70 although I did balance my Shoregame which improved that no end .
Catch up soon buddy ...still trying to crack the night shift on your local mark but as the photo shows I'm getting there ....
 

Note to self, don't leave uncompleted messages to finish later in the day.. for they disappear. 
Hi Dave, tis Steve, formally known in these here parts as chasinBass.. as the Bass now chase me I thought it appropriate to change the forum handle.
N70 has sidelined rods... is the little Eginn one of them!? 🤗
HTO demonstrate time and again an inability to listen to the requirements that Bass lure anglers want in a Bass lure rod. Twice over across the shoregame and N70 they've stuck a reel seat on that nobody (bar you) likes or wants on an expensive upper end premium stick. Also worth noting neither blanks are of HTO design or produced, they bought the blanks and strapped the gear to them making them a third party rod builder at best.
I'm surprised that your best investment has been the Van Staal.. things are built like tanks and one would hope they'd last, my opinion they'd come into they're own on a surf beach being pounded by sea and sand but anywhere else in the UK for what species we have on offer its too much. Does yours not suffer with wind knots?
Hear what your saying about other lures but do they cover the same amount of ground?? Does an Espetit cast as far as a P100? Does a Spittin wire out cast a P125?
Frankly the only thing that lets the Xorus lures down for me and true can be said for at least the Patchinko and Asturie is that over time hairline cracks appear and water will ingress. Booooo. 
My buddy has purchased Henry's Gravity Stick pack and last night he did well on the paddle tail, I finally unclicked a surface lure and tried the pintail and had a couple of bumps but no hook up for me.. but they work! 

Starting to think bass fishing has it's own language!!
Seeing as the quantity I have caught I can count on one hand, it probably is......

Strange you say that about the gravity sticks , I deliberately worked them over a 200 meter reef casting a couple of times every three feet for two hours of prime tide  ...they looked good in the water but not a sniff so I popped a homemade Slugo on and two fish in a few casts ...maybe a coincidence, I just think the bass wanted the slimmer profile on that occasion .
Regarding the Van staal it does everything well , lighter than my Stella and biomaster  and more rugged than my rarenium and stradics ...not as smooth but I like that I can drown it when wading without any concerns, I killed a Shimano rarenium in a week over in Kerry.
Rods are a personal thing & I just like the feel of the N70 although I did balance my Shoregame which improved that no end .
Catch up soon buddy ...still trying to crack the night shift on your local mark but as the photo shows I'm getting there ....
 

Thanks Steve - appreciated.
 
On the subject of picture sizes, its deliberately set at 2Mb. We could remove the size limits and let everyone post massive files all day long but.... that would quickly eat up our file storage. We're on a good deal for the site at the moment but the costs quickly escalate when lots of storage is required, so anything we can do to keep file sizes small is appreciated.
 
As Zook says, linking to photos hosted elsewhere is ideal as it enables files of any size to be shown but without using any storage on Outlaws. All the photos I post are linked from Imgur, but other photo hosting sites are out there. 👍

Absolute rubbish Stains, bet your still all smiles this morning.
 
Tis a beautiful day indeed.. feel a short session maybe the order of the day.
 
I'm impressed with the site, definitely more user friendly than the previous platform, only draw back is that I've never had to tinker with files to get them to fit but thats the only niggle thus far. Credit where its due, good job Andy.

It's a lovely day on our new site. Hope you all slept well?