Well its been a while since Mike caught any Bass (or anything else really) so it was smiles all round when he brought a small but nicely shaped Bass up. It was on the very next drift that Mike caught a bigger Bass which he kindly let Steve reel in the last little bit. Both fish were released back into the sea since Steve has fish in his freezer and Mike was enjoying some much deserved piece since his wife, Sandy, was away! Mike doesn't eat fish and with fish in their freezer as well, there was no point keeping them. they will only grow bigger for next year, as long as they remember Mikes lures!

It was the sprat Storm lure that again was successful and they can be bought on eBay (that's where we buy ours). Since the Bass were biting we were both surprised that we were the only boat fishing out there at the time and we even had some sunshine!

The bigger Bass was caught twice that day, once on a lure and once with a cannon (ouch, sorry) and here is the proof..............

STORM SUSPENDING WILDEYE 4" BLUE GILL FISHING LURES    £6.50

SUSPENDING WILD EYE STORM SEA FISHING SHADS 24g BLUE    £5.99

SUSPENDING WILD EYE STORM SEA FISHING SHADS 54g BLUE    £6.99

Ships Log

Date: Friday/23/10/2009

Weather: Force 4-5 SW

Sea state: Moderate

Engine hours at start:201.9

Engine hours at finish: 203.3

Crew: Steve and Mike

Time off moorings: 0900

Tide: High water 0820

Author: Mike (skipper)