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Title:Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:DONMAC::MACINTYRE
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1660
Total number of notes:20970

1310.0. "UK Bass" by REPAIR::HOBBS () Fri Jan 19 1990 02:45

    
    Hi all,
     you guys talk about bass so much, I dug out a fishing mag and
    got some numbers for you....
    
    here's the UK ten best bass since october '89 :
    
    weight            venue          bait
    
    17lb 6oz          Thames         Lug worm
    15lbs 9oz         Bradwell       Lug worm
    15lbs 6oz         Solent         Squid
    14lbs 7oz         Jersey         Sandeel
    14lbs 4oz         Bradwell       Lug/Squid
    13lbs 9oz         Thames         Mackerel
    13lbs 8oz         Pulpit Rock    Mackerel
    13lbs 5oz         Dover          Squid
    13lbs 4oz         Norfolk        Squid
    12lbs 5oz         Portsmouth     Whiting
    
    The British Records are
    
    Shore caught       19lbs 1/2oz  1988
    boat caught        19lbs 9oz    1987
    
     How do these compare to your bass in the States ?
    What about trying some of the baits above?
    
    
              cheers,   andy
    
    
    
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1310.1Different fish!SHAPES::BROWNMFeelin' old at 19 !!!Fri Jan 19 1990 05:3612
    Andy, the Bass you mention are the Bass that live in the sea.  They are
    a different species to the Largmouth Bass that is found in North
    America.
    
    I think they've tried to introduce Largemouth Bass to th UK, but all
    has failed.
    
    I have seen pictures of Bass caught in the states, in books on lures,
    and they seem to be the same shape as Perch.
    
    
    Mattyb
1310.2Striped Bass?DNEAST::OKERHOLM_PAUFri Jan 19 1990 07:338
    	I'd guess that the bass you are referring to are Striped Bass which
    are a salt water species but do come up the Rivers to spawn and feed.
    The minimum legal size limit for these fish in New England and the 
    Eastern coast is 33 inches (or has it gone up again to 36?). I think the 
    record is somewhere around 75 pounds or greater.
    Regards,
    Paul
    
1310.3I mean Bass - BassSHAPES::BROWNMFeelin' old at 19 !!!Fri Jan 19 1990 08:131
    No - not the stipped Bass.  The fish in the UK are all silver.
1310.4Sole FoodPACKER::GIBSONDTN225-5193Fri Jan 19 1990 08:3428
    
    Andy et al : Does any of you have a Mc Claine's guide to Salt Water
    Fish or Mc Claines Guide to Freshwater (Sweetwater) fish?
    
    As Paul just mentioned our Salt water Striped Bass get to be well over
    75 pounds. The size limit is 36 inches just to be legal. There are
    other types of Salt water Bass around here including the RockBass. I
    belive this is the same species of which you speak. I'll look itup
    tonight when I get home.
    
    Also when we talk of Flounder/Flats or Fluke, what we are refering to
    is a very close reletive of the Sole that is common to your area. They 
    are not identical and there are no Sole in North American waters.
    
    The Carp over here are direct decendants of the same Carp you have over
    there. Way back when Moses was a pup, some Amish fellow thought it would be a
    good idea to import them for a food fish. They got loose in some rivers
    and went forth and multiplied (By the gizillions).
    
    ELLS: Same here as you got there. They all go back to the Sargasso Sea.
    
    And of course the CODFISH. So common around the world that when the
    word fish is used as a legal term it is considered to mean Codfish.
    
                                              Take a minnow out for a swim
    
                                               Walt
     
1310.5you sometimes get 'em in rivers (tidal)SHAPES::BROWNMFeelin' old at 19 !!!Fri Jan 19 1990 12:471
    WE have flounders too!
1310.6Typcial New England BassCPDW::OTASun Jan 21 1990 11:1010
    Andy
    
    Based on the bait they used to catch these fish ie squid I also assume
    they are saltwater bass.  The record sizes for freshwater bass in the
    states runs 20+ pounds and are usually found in the warm water climates
    where the fish can grow rapidly (Florida etc).  In the northern waters
    where I fish, catching Bass over 5 Lbs would be considered by many of
    my companions to be a mountable size bass.  
    
    Brian
1310.7REPAIR::HOBBSTue Jan 23 1990 03:089
    
     Hi all,
       mistaken again eh ?  All these variants of species really pose
    a problem for easy comparisons. The bass I am on about are sea type
    fish, but can be found in tidal stretches of rivers.
    
      cheers all,  andy