LURE FISHING FOR BASS | FIIISH BLACK MINNOW 

Hi mate. That’s brilliant to hear. You can’t beat the feeling of a bass taking a top water lure! Glad you managed to get one! Hopefully plenty more to follow. Cheers 👍🏼

Cheers mate. Ideally, it’s not the best practice but when fish are hooked well and that small, it’s surprising what they can handle.

Thank you mate, I appreciate the comment! I’m not out to make the most technical fishing videos on RU-vid. I just vlog a few of my sessions. It’s pretty basic really. As far as snags go.. my go to is to tighten the drag, lift the rod into the snag and flick the bail arm over. Applying this pressure on the lure, then flicking the bail arm over can ping the lure out of a lot of snags. It all depends on what you’re snagged on. Thick kelp can be a nightmare because when you’re snagged up in lighter weed, you can sometimes ‘tear’ the lure out. If it’s a rock, sometimes you can just let some line out and wait for the tide so wash the lure out the snag. This is the reason I don’t use braid under 20lb. I want the strength to pull out of snags. Some you win, some you lose 😂 that’s just how it goes sometimes. I could’ve been more respectful when releasing those fish yes. As I’ve said in a previous comment, it always feels more subtle when doing it, then watching back on camera. Hope that helps and thanks for checking out the video mate 👍🏼

Hardly mate 😂 let’s hit them big baits! 👊🏼

@@FISHINGWITHCAL I’m game 🤣🎣🎣🎣

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Hopefully next time they’ll be some more fish! 💪🏼

There are a lot better videos on my channel mate. I hadn’t uploaded in a while so at least it’s something to watch. Fishings always fun regardless of the catches. I appreciate it 👊🏼

Sorry to hear that mate. We’re very lucky over here because the water clarity is very good all year round. That’s the advantage of being on a small island. The tides rip yeah, keeps you on your toes that’s for sure. Cheers 👍🏼

It’s something isn’t it. Gotta take the lows with the highs. Thanks Michael 👍🏼🎣

They’re Oakley Holbrooks with deep water lenses. 👍🏼

We’ve all been there mate! The gloves aren’t a fishing brand. I bought them from a local DIY store about 2 years ago. They’ve outlasted any expensive fishing branded gloves I’ve used.

It’s a Shimano Technium. 👍🏼

Certainly could be done a bit more respectfully I agree.

I agree to a point but when there that small and full of beans without a big fight I'd think their alright?

It may have looked casual but it seems to me the second fish was purposefully tossed out to a kelp free patch slightly further out off the rocks and both fish were returned head first to give them an injection of oxygen through their gills. I’ve watched Cal for a long time, he’s always big on fish welfare.

That’s a fair comment mate and I’ll take it on board. To be completely honest with you, whenever I do that, it feels very subtle and looks worse on camera. Bass are hardy fish and each of those were hooked through the lip. I totally get what you’re saying though. One of the comments below hits the nail on the head, close in was full of thick kelp so I went for a gentle lob. Not the best I know so next time I’ll be more careful. It was only because they were small fish and I believe they can handle it. You can’t please everyone.