New to bass fishing...WOW!!

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Faizal-D

Senior Member
Hi guys....heres my story...

I was in the Bergs on holiday last week and decided to fish in one of the private dams at the resort that I was staying in. I used my Shimano Dropshot setup and a  Berkley dropshot minnow and to my amazement caught a few bass.

Ok, it must have been beginners luck lol as there were some serious anglers with proper bass tackle were catching nothing   :fbash

Any advice on the following Bass set up below will help as I am a beginner and do not want to spend too much on the tackle....

Reel: Shimano bantam Chromica CM200a

Rod: Shimano Crestfire 66MHC

Thanks

 
 

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swarley81

New member
Hi Faizal-D,

I only started bass fishing in January as well. All I can say is kiss your life goodbye... Bassing is a great sport and very addictive.

If I were you I would first carry on using your dropshot rig (as "dropshot" is just another form/name of fishing with plastics and lures). The plastics that you would use for bass fishing are very similar to ocean dropshotting, so the catches you made were definitely not beginners luck...Get to know the lures and the different type of lures and plastics first. How to fish for bass near structure etc.

If you read some of the previous posts I'm sure you'll find more than enough information.
 
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VX70

New member
Nice going! Bassing is very addictive!! You might want to try some El Grande Hatch Match baits, they really supper baits!
 
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EBEE ALI

New member
hey faizal welcome to the sport of bass angling.
One very important thing to consider is that bass stocks are limited and to preserve the bass we have we must practice catch and release.
Bass take many years to attain a weight of 4 kg so care should be taken not to ''hook and cook''.
 
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Fanie

Sealiner
Hi Faizal,

Dis altyd goed om by baars te begin aangesien dit maar 'n bra vervelige vis is om te vang :-D

Bass is soos sop sam met kos, niemand hou rerig daarvan nie, maar jy eet dit nou maar omdat dit daar is... tipe van 'n morele verpligting :-D

Bass is lekker om te vang as daar niks anders is nie... :-D

Nee erlik. Groot baars word eers sterk as hulle oor die 3kg gaan en hulle spring nie eintlik regtig nie. My skoonma is al oor die 179 jaar oud en sy spring ho er as 'n baars.

Dit laat mens wonder of die groot bek van die vis 'n assosiasie prikkel wat hom so aantreklik vir sommige hengelaars maak ?
 
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Faizal-D

Senior Member
Hi, please note that the bass that I had caught were released as I do not eat fish!!!
Yes I agree, catch and release or as some chaps say: shag n release lol
 
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sealady

New member
Fanie wrote:
Hi Faizal,

Dis altyd goed om by baars te begin aangesien dit maar 'n bra vervelige vis is om te vang :-D

Bass is soos sop sam met kos, niemand hou rerig daarvan nie, maar jy eet dit nou maar omdat dit daar is... tipe van 'n morele verpligting :-D

Bass is lekker om te vang as daar niks anders is nie... :-D

Nee erlik. Groot baars word eers sterk as hulle oor die 3kg gaan en hulle spring nie eintlik regtig nie. My skoonma is al oor die 179 jaar oud en sy spring ho er as 'n baars.

Dit laat mens wonder of die groot bek van die vis 'n assosiasie prikkel wat hom so aantreklik vir sommige hengelaars maak ?
Click to expand...
Clearly you live on another planet and perhaps u should crawl back where u come from
 
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bandit365

New member
Fanie has clearly never been bass fishing. I wonder how KVD would feel if we told him that the 6 million or so in price money that he has earned over the years was kind of like eating soup!!!:fbash
 
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Go fish

New member
Hi Faizel, well done on the catch and may there be many more, a truly rewarding and sometimes frustrating sport.

Pity about certain "sealiner" voicing their idiotic opinion.
 
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kleinkaas

New member
GO-FISH
Jy praat n duidelike nederlands

Lyk my Fanie sukkel om regtig bass te vang dis hoekom hy sulke uitlatings maak .....

Klootsak !!


He he he
 
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duanej26

New member
this is really a disappointing thing to see from a fellow sealine member.  someone who seems to be an experienced fisherman, putting down a beginner in his choice of fish to ctach.

really pathetic and a bad reflection of sealine members.
 
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Loams

Sealiner
Dude, well done on the fish....

One of the reasons you probably caught fish is that they got to see a lure that other fishermen haven't presented yet... Take that as a lesson number one. Do not get too comfortable with the same lure. Try new ones, especially when other people don't have it yet... On that note, don't bother kissing your life goodbye, because it has just started... You can however wave goodbye to your cash

Next item on the agenda. Ignore Fanie, he loves finding negatives in anything and everything.
 
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