19/2/12 shields pier,before first gate.bass!!

[david.northeast]

Nice fish mate
Didnt want to say out bout the size Incase some people thought i was bein cheecky

[zippie]

the best fighting fish in the sea but should have gone back !!!!!!!!!! but well done on the catch gives others hope of a bigger LEGAL one

[lambtonworm]

Certainly a nice fish but unfortunately illegal to retain,but at least you know should another come your way ....

[Bushwhacker]

Aye 41 cm ? A think oops
Still crakin fish tho

36cm is the legal size.
41cm is the size some clubs use...

[kingcod2007]

ii thought 35 was legal, but now i know,2cm off aint that bad.

[broony]

It is a good idea to keep a list of minimum sizes handy for anything you are not sure of.

Thing with Bass as well is they don't get to breeding until they are around 41cms plus. To get to that size will take them about 4 or 5 years. If you want to keep catching them it's worth putting the small ones back.

[fishingmark]

Well done on the Bass mate. I spoke to you on my way off the pier, didn't realise you had kept it or I would have had a gander.
I had just been talking to a feller i was fishing next to at the rail end about the legal size for Bass and I was surprised when I checked my chart and it said 41cm.

[wheres the fish?]

Well done on the Bass mate. I spoke to you on my way off the pier, didn't realise you had kept it or I would have had a gander.
I had just been talking to a feller i was fishing next to at the rail end about the legal size for Bass and I was surprised when I checked my chart and it said 41cm.

Yeah, it really should be 45-48 tbh. Because some of them dont breed by the time they are 41 CM. There was a potition on GOV website not long ago, 7.6million signatures... Nothing done about it. Now to me thats a mammoth propotion of the population that wants the minimum size raised.

[Daz]

Same could be said about COD. I am sure at the legal keep size they are not breeding? See lots of people keeping 2lbers which I think is wrong.

[craig-todd]

started the day off on roker,but got booted off due to the waves smashing over,moved to the walkway but couldnt get the spot i wanted so moved to the pier bearing in mind we didnt get a bite in 6 hours,got on the pier as high tide peaked,first cast resulted in a 34cm bass caught on lugworm,i had a small coalie and we missed plenty other bites,poor day overall but atleast we didnt blank.

nice fish mate, well done on the catch.
i didnt know you could get them that far out, i thought there were caught behind the waves?

[jimbonda]

ii thought 35 was legal, but now i know,2cm off aint that bad.

you thought 35 was legal but you kept one that was 34? lol

[codseeker]

are you gonna phone the cops like

[conoflexman]

very nice with chips

nice catch mate did it go well with chips

[codseeker]

cod and chips ya cannot beat it

[conoflexman]

pollock

very nice but pollock now ya talking any way bk on topic well done on the bass m8 hope it tasted as good as it looks