Today was a day of unexpected tales literally. I was forced to a new venue that I hadn't fished before because of strong southwesterly winds which took out a lot of my natural venues. I am a stickler for staying in one spot if it's good fishing because of confidence knowing that if they are there I will catch but to be forced to a new venue is intriguing also. I needed shelter so I picked a cove that was near the mouth of the river but covered from the strong gusting south-westerly. I parked up in a car park and took a walk. I knew roughly where I was going but I hadn't covered this area before by foot. I managed to find a very overgrown path full of stinging nettles but I saw a slight opening and a route to the sea. It was a spot covered by boulders and a milky sea so I knew if I could find a spot then I was good.
I started to use my weighted sandeels as I knew there was deep water in front of me and I also knew that the path i was using as a trajectory was a safe one. A green natural one flew out first, followed by a white one and I thought I saw a follow as I lifted the lure out of the water so I tried again and saw a big silver flash once again. I thought to myself I wonder if black might stand out better in the milky water? nope, nothing for the next few casts. Hmmm, i wonder if I needed something brighter? So I chucked on the chartruese colour with an orange belly and flicked it out and the bass that was holding in a hole jumped out of the water for the bright lure. Below was the hole and where the fish was holding out for bait to turn up.
If only i could pull my bright lure through the hole slow enough for the bass to see it then ....... Bang.
I knew that at the right speed and colour, the fish couldn't resist. This one was 57cm and gave a good fight in close but I managed to get it in for a pic. We have had loads of success with this colour this year already. Nothing in the sea looks like this but we are sure that the bright colour draws their attention to bite. There are times when natural colours work best but the proof is in the catching and we have caught more bass on bright and white lures this year than any other colour so far. That might change as the bait fish colours change but for now bright is best in Cornwall.
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Geoffrey Martin Wykes
If the truth is known, not that I’m a marine biologist just a keen lure fisherman,if what I’ve been lead to believe is true they see ingres scale,
so a lemonback,pink,blue or white/pearl are very similar just slight difference in tone,think it’s more down to profile,conditions and abundance of bait,whether its sandeel,sprat mackerel etc 🤔