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Lure fishing Hastings

ouchthathurt

ouchthathurt

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I was wondering if there were any anglers lure fishing for bass around Hastings way? I keep meaning to get the lure gear out, but I can’t remember the last time I saw a bass angler specifically targeting them on lures. A few spinner chuckers after mackerel yes, but targeting bass on lures? Can’t remember seeing anyone! Is it just not practiced much this end of the country?
 
ouchthathurt said:
How do,

I was wondering if there were any anglers lure fishing for bass around Hastings way? I keep meaning to get the lure gear out, but I can’t remember the last time I saw a bass angler specifically targeting them on lures. A few spinner chuckers after mackerel yes, but targeting bass on lures? Can’t remember seeing anyone! Is it just not practiced much this end of the country?
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Haha! You've got a great Bass Lure guy on your doorstep - Matt, Saltwater Angler! Matt's quite approachable & friendly if you wanna drop him an email. https://www.saltwaterangler.uk/
 
ouchthathurt said:
Really? Many thanks mate! I’ll check him out ?
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I've been subscribed to Matt's Youtube channel for a couple of years, and if I post a comment on a video, he always replies and it often turns into a bit of chat & banter! He's a nice guy. He's based in Hastings but gets around a bit! He recently did a Bass lure fishing video down this way, and this is also interesting:
 
I’ll have to subscribe, then stalk him about town remorselessly hoping he reveals his secret local marks…

I know of a few spots, heading Eastbourne way and I know of a few big bass knocking around Rye harbour, found a large one dead on the shore there a few months back (I don’t think it came from a trawler down stream, i can’t see them discarding it) I’ve found a few bass marks by exploring the beach with the dog in tow, my best bass mark was found after walking it half a dozen times with the hound, scoping the ground. On my last exploratory trip, I found the heads and frames of several bass in a rock pool where an angler had filleted his catch before going home. I knew then that this was a mark worth trying.
 
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Just watched a vid of his, he ended it by showing his comments page, on there was a comment from “trampster” ??
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Might have been me! ???
 
Ive fished with lures around Eastbourne, Hastings and Brighton but it was a while ago, and before bass lure fishing became a 'thing'. I mostly got mackerel and scad. The problem i found - at places like Pevensey - was water clarity. Most of the time i just felt more confident with a bait in the water.
If i was still going down there regularly i would have loved to have fished the rocky marks around Beachy Head, etc with some of the newer lures
 
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