Fishing off West Bay!

Kayak Sea Fishing Vlog

Catching Family Dinner - Drifting for Bass - Fishing Off West Bay

In this kayak fishing vlog I meet up with my old mate Jon for a day afloat outside West Bay harbour, on a rare October flat sea, for some fishing in Dorset. My hope is to catch a bass big enough to take home and eat but I forget my tape measure and find myself asking how big do sea bass have to be to keep!? Okay, I didn't actually use those words (YouTube made me use them). In the UK they're just called bass...unless you buy them from supermarkets. But if you found this video, you probably searched 'do i have to put my bass back in the sea' - current laws (2021) are that two bass can be taken per fisherman, per day and they have to be over 42cm long and caught between 1st March to 30th November.

Anyway...I’m keen to continue my recent successes of lure fishing for bass over rocky ground, but after a couple of lost rigs, Jon suggests finding cleaner ground to try and find some plaice. I head to the shore but on the way there Jon has a frantic hour of catching a wide range of fish species further out. I get a bit bored catching nothing close in so do a kayak rod holder review. I call Jon and hear he has ha big a blast! The fish seem to hanging back in the deeper, clearer water, so I join him…and go past him 😂🤣. Once the tide starts running, I focus on what I came for - an end of year celebratory bass for dinner. A lot of controversy seems to hang over the ethics of catching bass to eat. Most anglers couldn't even tell you what is the minimum size limit for bass and I found myself wrestling with my conscience. When you taste fish like this, it makes you wonder how fresh is supermarket fish?

Another great fishing day with another great friend and fishing companion! Sea fishing from the kayak on flat water is always enjoyable - even when the fish aren't biting. If you enjoy these UK fishing vlogs, please comment and subscibe as it helps the grass roots angling work that I do with disadvantaged children, schools and Wider community. (See Education playlist)

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