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When to fish for bass on the surface
Depending on the region and surface water temperature, fishing periods differ. You just need to remember that the bass waits until the water is hot (greater than or equal to 16°) before going up. When the water is colder, it feeds on the bottom.
Where do you fish for bass with a surface lure?
On board, there are many potentially interesting positions. These include oyster and mussel farms, areas of current between rocks, sandy beaches, coves, kelp fields, estuaries, etc. In a depth that can be as much as a few centimeters as a few meters, the bass often hunts between two waters and particularly appreciates areas where the bottom is modified and the current is diverted! Conditioned by its quest for food (crustaceans, cephalopods, pelagic), the bass tends to vary its movements and migrations according to its hunts.
What type of rod should be used to fish for sea bass with surface lures?
A classic rod is more than enough. On board, however, choose a rod longer than a model to use in a boat. With a length of more than 2.70 m, it allows you to launch your lures from great distances. Moreover, as the touches of the largest specimens can sometimes be discreet, opt for a sensitive and tactile rod, especially a stiff rod would not allow optimal handling of your surface lures.
Which reels and mounts are best suited for fishing from bass to surface lures?
Choose reels with large reels ranging in size from 2500 to 3000, lightweight and equipped with a front brake and fluorocarbon from 25/100 to 40/100.
Which lures to use and how to animate them?
- The propeller fish
As its name suggests, propeller fish are equipped at both ends with propellers that rotate in the opposite direction to each other.
Allowing to project hundreds of droplets, it can attract the bass evolving several tens of meters away. Attracted by noise and movement on the surface of the water, his curiosity or annoyance prevents him from resisting!
With a rod of about 3.80 m long, and in calm seas, the goal is to create eddies by grinding and printing slight tremors: alternate quick and slow reel recoveries. In rough seas, your movements must adapt to the conditions and be more violent and jerky. In any case, the golden rule is never to take your eyes off your lure: you will then risk missing follow-ups and a possible attack.
- The popper
Most often made of plastic, the popper can be identified by its truncated and hollowed out face. It is this characteristic that allows it to create noise and water spray when entering the water. A dull "pop pop" sound that earned it this name and has the advantage of attracting the bass.
By keeping your rod low, you must print more or less dry shots of your lure. It is necessary to grind, stop and pull the lure from the tip of the rod: by giving life to your popper by small blows of the scion, the displacement of water creating a surface activity allows you to arouse the aggressiveness of the predator.
- The pencil popper
With its elongated shape, bevelled head and leaded tail, the pencil popper proves to be very effective in calm and rough seas.
Capable of reaching very long fishing distances (up to 100 m!), this lure has a unique aerodynamic design and can be used in many situations. Considered as a zigzagging popper, it is in Walking the Dog or Long slide that it expresses itself on the surface and provokes, beyond the excitement of the fish, virulent attacks.
- The stickbait
Unlike other lures, the stickbait is made in discretion: its goal is to appear as natural as possible, both in its appearance, its way of moving or the sounds it emits. Here, no water noises, tail flapping or deep diving. The stickbait emits an acoustic signal produced by the metal balls it contains, which emits low frequencies that propagate up to several tens of meters. This lure also produces a vibratory signal by moving small volumes of water that transform into aquatic waves and an impressive visual effect of realism.
