Absorbing the quiet and tranquillity of the night
When the bass are on the tide you really need to take advantage if you can. Goodness knows the hours we spend behind motionless rods wondering if they are ever going to turn up again, but having said all that I've hardly done any fishing this year! Tuesday night I was out with Rob on the first mark if you have followed this recent flurry of posts, on a really warm October night. Apart from a couple of schoolie type runs nothing for me, but Rob picked up two bass with the largest around 3.5lb. A great night with great company. Last night following a couple of particularly difficult days and despite very little sleep I ventured out again. Conditions were once again warm with a slight breeze as I arrived at the same mark as Sundays 5lb bass. I deployed the same tactics from the off, but this time I arrived with plenty of time to fish the tide up hoping they would run early along this stretch like they have done on previous years. Well the early bite times passed without a touch, but i
