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Matthew Day’s young bloke and a super-healthy Ty Laverick used a Somerset Special Dave’s trolling lure. bass.
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Superstar Rocco Bezzina with dinner.
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Throw a big cast and let the tailspinner free fall with a little ten- sion on the line (to feel
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ULY has come and any pick-ups), let it hit at NRMA Lake Somer- gone and winter is the bottom, wind in and set Holiday Park.
in full swing, as repeat. They are being in-
are the bass. My go-to this month structed by extremely
With the colder even- ing temperatures and water temps dropping, the bass are starting to build in numbers and getting chunkier.
has been the Jackall Deracoup, with Hot Bites another favourite.
successful tournament angler and fly fisher John Scofield and Steve ‘Killer’ Kanowski and have no doubt changed a few anglers’ arsenals for chasing hard-to- tempt bass.
Schools remain around Pelican Point and honestly they will always be there.
Spoons, Palms Slow Blatts and Halco Twistys have proved a force to be reckoned with this winter, as have smaller-profile Nories Metal Wasaby lures.
Anglers who take up a one-on-one day ses- sion have come with no knowledge and left catching their first deepwater bass, all in one day.
A good school has been sitting in front of Happy Clappers in 7-10m of water, though they can be difficult to tempt into a bite.
I like to punch out a long cast, let it hit the bottom, make six to eight winds on the reel and let it free fall back to the bottom.
Hit us up through our Somerset Fishing Tackle Facebook page to find out how we can get you into a deep bass masterclass.
We have found suc- cess using a technique Jason Ehrlich and Brett ‘Mr Somerset’ Klaws taught me: remove the spot lock and drift away from the school.
Don’t be scared to rip the spoon up off the bottom on the first re- trieve and then employ this technique.
Our friends Kym and Sean, who you will see on the water every Thursday, love their trolling and have tak- en great catches using Voodoo diving lures
This has been super productive when using tailspinners.
Flies have been really successful this winter and we have introduced some master classes on deepwater bass fishing.
We feel most other brands are too heavy for this technique.