Bass Section
The bass section, like the species hunt, is a ‘catch and release’ event (see info page).
After signing in at one of our official locations, you are free to roam the entire Cornish coastline, either by yourself or with friends, from Friday evening until Sunday morning. Entrants must be back in St Merryn by noon on Sunday. From there we’ll run through all the fish caught and run through the official prize giving, tackle displays and general fishing talk.
To register any fish that you have caught, we just need you to supply us with clean and clear photographic proof of your longest/biggest fish (more info will be supplied on how best to do this – and of coarse we are using ways to ensure authenticity) by 12 noon on the Sunday.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three individuals with the largest bass recorded during the weekend.
Rules
- Target species: European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax).
- Minimum qualifying length: NO MINIMUM SIZE THIS YEAR! (we had a 50cm minimum qualifying length in 2011 and it caused nothing but problems due to a lack of real quality fish showing. I genuinely expect 2012 to be better.).
- Non-Kayak – Shore only (‘Shore’ definition limits entrants to fishing locations reachable only on foot. You must be able to walk to and from your chosen mark, and all the way along/around it. No swimming, skishing, kayaks or boats.).
- Kayak Section (‘Kayak’ definition limits entrants to ONLY fishing from a water based kayak. A kayak is a kayak – boats of any kind are not allowed. Craft must be powered manually by the angler.)
- Lure (and fly) only (artificial baits/lures only. Hard or soft – including Berkley Gulp and Marukyu Power Isome. No natural baits are permitted).
- Your personal angler entrant card must appear in all photographs with your personal number clearly visible (cards are provided at sign-in).
- To qualify fish must be measured from the nose to the tip of the tail.
- Photographic proof must clearly show the nose of the fish accurately aligned with the ‘zero’ mark and the tail closed and straight over the tape. Badly aligned fish will be disqualified! – we will be extra strict on this in 2012!
- Qualifying fish must be measured on flat sand, rock or grass.
- Tape numbers must be clearly visible in photos.
- The angling zone extends from the north Devon/Cornwall border point west of Morwenstow on the North Coast and the west side (Cornwall) of the River Tamar on the South. Plymouth is out of bounds. See map below.
- No Cornish angling guides or commercial rod and line anglers are permitted to enter. This is an event for the masses, many of who will not know the area.