Bass Fishing in Bristol

Work the flooding tide along current seams; peeler crab, rag or small paddle-tail lures. Best at dusk or after dark May-Oct, with extra push on big springs. Stay mobile along the wall.

Big spring tides; work shallow minnows or 20–30 g metals along the margins at dawn/dusk. Peeler crab or prawn on running ledger also scores. Fish first push and last of the ebb from firm ledges.

Work the flood along wall eddies; peeler crab or lug/rag baits, or shallow plugs at dawn/dusk on neaps. Use 5–7oz grip leads in the run; bites often on first of the ebb.

Flood to high on spring tides; work soft plastics or peeler crab along wall eddies and moorings. Dusk best. Use a drop-net to land from the wall.

Work small soft plastics or shallow divers through eddies on the flood, dawn/dusk or after rain-coloured water; keep lures tight to the flow lines by the steps/locks.

Work small soft plastics or surface lures in the turbulent water below the weir on the flood, especially at dusk or after rain. Also try peeler crab or prawn baits tight to flow lines.

Best on the flood into dusk, coloured water after rain. 3–4" paddle tails/weedless soft plastics worked along creases, or peeler/mackerel strip in the channel. 1–3 oz leads in the flow.

Crab, rag or soft plastics along margins at dawn/dusk on a flooding spring. Summer–autumn. Target seams and eddies out of the main flow.

Crab or worm baits, or 10–20g metals/soft plastics in eddies by the bridge. Fish the flood at dusk/dawn May–Oct. Keep mobile and avoid snags at low.

Crab or rag baits rolled along edges on the flood/first of ebb, or weedless soft plastics in eddies by lock gates. Dusk/night on spring tides.

Work paddle-tails or shallow divers through bridge eddies on the flood and first of the ebb, or fish peeler crab/rag on a running ledger. Dusk into night on spring tides is best.

June-Oct. Flood tide, 2 hrs before high. Lures (soft plastics/surface) along eddies and margins, or peeler/rag on a running ledger. Strong flow—fish slacks near structure at dusk/dawn.

Peeler crab or lug; fish the flood into dusk around eddies by the steps. Cast uptide with 6–7oz grips and a rotten-bottom to beat snags.

Flood to high, esp. springs; peeler crab, lug or soft crab at the channel seam with 3–4 oz grip lead. Best at dusk; keep casts short to the drop-off.

Peeler crab or ragworm into creases/eddies on a flooding spring tide at dawn/dusk. Short casts tight to walls and bridge pilings work in the coloured water.

Work soft plastics or shallow plugs through eddies and near outfalls on the flood; peeler crab or worm baits tight to structure. Dusk into dark, late spring–autumn.

Works after rough weather and in coloured water. Big crab or lug baits close in around eddies at dusk on the flood and first of the ebb.

Rising tide at dusk or dawn; small paddletails or metals along wall eddies and outflows, especially after rain-coloured water; late spring to autumn.

Crab or rag baits, or small paddletails worked along walls. Fish the flood on spring tides near lock gates/outflow. 30 lb leader; expect snags.

Shallow-diving lures or peeler/crab baits around lock mouths and eddies at dusk/dawn on spring tides. After rain they push in. Fish the first of the flood.

Small soft plastics or shallow divers along walls and eddies on the flood/first ebb; rag/lug baits also work. Best summer–autumn, especially after rain.

Schoolies on big tides at dusk. Soft paddletails or peeler crab fished in the lee of bridge piers/eddies. Work lures around slack water; summer–early autumn.