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The weekly water report

2026 · Week 41 Catch Reports

5 October 2026 – 11 October 2026

UK sea-bass catch reports published this week, with tackle, conditions and the details anglers recorded.

ISO calendar week, Monday to Sunday.

Reported bass—
Catch reports1
Largest by length55 cm
Largest by weight—

The week in perspective

Catch totals not supplied in 1 catch reports published this week. Recorded tackle, conditions and coverage for 5 October 2026 – 11 October 2026.

0 of 0 accounts with explicit totals explicitly recorded no bass. These are self-reported observations from available records, not a census of catches or a representative angler survey.

0 reports confirm fishing within this period; 0 give a fishing date outside it; 1 do not supply a confirmed fishing date. Figures describe reports published this week, not a claim that all these fish were caught this week.

The catch reports

Individual factual summaries from the available records. Unknown totals stay unknown; fishing and publication dates are kept separate.

Published 11 October 2026

Catch report 1

Bass were reported; the account gives no exact total. Lure selection: Ebbrox Renaissance V2 small — 10cm / 16g, standard, Real D-eel.; Ebbrox Renaissance V2 large — 13cm / 26g, standard, Real D-eel.; Sidewinder Skerries Pro small — 5 inch / 22g, Super Pearl.; Sidewinder Skerries Pro medium — 6 inch / 35g, Super Pearl.. Method: A boat-fishing comparison of two sizes within each lure model. Both Ebbrox sizes used the same colour and standard hook configuration; both Sidewinder sizes used Super Pearl. Catch numbers and fish lengths were recorded.. Tide: Flooding.. Water clarity: Not perfectly clear; some evidence of an algal bloom.. Largest fish: 55cm.

Fishing date: not supplied

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What worked?

A proven “most successful” method or lure cannot be selected from mentions alone. Fishing time, conditions and catches attributed to each option are needed for a fair comparison. The tables show what featured most often in published catch reports; a tie stays a tie.

Methods, lures & tackle

DetailMost reported entryCoverage
MethodA boat-fishing comparison of two sizes within each lure model. Both Ebbrox sizes used the same colour and standard hook configuration; both Sidewinder sizes used Super Pearl. Catch numbers and fish lengths were recorded. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
RetrieveNot recorded0 / 1 reports
Lure / recorded selectionEbbrox Renaissance V2 small — 10cm / 16g, standard, Real D-eel.; Ebbrox Renaissance V2 large — 13cm / 26g, standard, Real D-eel.; Sidewinder Skerries Pro small — 5 inch / 22g, Super Pearl.; Sidewinder Skerries Pro medium — 6 inch / 35g, Super Pearl. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
RodHTO Nebula Light Gamer 1–7g; HTO Lure Game. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
ReelShimano Stella 2500; Shimano Stradic 2500. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
BraidSufix braid, 18lb. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
Other main lineNot recorded0 / 1 reports
LeaderNot recorded0 / 1 reports

Where & under what conditions?

Habitat and fishing platform are separate: an estuary can be fished from shore or boat. Exact fishing marks are not published in this aggregate.

DetailMost reported entryCoverage
HabitatNot recorded0 / 1 reports
Shore / boat / kayakNot recorded0 / 1 reports
TideFlooding. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
ClarityNot perfectly clear; some evidence of an algal bloom. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
WindNorth-westerly, 4–9 knots. (1 report)1 / 1 reports
DepthNot recorded0 / 1 reports
How to read this report

Reports are grouped by their original publication date. Fishing dates are shown separately when known. Only explicit bass counts enter the total; reports with unknown counts still appear in the digest. Known repeated sessions and identical structured accounts are consolidated; undetected duplicates remain possible. Own-channel replies are excluded from independent totals. External replies need explicit first-person catch wording. Missing values remain unknown. Tackle popularity means mentions in this set of reports, not sales, votes or proof of effectiveness.

Largest length and weight are separate records and may describe different fish. Only unambiguous measurements are ranked. Coverage is the number of accounts recording a field, out of all eligible published catch reports. Combined tackle lists stay combined. Source checks, exclusions and provenance are retained internally; this page presents aggregate findings without individual citations.

The archive reflects records currently held and eligible for use. Source withdrawals, corrections and expiry can change past weeks. Missing historical records are not reconstructed. Automatic imports still require the existing scheduler and configured source access.

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