Emiliano Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 Hi, I recently sign in to BassResource, my name is Emiliano, I'm from Italy but I'm living in Spain, I've been fishing for bass since I was kid, now I'm 40, and I never fished with live baits, never. I used to fly fishing a lot for 6 years in a row hunting trout, grayling and bass and had a some good saltwater adventures for bonefish, tarpon and permit but I come back again to bass fishing. I mostly fish the Ebro river system where bass, european perch, walleye and pike are present in good number. Here we have a great fishery and beautiful scenarios, all the species are very healthy and they fight hard. Unfortunately bass don't grow as there in their native country, so the biggest ones can be 9puonds in comparison to yours 20+lbs that swim there. But we have a good population in good number. Since I did a lot of pitching, flipping and all of sorts of plastic techniques in the past now I'm focused more in power fishing like crank, jerk and swimbait and I tend to use plastic worms and drop shot only if I had to, so typically in the hottest summer month where bass are in tight vegetation and cover. But here crankbait and jerkbaits are very effective all year around. I know we are in different countries but basses are the same (I think the black bass was introduced in Europe in 1880 - 1900) so I hope to share infos and learn a lot from you guys ! 5 Quote
PourMyOwn Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 Spain is one of my favorite countries. Bienvenido! 1 Quote
Super User DogBone_384 Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome to the family. Great to hear of bass in other countries. It'll give me another reason to travel abroad. 1 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome to the forums. Im checking out your river on google earth ! 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Hello Emiliano and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome aboard, Emiliano! ?? 1 Quote
Super User GaryH Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome aboard Emiliano.. 1 Quote
JohnFromLisbon Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 Bienvenido from across the border! ? 1 Quote
Super User Log Catcher Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Hello and welcome to the forum. 1 Quote
Super User soflabasser Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome to the forum 1 Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted December 29, 2020 Super User Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome to BR! Just Googled the Ebro. It has invasive American crayfish, as well as Zebra mussels. Sorry about that! What’s it like as far as rods, reels and tackle in shops? Is bass fishing a niche market that’s pretty much served by mail order or do you decent stock in local stores? Quote
Smells like fish Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 Welcome!! Looking forward to hearing and seeing pictures of your lures and tackle 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted December 30, 2020 Global Moderator Posted December 30, 2020 Welcome! 1 Quote
Emiliano Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 10 hours ago, BrianMDTX said: Welcome to BR! Just Googled the Ebro. It has invasive American crayfish, as well as Zebra mussels. Sorry about that! What’s it like as far as rods, reels and tackle in shops? Is bass fishing a niche market that’s pretty much served by mail order or do you decent stock in local stores? Hi Brian! Here we have problems as all around the world with invasive species as you said but fortunately in Ebro til now it is still exist a good equilibrium (sorry for my English...hope it is right what). I think the worst is the giant catfish (Silurus Glanis) that is on top of the food chain, introduced in the 70s from east Europe. About rods, reels and tackle we can get all sorts of JDM, Shimano, Daiwa, Megabass, LCraft, etc... but a lot of US as well, St Croix, GLoomis, Falcon, and in Spain there is the European wholesaler of Dobyns, I love these rods. Between Spain and Italy it is available the 70% of the US brands and we usually order online, for example I just received yesterday my new Aldebaran MGL 51 HG, in stock and on 20% sale. Thank you guy for your "bienvenido" I really appreciate Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted December 30, 2020 Super User Posted December 30, 2020 Trust me, your English is way better than my Spanish! Sounds like you have access to a great selection of tackle. That’s good to hear. Happy New Year! 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted December 31, 2020 Super User Posted December 31, 2020 Welcome to the Bass Resource Forums. Quote
volzfan59 Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 Caio Emiliano! Welcome to BR. I look forward to reading about bass fishing in Europe. Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted January 1, 2021 BassResource.com Administrator Posted January 1, 2021 Welcome home! We're glad you're here. 1 Quote
Emiliano Posted January 1, 2021 Author Posted January 1, 2021 3 hours ago, volzfan59 said: Caio Emiliano! Welcome to BR. I look forward to reading about bass fishing in Europe. Hi! Late January I hope to start the new season so I probably post something to share pics and the area where I usually fish. 1 Quote
Super User islandbass Posted January 1, 2021 Super User Posted January 1, 2021 Welcome! Glad to see you here. Quote
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