Been working on that 'scale-effect' ..

Here's my latest wrasse effort (do you have these fish over there? They are rough-ground/reef fish, don't grow very big; the biggest species, the Ballan Wrasse goes 7 or 8lbs. but most get barely over the pound mark..), small ones feature in our coastal bass diets, as they hunt, or ambush them in the tide races, or inshore reefs/rocky areas.
They're sort of like a mini-grouper; most people don't keep 'em if they catch one but in a few areas they are a local 'delicacy'. Portland, is one such locality, just up the coast from me .. say no more..




Some people also eat mullet..


Whether bass do or not, I'm not sure but it is pretty lure, I think.

Have a great season everyone,
Jim.

PS. If you're seeing the image I'm seeing, it is not complete on the right-hand side but if you just click on the image, the full picture comes up.. my apologies to those that already know this or have worked it out themselves. J.