guisingerevan Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Has anyone been to the Extremadura region of Spain or Portugal for bass fishing? I recently moved to europe from the states and am trying to find places to bass fish so if anyone has any experience in Spain, Portugal, or anywhere else let me know please. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spbassfish Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Extremadura has some great places to catch largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, catfish, big carp and barbel. Right now the bass are very active in most of the lakes, the best ones right now are Cijara and García Sola, in eastern Badajoz, but there are a lot of lakes and small ponds to catch them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kelly Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I'm off to Cijara next month. Second time there, it can be great fun. Hope to have some better pictures from this trip! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugabasser Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Extremadura and it's portuguese counterpart are arguably the best zones in Europe regarding bass fishing: good weather with lots of sun means a good and long growing season. The only problem is that the fish - at least in Portugal - are extremely pressured, with little or no respect what so ever by the fishing regulations, including mandatory no fishing period and fish sizes. However, there are some incredible reservoirs in Portugal like Alqueva or Alvito. In Extremadura I like Alange very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kelly Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I've literally just got back from Cijara a couple of hours ago. Had a great week there with plenty of bass. On Tuesday I found a weedbed, which is a rare thing on Cijara, and with the westerly wind caught a number of good fish between 3 and 5 pounds, All came on a soft plastic jerkbait when I eventually worked out how to turn followers into takers. The rest of the week was easterly winds and the bite was more awkward. the weedbed produced nothing much, but I caught a good number of fish every day. On Thursday I went beating the banks with a senko and caught a lot of fish, probably about 50, although the average size was down. I still has a couple of three pounders and a four. That was the only day they were really keen on the senko though. Had a number of fish on an Alabama rig when the fish were schooling over deep water, a few spinnerbait fish, crankbait fish, creature fish and jig fish, so it was a matter of scratching round to get a bite, but they were regular enough to give a good bag by the end of the day. Even on a slower day I expect I would have caught 10-15lb limits. A great trip and it sucks to be home again with probably another year to wait for my next bass fishing trip! Just got to nurse my raw "bass thumb" now! One of the Comizo Barbel As we were loading up the van this morning to go to the airport I caught this toad... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabrela Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Has anyone been to the Extremadura region of Spain or Portugal for bass fishing? I recently moved to europe from the states and am trying to find places to bass fish so if anyone has any experience in Spain, Portugal, or anywhere else let me know please. Thanks Hi First of all welcome to Portugal! Hope you enjoy staying with us. I live in the portuguese Estremadura near Portugal´s capital and if you like I can take you to bass fish one of these days, just give me a buzz. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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