who on this board is from Europe?  and what country are you from?

CYPRUS

where in Europe is bass fishing most popular?

I think Italy

Hy, I'm from Croatia.

In Portugal is bass fishing very popular!

The Cyprus is veri good to, and in Croatia, Spain and France.

Spain, Pourtugal, Italy, France ... like the torunament aftere there are beautiful lake and fish like cipro and croatia.

www.bassmania.net is the most famous italian web site with a very nice forum and a lot of link about the european web site.

Spain.

The problem here is that much more people use to eat small basses and in the most of the county basses haven 't got minimum sized.

We have northern largemouth "salmoides micropterus micropterus" but in some lakes on Portugal Southern there ara floridanus.

Hi i am originaly from zimbabwe but am living in the uk now unfortunately there are no bass here in the uk.

Switzerland. I think bass fishing is most popular in Italy followed by France, Portugal and Spain.

Bass stocks are dropping quite a bit since most people eat the bass they catch. In Switzerland the size limit is only 20cm (approx. 8") which is a joke! I have seen people with bags full of baby bass.

Morocco is supposed to have some big bass.

i am seeking any bass fishermen from spain, particularly any who may have attended the seminar and demonstrations by American Terry Seagraves that was associated with the Eurobass Cup was held September 25th and 26th, 2007 at the reservoir of Ricobayo (Zamora, Spain).

I am a newspaper reporter in Orlando, Florida.

Thanks,

kumari

kkelly@orlandoentinel.com (you can email me there.)

who on this board is from Europe? and what country are you from?

C Y P R U S

As you can see from the picture , C Y P R U S!!!

Portugal,

Popularity measured by "percentage of population fishing for bass" is i believe still unknown, but it can also be measured by other indicators such as:

Competition Level:

     

For what i know Portugal, Spain and Italy are the only European countries to have official Bass Fishing National Championships. In Portugal and Spain there are "boated" and "from the shore" championships in Italy i don't know and in France the National Championship is not Bass specific as other species are also fished.

Italy, Spain and Portugal host important International Bass Fishing events.

The FIPS Bass Fishing World Championship held for the past 3 years has representatives from Portugal, Italy, Spain and France. Other countries like Russia (fishes in Cyprus), Mexico, USA and others have had 1 or 2 participations as well. Past winners were Portugal 2005, Italy 2006 and current title holders Spain 2007.

Press Coverage:

Italy is i believe the only country in Europe to have a "Bass fishing only" regularly published and publicly available magazine. Portugal, Spain and France have generic fishing publications.

Overall i believe Italy is the European country where the sport is more developed followed closely by Spain and Portugal.

P.S. - Contrary to what is thought there is no "Floridanus" fishery in Portugal or Spain at least not in public waters.

I've heard that there were florida strain bass released in Alqueva. Don't know if it's true?

Max from France....

I have hear rumors of Micropterus salmoides floridanus in Portugal as well... but I really do believe that these are mere speculations!

But I would love to have Floridanus closer ... like say Morocco sounds like a good country. They have them in South Africa, .. Ok Africa is quite big... but hey Morocco could be the european equivalent to Mexico !

But I would love to have Floridanus closer ... like say Morocco sounds like a good country. They have them in South Africa, .. Ok Africa is quite big... but hey Morocco could be the european equivalent to Mexico !

Are there only northern strain in morocco?

Yop pretty sure of that one ! Can check though.

But I think the bass in Morocco came from France in the first place.

Plus the only countries in Africa where Florida-strain largies were imported are South-Africa and Zimbabwe according to my knowledge.

Hello

I´m from Portugal and I heard that was some "Floridanus" around here....

i'm From Belgium, but I live in France now.

 

 

In Belgium and the Netherlands and Germany we have no bass.

 

The biggest basses are in Spain, Italie and Maroco, and south and east of France

Hello!

I´m from Austria, but we don´t have a lot of bass

The UK. No friggin bass for miles! LOL 

 

I've caught them in Spain, USA and Canada though. Expensive fish!

 

 

Canada this summer. 5lb 4oz

 

Spain 4lb 12oz

 

America

 

The "A Team"

 

The biggest basses are in Spain, Italie and Maroco, and south and east of France

 

...And Portugal   .

 

Regards.

I've heard that there were florida strain bass released in Alqueva. Don't know if it's true?

I've heard some rumours about that too but I was there last weekend and everything we caught was northern strain. So was every other bass caught by friends or other fishermen on local FB groups. I'll definitely post a pic if I catch a Florida strain LMB! 

I've heard some rumours about that too but I was there last weekend and everything we caught was northern strain. So was every other bass caught by friends or other fishermen on local FB groups. I'll definitely post a pic if I catch a Florida strain LMB!

The rumours are just that: rumours. The only knowledge I have about florida strain in Portugal is that in the 1990's there was a controled introduction in two small impoundments near Lisbon by the Agronomy Institute, after a very tough negotiation with the Nature Conservation Institute...to my knowledge, there were no more floridanus introductions in other places in Portugal

The rumours are just that: rumours. The only knowledge I have about florida strain in Portugal is that in the 1990's there was a controled introduction in two small impoundments near Lisbon by the Agronomy Institute, after a very tough negotiation with the Nature Conservation Institute...to my knowledge, there were no more floridanus introductions in other places in Portugal

 

Well, that explains why after all the hype no one ever caught Florida strain bass down south. But we've seen very impressive sizes for northern strain fish these last few years.