More chunky upper Cork harbour Bass....

Two more Bass this morning on the feed shallow... and i had moved the lower treble to prevent the fish taking the hook to deep...
It seemed to work fine and i missed another fish but this happens anyway...
An excuse for more testing!






Same Tackle as yesterday, just moved the position of the treble up to the middle..

Upper Cork harbour Bass....

time is so precious these days and as the season slips by ...i feel i am not getting out enough...a before work venue would be ideal... but the drive there and back in time for work was putting me off...Then Iain got me thinking!!
4 a.m. start and off i went ... this mark (now.. its a mark!) is RIGHT up inside Cork harbour..... and i am still in shock...
TEN MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE!!!!!
I thought i might... get a schoolie ...maybe??
Opened the boot of the car and no head light... duh!
Crept about till the light came up and started fishing hard then.
A knock? a bump? the place was full of mullet ...a good sign..... then WALLOP!
Feed shallow got nailed.... big bend... and me shouting stay on!!!!!
and she did!

Barbless hooks fell out! slipped her back and off she went.... me punching the air "YES!"


Then out with the F.S. again and after a few more casts a swirl and i thought no way!
Bang! fish on!
smaller but lovely.....



But sadly the hook had torn a gill and she/he bled very badly... so home for a meal ... its years since this happened so we were due one i guess...
A few more swirls ... but time ran out very quickly... and work called... back home with the fish... and dash for work with time to spare for a coffee and to say.....
Thank you Iain Mortimer!!

It says a lot about the water quality in the upper harbour.... Bass off Brian Boru bridge next week..........(LOL)
EDIT.> rod ..Fladen 11ft Maxximus Predator.. reel..Shimano Nexave 4000 rb.. line 10lb mono..lure Feed Shallow Mullet 128.

finding my feet...

Camera?

Q520

I bought a mountain bike a little while back, and i have really enjoyed getting back into cycling.
As a kid i used to cycle miles to go fishing, on a "racer" i bought with my confirmation money!!
Up to now i have only done a little "off road" stuff and it does feel like great fun...
So now i am looking for a few spots to go in the Autumn and winter to fill in between the fishing trips.
So i hope to bring my new camera too and practice a little with that also.....
So i guess ... watch this space....
Oh a new label needed??... em? ....photogcycle?
Time is everything these days....but if i get a few trips in it will be good fun...and Emily my oldest got a rightous off-roader too!

Plopsicle.............

Time to do a bit of fly fishing off the top, the Bass were bulling for the feed shallows just under the surface.....
Gurgler... plopsicle... and crease fly.... on a floating Rio out bound #9 line and a 9ft leader 10lb straight through.....
I have been using Stroft, but i'm going back to the Drennan for now.....

Guess who caught the Bass in the link above? click on the plopsicle!

EDIT... just back and the weather didnt play ball.. very windy and very coloured water.....ah well ...a bit of a wild goose chase!!