Gurgler fly.

Fished a very shallow reef type mark at low water.
I could see sprat jumping and small pollack breaking the surface.
Switched to a floating line and a gurgler fly (floating popper).
Twitching it back got some small hits from pollack, then a big boil behind the fly....left the fly for 3 seconds and twitched it again.
Bang!
An explosion of water and fish!
Bass on!

Fly is green/white with a white foam top.
Photographed and released!

Bass on the fly.

Fishing for pollack with sinking line and a deep sinking clouser
and caught this fine Bass.
The fly was a bleeding clouser green/white and red with red eyes.
The mark is a deep rocky and kelp laden one.
Great fight!
Photographed and carefully released.

16th june open Bass season

Out tonight with fly rod and lure rod , but no luck.


Wind was blowing onshore and weed everywhere......


Fished popper fly "Gurgler" on a floating WF9 line, but struggled with the wind..


Switched to lures, and tried jelly eels .. shallow diving and shallow top water lures ..but no luck!


The weed just ruined any effective use of the lures..........

maybe next time.........................................................................................

photo's

pollack on jellys.....

out tonight with jelly worms and shads,

Got 5 pollack in total ..all about pan size.

Kept two and released three...

A deep water mark, but no sign of mackerel....

My BBQ awaits!!!

sleeping mullet

went out on sat to fish for mullet and found this one fast asleep......

Bass closed season.

Well the Bass season is closed for a month.

I'm blue in the face from trying to catch one.

Went to Ballycotton pier with my little girl last night to try for a couple of k9's.

No luck.

But put on a little size 8 hook and some split shot and landed a fine pollack.

About the size of a fish finger!!

I will be trying the deeper marks for a while with spinners and eels to try for pollack.

old photo's (macro from non digital)

Some older photo's (because i cant catch a fish at the moment!!) from back when i would keep a lot of my catch.
I still believe you should keep the odd fish, especially more sustainable species like pollack and mackerel, but i think more endangered and slow growing ones should be photographed and put back ...for the future.

A brace of Bass from east cork. (Had these for tea)

Some Ray from east Cork. (all released)

Some Mullet from Kerry. (all released ..9 over two mornings)

Cork Harbour Bass. (released)

Kerry Bass. (released)

East Cork Pollack. (Burp!)

More Cork harbour Bass. (released)

Cod from east Cork.(yum!)

Bass from east Cork. (released)

Cod for tea...east Cork. (nuff said)

Inner harbour Bass ..Cork. (released)

One of my favourite inner Cork harbour marks for some great Bass. (a lovely fish on the lure, great fight and.... ...released)