Monday 24th August.

Out tonight with lures. Weather was a bit wild to say the least.Water clarity was pretty poor with lots of weed.
But after 3 casts i managed a nice 4.5lb bass.
After releasing it i cast out again a few times and hooked a nice fish it fought well and dropped off just at my feet!!
You cant win them all.........(i had the barbs on the trebles crushed)

These were Australian Bass!

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They were taken on the third lure in the post below (blue/white /red eye)

Fri night .....bass on the rocks!

The lures which caught fish tonight. ALL C&R.

Out tonight with lures...was out last Monday night with the fly rod and had no luck(although i did turn a fish but no take)

East cork venue again with a big 4.3meter tide and lots of surf!!

Hooked 6 bass but lost two

Landed 4....

the largest was a nice 7.5LB.

A great night fishing...but now i must go drink some beer!

So i threw up all the photo's!!!!

Enjoy!

New direction.

For a long while now i have been watching the kayak fishing scene in other countries and indeed here in Ireland.

So i have taken the plunge and ordered an Ocean Prowler 13 Angler kayak.

Delivery will be in about the mid August mark.

I look forward to learning a whole new type of fishing and to really combine the salt water fly fishing with the kayak.

Stay tuned.

East Cork on the lure 6th August.

What a night! One bass landed 4.5lb and one lost at my feet.
But that's not why......every second or third cast, a bass would follow the lure to my feet.
I have never seen so many follows in all my time lure fishing.
At least 30 +.
I tried every lure in my box and fast/slow erratic ...no good!!
At one point, 3 bass followed the lure in! Usually this competitive behaviour results in a take.
Nothing i tried would get them to take...and i had no bait or JELLY eel's.........
I think the jelly's would have done the trick.
I had my fly rod, but it was too windy.
Very enjoyable night!


Both fish C&R ...one by itself!

Bass fishing in the dark.

I had my broken fly rod tip section replaced yesterday, and went out to a spot outside Cork harbour to test it out.

I fished in to the darkness with a floating line and a 1/0 Gurgler fly, but had no luck!

The weather was far from ideal, with some very heavy shower's and poor visibility.

But...i have my fly rod back in action!!!

Early start this morn. East Cork lure fishing.

THE LURE.

Got up at 5.30 this morn to go Bass fishing, but was delayed waiting for my wife to get home from a party.

She eventually arrived back at 5.45!! Party animal!

straight in to the car and off to an east Cork mark.

Big tide 4meter+.

Water was clear-ish but with lots of red weed in it which proved hard at the start, but as the tide pushed in it pushed the weed in to.

This Mark is on rocks fishing over a shallow rocky reef full of weed and gullies.

It took a long time to connect to a fish and 3/4 hour before full tide i hit the first one.

small enough about 2lb (guestimate)

Next fish was a little better................about 3lb but in my excitement i forgot to photo it!!!

Then a lovely fish a good 4lb

After that i struck into what i thought was the reef until i was nearly pulled in!!

A really good fish on and i hoped the hook's would hold as i had crushed the barbs after the first fish......

DISASTER... i saw the fish come up head first and shaking the lure...it flew out and the fish was gone...ah well...

I adjusted the clutch(should have thought of that earlier!)and cursing myself i fished on.....

One more take produced another nice 4lb fish

A great morning's fishing!

Pity about the big one ...B.T.F! (but that's fishing)
ALL FISH C&R.

East Cork the night AFTER i got back from Wales.

Went to a favourite mark inside Cork harbour, and i could not believe the conditions!


Murky weedy water with big waves and swell!


I did manage one follow from a very nice size bass but she didn't bite the lure.........

Hoping for a bit of calm warm weather......if only........

New Quay west Wales.

On holidays for ten days in Wales.
Went out a couple of mornings and one evening and another afternoon with plugs.
The water was very murky at times and if any wind blew, it stirred up to very poor conditions.
After 4 trips out, and also using sand eel for bait, i had no luck.
Lots of weed too........
That's fishing!

Still it was very enjoyable to fish a completely new area, and I'm back on my home ground tonight!!

Wish me luck!