First yak fish (on the fly)

Out today and had my first fish(on the yak), a small pollack on the fly rod.

FIRST BLOOD!

Actually i put it back...great sitting above it to watch it swim down into the depths..

No pic of the fish..nice kelp colour....

My account is open............................................................................

First launch.

Out today for the first time on the prowler 13
Did a lot of paddling to get used to the yak and a little fishing.But it was mostly enjoying the calm water at Fountainstown. No fish, but here are some photo's.......very enjoyable!

She's here!

Well she finally arrived (nearly 3 weeks!) my Ocean prowler 13 Angler.

I hope to get her out on the water for a test drive in the next few days.

My 4 year old loves it!! She says it hers!!

A launch report will follow....i may even bring a rod......( fly or spin???)

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!!!