early morn kayak trip.

Set the alarm and got all the gear ready (had made a list) .....5A.M....out a bed..
planned to fish a mark i had heard about a few years back..
Off i went and fished from 6.30 ish to 11ish ..
had a surprise foul hook up on the fly rod but nothing else...
The paddle back was tough ( gettin old)...
My plan to ambush the bass failed...how will i live with the shame...........
never saw so many mullet in one spot in my life!
Must make more of an effort to catch them..some big fish there..
Where are the bass?????

Fished clousers on the fly various colours, and a small shrimp-like fly called a mini puff..(this one foul hooked the mullet in the tail, so it must have been swimming away from the fly!)

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!