Bass fishing cork

25/05/2010

Mullet poo bait!

Going to try this for the mullet next few trips...can you spot the fly?
Its breakfast cereal by the way!!!

Finished work early and got a free pass with the good weather, skipped dinner had cheese on toast and threw me gear in the car.
Fly rod set up sinking line with sparse clouser.
Got loads of small pollack and saw a basking shark in the distance.biggest about 2lb(not the shark )...lost count..
Crushed the barb and lost the best fish at the side of the yak..he was goin back anyway...
They hit hard at the take ..even the little uns...
Did some trolling later and they were on fire! Rod rattling every time...dropped the fly and line at one point and ..yip..fish on..but tiny..proper little predators...
Had some new rigging to try..worked fine and i used the grip lead anchor set up...PERFECT!
Very enjoyable... wanted to paddle to the shark but two many boats about...next time ..it looked big!!

Used a jelly eel, jigging for the two pollack above a few days before..Storm eel and berkley jig head...

13/05/2010

Bass ban looms.

Out on wed. 12th of May for an evening trip on the Yak.
Used jelly's and fly rod with clouser......
One follow from a Launce...not a sign of a Bass...some mullet there though.
Might give the mullet a serious go during the Bass ban, and remember to return any Bass caught during the ban, in the water if possible...Tight lines!

08/05/2010

Jig Heads.

Jig heads are very handy ways of using the many "jelly" lures on the market, they come in different weights too...
Above is a Storm sand eel and Berkley gulp sand eel on the bottom.
The jig is an owner powerjig 21gram.

A week in Kerry and first Bass of the season.

A few days in kerry, and 3 trips out...weather good but very cold north winds..result...2 garfish on a silver/blue Toby and 3 small school Bass on a jig head and jelly sand eel...fished over clean ground (sand) at low water VERY early in the morning.
The season begins.........

20/04/2010

S.W.F.F. off the rocks...

Out tonight and using a sinking line with 20lb mono joined to 10lb mono tippet with deep clouser minnow bleeding...
Two small pollack and one missed bite...
Gannets were diving!!

14/04/2010

Still slow!!

Well, the weather is not helping things...coloured water and wind... and cold water temps.....
Been out twice last week and nothing to show for it???
Monday saw some rock hopping with my usual shallow lures and some Toby.
The water was very brown and i could see some fish in the water, but i think they were mullet.
I need some clear water and calm conditions for a good sparse clouser fly fishing seis.
Going to be a late start this year again!
Waiting for that First Bass of the year moment!
when will it come?

19/03/2010

No fish....

Well....two trips out and no fish...well the kind I'm looking for anyway...is it me... or the time of year.....
I put some photo's in..... just for something to look at......weather and temp's getting better...wont be long now till Dicentrarchus labrax returns..."good things come to those who wait".........