Bad Weather

Well, the planned trip for Pike had to be cancelled.
The morning of the trip, i got a call from the "guide" to say he was snowed in!
The roads have been very bad with the last two weeks ... but its broke!
So next Monday the trip is on again (I'm running out of days off!!)
Pike on the fly and lure of a hidden lake with no bank access!
I cant wait!



Ah.... i can see it now........

End of my lure season?

Well... out last Friday and tonight wed. with lures and soft plastics (trying out the slug-go,s)
Not a hint of a bass or any mullet etc.
So.... a planned trip on the yak early next week for Pike on the Fly....(or lure if i fail miserably)
The Slug go (9.5") rigged weedless looks great in the water, but a learning curve is coming i think....

6 p.m. November 16th 2010

And i wanted to go shore fishing for Bass this week... time slips away......

Codling are in.

Got a day out in the yak today to have a crack off the cod.
I used my shimmy boat rod and reel with big Razor baits in a size 4/0 hook.
And i also brought a light spinning rod (ugly stick) with a shimmy nexave 4000 reel and some hokkais and slug go 7.5" to troll for Bass, if any still about.
Total was two Codling and one Pollack with a K9 thrown in for good measure!
Lovely day on the water, but a little chilly!!

withdrawal symptoms.

withdrawal symptoms.

Nearly a month since i was on the kayak.
Need a fix soon.....

Night time fly fishing.

Went out tonight with the fly rod for a few hours...but had no luck.. in fact the place seemed life-less... the change of seasons is truly here...

Favourite catch of the season?

Its not over yet... but what were my favourite catches....
One was nearly 8lb and had blue eyes and blonde hair, and being female again, made the overall odds 4 to 1...
A great season........




(not over yet!)

Lure fishing today.

I went out to a well know spot near the mouth of Cork harbour today.
The plan was to do some Plastic lure and jelly bait spinning for Bass on a flooding tide, but when i got there the water was churned up and brown. It was well sheltered from a south westerly which was blowing hard, but i failed to connect to anything more than weed.
Another angler was doing something very similar to me and he had no luck also (this makes me feel a "little" better)
Of course we could both be wrong!!!
It felt warm and the moving around had me sweating in my gear....