Just a little Bass fishing from around Cork city and county, from shore and kayak. Enjoy, and remember to please release most of your catch.......
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Showing posts with label lure fishing.. Show all posts
11/04/2011
My 2011 Account is open!
Well what a night,
The north westerly wind should come over the hill and flatten the sea on the mark i was to fish.
Got there and it was perfect, but a little bright. I started with some weightless weedless slug-go in foam.. and straight away ..nearly ..i could see fish moving.
No takers, so tried a few different lures.. again nothing... every now and then a flash of silver .....
Then the sun dipped behind the hill.. a shadow fell over the area to be fished.. and i put on a favourite lure of mine....
Bang! fish on!
Landed and a very nice fish too just over the 4lb mark...photo and released... then another missed hit... then a big hit.... good fight and landed a 5.5lb'r.. this was looking good... photo and released... then during the evening 4 more smaller fish all on the same lure... photo etc!!
And as it got dark i changed the lure to a black slug-go weight/weedless and twitched it in and BANG! fish on!!!
Seven Bass in total and about 4 missed hits!!
What a way to start the season.... glug! glug! Beer o clock!
Here is a sample of Irish gold..em ...i mean silver.......ahem..
The north westerly wind should come over the hill and flatten the sea on the mark i was to fish.
Got there and it was perfect, but a little bright. I started with some weightless weedless slug-go in foam.. and straight away ..nearly ..i could see fish moving.
No takers, so tried a few different lures.. again nothing... every now and then a flash of silver .....
Then the sun dipped behind the hill.. a shadow fell over the area to be fished.. and i put on a favourite lure of mine....
Bang! fish on!
Landed and a very nice fish too just over the 4lb mark...photo and released... then another missed hit... then a big hit.... good fight and landed a 5.5lb'r.. this was looking good... photo and released... then during the evening 4 more smaller fish all on the same lure... photo etc!!
And as it got dark i changed the lure to a black slug-go weight/weedless and twitched it in and BANG! fish on!!!
Seven Bass in total and about 4 missed hits!!
What a way to start the season.... glug! glug! Beer o clock!
Here is a sample of Irish gold..em ...i mean silver.......ahem..
07/03/2011
24/11/2010
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....
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....
26/10/2010
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....
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....
22/10/2010
Jazz Bass.
Its the Jazz weekend here in Cork, and on a Friday night, with a big 4.m. tide, what else would you do, but try for a late season Bass.
We Corkonians don't go much for the Jazz anyway!!
I set up with a Storm Jointed fire tiger, and after a dozen casts hooked my first fish.
Two seconds later it was off... i have crushed the Barbs on most of my trebles and paid the price...
Cursing myself, but also telling my dented karma that i AM doing the right thing by crushing barbs, i pressed on.
Next i tried a jelly eel ( sidewinder type).. and a hit later, it came back minus its paddle tail!!!
OK... there ARE fish here... what am i complaining about??
After a LOT of different soft lures, i put on a "slug" type jelly on a jig head and work it through the tide....BANG!
fish ON!
Now i have it on, i don't believe it!
But, i calm down and play the fish walking backwards, to beach it and YIPPEE.....did it!!
I tried Razor clam for a couple of hours later, but there are too many shore crabs munching the bait...
I fish on into the darkness, but nothing but huge shore crab, and its pelting down since i got here.. the wind is bad too (not me!)
Also, my old Imax jacket leaks, and i pack it up,and head back to the car... frozen!!!
But a very happy chappy!!!
Now to look at a replacement....being warm and dry is the most important thing in the winter.
Nice... is it my last Lure caught?
Perfectly hooked...
Storm jointed Thunder fire tiger..
Sidewinder type eel.. (mine had a red tail and mack stripes)
Great release this one ..lots of life in her/him..
We Corkonians don't go much for the Jazz anyway!!
I set up with a Storm Jointed fire tiger, and after a dozen casts hooked my first fish.
Two seconds later it was off... i have crushed the Barbs on most of my trebles and paid the price...
Cursing myself, but also telling my dented karma that i AM doing the right thing by crushing barbs, i pressed on.
Next i tried a jelly eel ( sidewinder type).. and a hit later, it came back minus its paddle tail!!!
OK... there ARE fish here... what am i complaining about??
After a LOT of different soft lures, i put on a "slug" type jelly on a jig head and work it through the tide....BANG!
fish ON!
Now i have it on, i don't believe it!
But, i calm down and play the fish walking backwards, to beach it and YIPPEE.....did it!!
I tried Razor clam for a couple of hours later, but there are too many shore crabs munching the bait...
I fish on into the darkness, but nothing but huge shore crab, and its pelting down since i got here.. the wind is bad too (not me!)
Also, my old Imax jacket leaks, and i pack it up,and head back to the car... frozen!!!
But a very happy chappy!!!
Now to look at a replacement....being warm and dry is the most important thing in the winter.
Nice... is it my last Lure caught?
Perfectly hooked...
Storm jointed Thunder fire tiger..
Sidewinder type eel.. (mine had a red tail and mack stripes)
Great release this one ..lots of life in her/him..
17/09/2010
sept blues..but the Macks are finally breaking and there were sprat!
well it was beautifull tonight ... sun sea and mack breaking...sprat under the yak (spot them in one of the photo's)...and apart from a very hungry mack... nothing!
Now the lures and jellies i used are for Bass..so i didnt want macks.. but i sure thought they would be under the breaks???
Thats fishing....a great night on the water... sorry about the Russian on the radio, but a very large ship in!!
Now the lures and jellies i used are for Bass..so i didnt want macks.. but i sure thought they would be under the breaks???
Thats fishing....a great night on the water... sorry about the Russian on the radio, but a very large ship in!!
07/08/2010
03/07/2010
Son out-fishes father!!
Shocker! We were out for a small lure session off the rocks last night when the unthinkable happened... James Snr. pretended to know what HE was doing.. giving way too much advice to a determined James Jnr. As the night went on James Jnr's casting ability improved greatly due to gritty determination on his part... Sadly James Snr. forgot the golden rule of water craft... and by belting the lures to the horizon (in a somewhat Manly fashion) failed to connect to any fish. James Jnr. connected to this fine Pollack right under his feet to snatch Victory on the night!! Well done James!
The winner holding his prize..... 
Even I managed a few fish on the night.... 
The venue.... 
The winner holding his prize..... 
Even I managed a few fish on the night.... 
The venue.... 
15/06/2010
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.........
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