A week......

It's only a week away....................

Paddle plan

Season closed, so what to do?
A paddle will clear the cobwebs... about 3 hours in total and the paddle back was hard due to the wind in my face...
Foud a crackin mullet mark though.... will post some vid later....
So i think a try with the "Poo" fly may be in order... remember it???

Bass ban...

BASS BAS IN FORCE FROM TONIGHT MIDNIGHT..STOP.
NO BASS FISHING FOR ONE MONTH ..STOP.
SEASON RE-OPENS ON JUNE 16TH 00:01am HOURS ..STOP.

for future reference...

I got this paddle in a couple of weeks ago... the long paddles are for a reason.....

Rain rain go away................

This is the dry moment.....before the rain...


If there is one thing we do well in Ireland...... its rain.....

Fitness paddle with a fishy twist....

I wanted a good long paddle, so i set out from Aghada Pier and headed for Roche's point.
A soft lure was also deployed... why waste an opportunity??
Well, there were no hits on the way out, but the water was unreal, so calm!!
I met a harbour and Grey seal on the way too, and as i neared the point i saw something unreal.... some type of dolphin/porpoise (not sure) breaching the surface in the distance... there was a pod of them there having a great time.
Too far away for my mobile to capture though...
Out i went outside the harbour for a peep... and the reason the pod was there became obvious....Mack's breaking in there thousands right under the lighthouse...
I trolled my eel type lure through the breaks and hoping to catch a Bass under the onslaught, but i only connected with a good size mack which i shook off the single hook.
Easterly breeze not helping with the Bass????
Now i could only stay for 10/ 15 minutes because the sun was now dipping and the long paddle back was yet to come...
I left the pier at 6-30 pm and left the point at 8-33 pm and touched down again at 10-10 pm... arms were tired and legs and bum numb.....
A great night on the water....
Some proper Kayak fishing needed soon!!! The pollack are waiting(i hope)....

Hard won victory.

Easterly winds never do much for my fishing.... i still really don't know exactly why.. but the weather was sunny and calm and i went to a shore mark.
I set up and fished away and as the sun set on this mark i thought the pollack would come on the feed at least.
Slug -go sp's and hard lures were the choice of weapon!
After a while i finally got a take and this "perfect" little fellow came ashore for a photo...back he goes......
He took a white Abu rocket minnow 110mm.....
The fishing never improved though but the sense of summer was great...
Roll on the south/ south westerlies!!!

first of many!!