clonea waterford, 10/2/09

[cortaz]

People:1

Duration:4.30/6

Tide: h.w. @6ish

Weather:nice, sunny n a bit warm

Bait:magic lugs

Rigs:2 up pat. and 1`up 1 down

Results:2 bass,

Report:lovely surf today no onshore wind in last few days so must have come from a storm somewere , anyway had an order for 150 lugs, found a new spot and had 350+ big worms in 45.mins.( a new p.b. ) got rid of the good ones and as usualy was left with the bits n broken ones, got to da mark and conditions were perfect and it had got so warm i had to take off the coat, still had 4 jumpers an a hoodie on, lobbed 1 in close an pucked the other 1 out a good bit, guessed i would not have to wait long, an sure enough within mins. the far out rod was doing da bass jig nice fish about 3.5/4lb. happy out, next cast to same spot and another a wee bit smaller,, time for a smoke me thinks (bad idea ) next cast hooked a much better that i had on the sand when the snool snapped gone , sick, looked 7/8lb. from then on thinks got much worse, lost the next 2 traces, on the 3th attempt i snagged the tripod on the backcast, unseen, and it landed on my back , knocked me to the ground , why do things like that happen just as ppl. are passing, i,ed say they had some laughing at me going up the beach had enough so went home.

[seanie35]

well done mister, magic worms heh

[MC]

[ on the 3th attempt i snagged the tripod on the backcast, unseen, and it landed on my back , knocked me to the ground , why do things like that happen just as ppl. are passing, i,ed say they had some laughing at me going up the beach had enough so went home.

would have liked to see that but look on the bright side art, you didnt blank

[cortaz]

lots of lugs, and what looked like tubeworms, the "thing" is the same "thing" as the ones we had from same mark a while back, its complete and looks like a slug ,.. the spawn, makes me think they breed locally from jan, till end of april.

[Danny M.]

Good going Art.

Those yokes look like some poor unfortunates genitals

[cortaz]

Good going Art.

Those yokes look like some poor unfortunates genitals

they are, the fishes

[beachbuddy]

Thats strange i thought the picture of the bass is of the one you kept,i suppose it would explain so much "stomach contents".Begs the question if that is spawn what temp is the water if they are getting ready to spawn.I was always led to believe that cold temps would kill any fry hence poor year classes after v cold winters.
mod edit..... you know why

[Pat]

Mike, the water temp isn't actually as cold as you think. M3 was reading 10.0C today. That's about the same as this time last year, despite the cold weather. The storm that passed south of the country last night looks like it brought the bass on the feed...well in Waterford, at least.

[beachbuddy]

Cheers Pat,
i was told the same by a guy at work who does a lot of diving but he does tell a lot of porkies,but hearing it again means i'm off to sharpen my trebles and reload my spinning reel,great fishing by the way by yourself and Danny
Tight lines

[cortaz]

out today from 4.30/6 3 small bass and good few flounders, all fish between 2st. and 3th. wave..

[MAC]

well done art. Some nice fishing there.

Kev

[Rolly]

Fair does to ya cortaz..It´s been a while since the CFB sponsored my fishing trips down south with ya, hows life? You´ll always throw up surprises and turn the books on their head..maybe the waterford/wexford bass do breed locally it´s all very interesting to me as you know yourself..Bass in the first week in january that deserves a prize, maybe their only ready now with gonads that ripe to head to the channel and breed or maybe given its o late they are local, who knows??
Dara

[ROADRUNNER]

Art as always you do the business pity the fish had to die tho.............................

[craigo]

Well done cortaz

[cortaz]

Fair does to ya cortaz..It´s been a while since the CFB sponsored my fishing trips down south with ya, hows life? You´ll always throw up surprises and turn the books on their head..maybe the waterford/wexford Bass do breed locally it´s all very interesting to me as you know yourself..Bass in the first week in january that deserves a prize, maybe their only ready now with gonads that ripe to head to the channel and breed or maybe given its o late they are local, who knows??
Dara

dara, , hows things , long time no see , get the cfb. to sponser ya again tag a few an see were they turn up.