dublin bass 29th august 09

[rustyhookthomas]

people- just me!
location- dublin
duration- 21:00-22:30
tide-h.w. about 20:30 or so
weather-dead calm, not a breeze, no surf
rigs- two hook flapper
bait- lug from yesterdays session
result- 1 bass, 1 eel.
texted one of my mates to head out but match-of-the-day was his fix for the night! was he sorry.
while rolling a smoke i missed a bite told myself it was probably an eel, a few minutes later i struck and missed another(eel probably!) an hour into fishing and after moving to another spot the rod buckled like a train hit it! the line wizzed off the spool,,, i struck and the line kept going, i tightened the drag a bit to put pressure on and the fish slowed down and
then changed direction, reeling like a mad thing to keep the strain the fish turned again to take a run and after a few more minutes of reeling the fish came to the shore still objecting
to me reeling him in!
after another minute or so i landed the fish. was i happy
my mate was raging he sat in to watch his footie and miss the fishing.
i decided to keep the fish as i haven't kept one since 2006/7.
looking forward to the feast.
best scrap in a long time.

[rustyhookthomas]

here we go!

[davybrown99]

Nice fish. Great to get a good scrap out of them.

[rustyhookthomas]

Nice fish. Great to get a good scrap out of them.

cheers davy,
i've been trying for a fish like that for a while!

[captain AHAB]

here we go!

NICE FISH MAN,PRIME BREEDING SIZE......................

[seanie35]

well done fine fish

[roger de dodger]

big one good scrap i,d say

[red]

NICE FISH MAN,PRIME BREEDING SIZE......................

leave the guy alone. if he caught it he can keep it, at least he was honest in sayin he kept it. 99.9% of fish caught by members here are "put back"

nice fish there, good to get a scrap from them.

[bigsod]

Nice fish man enjoy it, took a few bass home myself this year cos there realy yummy, so feic the begrudgers

[croppyboy]

lads this is getting beyond a joke a man cant keep a fish with out being slaughtered on the site . it is getting to a stage where people wont put up posts . the law states that you can keep 2 bass and thats final . well done on the bass man hope it tastes nice for ya keep it simple stick a bay leaf in the cavity

[dfella25]

Nice one Thomas on a belter of a fish. I wish I'd got out last night for a session. I'd love some bass for Sunday dinner today.

Fintin that's interesting about the bay leaf! I must try that instead of the normal lime and chilli in the cavity.

[dbrock]

well done thomas, excellent fish,
enjoy
hope it tastes as nice as it looks,, yummmy

[hugo]

lads this is getting beyond a joke a man cant keep a fish with out being slaughtered on the site . it is getting to a stage where people wont put up posts . the law states that you can keep 2 Bass and thats final.

Amen to that. The Taliban mindset is everywhere these days.... Great fish, great report, have a feast.

[eyesreilly]

Lovely fish Thomas, well done, sounds like you got a great scrap into the bargain,,,,like you i missed Match of the Day last nite ,,,,,but i got a nice smoothound instead

[craigo]

Lovely fish , fair play .

lads this is getting beyond a joke a man cant keep a fish with out being slaughtered on the site . it is getting to a stage where people wont put up posts . the law states that you can keep 2 Bass and thats final . well done on the Bass man hope it tastes nice for ya keep it simple stick a bay leaf in the cavity

Thats the reason I dont post reports anymore .

[doggie3131]

well done thomas,thats a cracker mod edit: unnecessarily provacative. tanglerat. you have dinner for a week with that fish

[Tanglerat]

Lads, please. Can you keep remarks relevant to rustyhookthomas' fish and fishing, and leave the whole C&R Vs C&K debate out of it?

We've had that debate ad nauseum on this site. It's old news, we're all aware of the opinions involved, any re-hashing of it is not going to serve any purpose whatsoever other than cause division and ill-feeling.

[nicefish]

Lovely fish, now for another war where did you catch him?

[Tony Fella]

Stonker of a bass thomas i brought two home there a while ago done them on the bbq tasty..how did you cook it?

[rustyhookthomas]

thanks guys,
headed out again tonight and got 6 or 7 casts in, i managed to catch one schoolie
for my effort, quick pic and back it went!