Duration: various
Tide: all states
Weather: polar bears wearing duffle coats sorta stuff
Bait: mack, lug, squid, razor and clams
Rigs: 3 hook flappers
Results: bass, coalies, flounder, dogs, dabs, shore rockling, pollock, whiting, codling and long spined sea scorpion
Report: as we headed off to kerry our heads were filled with thoughts of big bass and abundant flounder. things got off to a good start with jordan getting 2 bass, a flounder and a coalie on the first evening. i got a bass with k1 taking the honours of the biggest fish with a bass around 5lb. we all slept well and got up for breakfast early the next morning to look out the windows at a pretty hard frost
from there on in, the temp fell through the floor, the fishing died off something shocking and what transpired could only be described as a catalogue of disasters 
. i'll try not to drag this report out too much, but i'll give an overview of how the week went.MONDAY 28th
we spend 5 hours on a beach during the day and admitted defeat when k2 lost the feelings in his hands
. my last cast resulted in a flounder for me and jordan's a new PB flounder 
we blanked on the evening beach session and got froze half to deathTUESDAY 29th
we were invited to a comp by martin celtic from the site and met up with the remaining hardy souls from tralee bay SAC. we got to the beach to find it was unfishable
but some of the lads had made an effort to make it so we all gave it a go for a half hour until the wind, weed, sleet and ice got the better of us all and we made a strategic withdrawll to the pub. we all said our goodbyes and retreated indoors for a movies and munchies night. k1 and k2 went to another mark in the evening and got a few fishWEDNESDAY30th
conditions were bloody atrocious yet again with the temp not rising above zero the whole day. yet again another severe frost and even a dose of snow to boot. ma and jordan found a wee pier we could park on and fish from the boot
this was our bread and butter fishing and jordan got 3 dogs 2 shore rockling and a coalie and i got a doggie and 3 coalies . but as soon as the sun went down so did the temp so 2 hours into darkness we were froze yet again and jordan wanted to go back to the house and get his jammies on and veg out in front of the TV. (NOT A BAD JUDGE). k1 and k2 headed out for an evening session and i honestly can't remember if they blanked or got anything 
. but just as they arrived back the power went out and did'nt come back on until 1pm the next day.THURSDAY 31st (new years eve)
we all hit a beach during the day. jordan got a coalie and i got a doggie and 2 coalies. not sure how k1 and k2 got on. we all headed out that evening to bring in the new year with another beach session. me and jordan blanked and i think k1 or k2 got a bass.
FRIDAY 1st jan 2010
woke up yet again to another hard frost and a very heavy blanketing of snow
. this was gonna make our drive to cork to meet up with mikeQ very interesting indeed. a drive that would normally take 2 hours ended up taking over 4 hours. we all blanked at the mark and had another 4 hour drive back home in temps that were reading at -7 and that's not even taking wind chill into account . but great to meet mike and he gave us an open invitation to come back down when the weather gets a bit better top bloke! oh yeah, almost forgot about discovering i had no headlights on the car and ended up costing £89 to get sorted with bulbs fuses and a relay SATURDAY 2ND JAN 2010
yet another hard frost during the night and another dumping down of heavy snow greeted us
. but not to get too down hearted as it was k1's birthday and the cake and birthday wishes bit was done and we all headed out . as we drove through dingle the harbour had frozen over locals reckoned it had only happened once in the last 50 years, mental sight to behold. despite our best efforts we all blanked in the afternoon and evening yet again. not much of a surprise really thow. as the fish down here are'nt exactly used to having to dodge icebergs while out on thier daily swims 
SUNDAY 3RD JAN 2010
our trip was well and truely over and we all headed for home on what i can only describe as a nightmare of a drive. we did'nt even bother to stop off for a break and it still took us over 10 hours of solid driving on tretcherious ice packed roads to get home.
all in all a bit of a nightmare. we just happened to pick the coldest week in 50 years to go to kerry
sadly as with most of the summer, this went down as another trip where the weather decided to put a serious kibosh on our best laid plans the only positives to take away from it was that jordan got a new pb flounder and 2 bass for his 2009 species count 
WEDNESDAY 6TH JAN 2010
seeing as there was a mountain of bait left over i decided to get in an 11 hour session on a county antrim pier. arrived to see john and davy from ballymena were there from lunchtime fishing away. i had my 2 rods baited up and in the water for 7pm and the marathon began
a good stream of constant fish began. and the session was only interrupted when i had to jump into the car to thaw out my fingers every half hour or so. when davy and john left they left me some prawns that the coalies went mad for (thanks lads). by 6am my eyes were going togeather and i headed on home up the road. i ended up with 21 coalies, 4 whiting, 4 codling, 3 dab, 3 pollack and a new PB long spined sea scorpion . a great way to start off the new year and put the old one behind us K1 has more pics which i'm sure she will put up and correct me if i forgot anything
Hopfully ye can come down in the summer and we can try again for some Dublin hounds.
