Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
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Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
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Duration:4hrs saturday, 3hs sunday
Tide:rising
Weather:hot and cold then hot and colder then hot again
Bait:rag, lug and razor
Rigs:penell pulley,2 hook flaps
Results:1 bass and 1 dab
Report: Went west for a couple of days looking for a bass over 40cm. Set up on a mark where I got my first bass of the year about a month ago. Good surf and colour to the water so hopes were high. Not a tap for 4 hours then bang a 3lb 4oz bass, never so happy to see a fish. Was freezing,so packed up and legged it.
Got up at 6am to fish there at the same stage of the tide as the previous night. Got a good knock but missed, so re-baited and cast to the same spot again. The fish must have followed the splash because it was on the bait in about 30secs, hooked up and reeled in about 10yds before dropping it. Felt around the same weight as the bass the night before.Couldn't believe I managed to lose the same fish twice. Tried for another hour but he wouldn't fall for that one again, seems that bass are faster learners than me. Stuck on a scratching rig at the end and caught a small dab to save the blank.
Duration:4hrs saturday, 3hs sunday
Tide:rising
Weather:hot and cold then hot and colder then hot again
Bait:rag, lug and razor
Rigs:penell pulley,2 hook flaps
Results:1 bass and 1 dab
Report: Went west for a couple of days looking for a bass over 40cm. Set up on a mark where I got my first bass of the year about a month ago. Good surf and colour to the water so hopes were high. Not a tap for 4 hours then bang a 3lb 4oz bass, never so happy to see a fish. Was freezing,so packed up and legged it.
Got up at 6am to fish there at the same stage of the tide as the previous night. Got a good knock but missed, so re-baited and cast to the same spot again. The fish must have followed the splash because it was on the bait in about 30secs, hooked up and reeled in about 10yds before dropping it. Felt around the same weight as the bass the night before.Couldn't believe I managed to lose the same fish twice. Tried for another hour but he wouldn't fall for that one again, seems that bass are faster learners than me. Stuck on a scratching rig at the end and caught a small dab to save the blank.
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
well done on the bass
i really want to kill you now! have never caught one.
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
species 2010,(27)
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species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
fair flay to ya niteowl,nice fish,,,,,,got my first one last nite was over the moon,,,,
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2010 species----flounder,dab,whiting,doggies,coalfish,pollock,siver eel,sea trout,bass,ballen wrasse, thornback ray,mackerel,pouting,red gurnard,grey gurnard,conger eel,launce,mullet,ling,cod,tub gurnard,octopus,bull huss,3 bearded rockling,poor cod
2011 species----turbot,seatrout,flounder,whiting,coalfish,L s doggies,3 beard r
rockling,mackeral,thornback ray,pollock,ballan wrasse,
2012 species---flounder,coalfish,ballan wrasse,cuckoo wrasse,conger eel,,Ls dogfish,,Turbot,bull huss ,
2011 species----turbot,seatrout,flounder,whiting,coalfish,L s doggies,3 beard r
rockling,mackeral,thornback ray,pollock,ballan wrasse,
2012 species---flounder,coalfish,ballan wrasse,cuckoo wrasse,conger eel,,Ls dogfish,,Turbot,bull huss ,
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
Well done on catching the bass
There's alot more showing up now which is great.
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
nice one night owl thats a long old drive from flat land
the waiting around for a decent one is giving me itchy feet too 
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
great job nite owl, your getting them everywhere.
youll have to show me how your doing it
youll have to show me how your doing it
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
nice one, good to see there starting to show up the west coast
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
nice one man.. cold or not i would have stuck it out.. have no bass this year yet.. but my day will come.... nice pictures..
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
goodman niteowl.nice to see a few bass been reported up here in our neck of the woods.i think things are starting to pick up.bout time 
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
Thanks everyone. Was happy out. When I'm catching schoolies I say to myself that I'd swap 20 of them for 1 bass over 40cm. Three and a half hours into that session I would have been happy with a micro whiting. Hard to win with these bass boyos.
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Re: Mayo 03/04/10, 04/04/10
nice 
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[color=#000040]Species 2010:(14)..22 codling,3 coalie,20 whiting,6 5b rockling,1 shore rockling,7 lsd,10 flounder,2 turbot,1 cockwing wrasse,3 poor cod,1 pollack,2 dab,1 L s sea scorpion,1 common smoothound[/color]
[color=#4040FF]Species 2011:(4)shore rockling[/color]
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[color=#000040]Species 2010:(14)..22 codling,3 coalie,20 whiting,6 5b rockling,1 shore rockling,7 lsd,10 flounder,2 turbot,1 cockwing wrasse,3 poor cod,1 pollack,2 dab,1 L s sea scorpion,1 common smoothound[/color]
[color=#4040FF]Species 2011:(4)shore rockling[/color]
[size=150][color=#0040FF]East Coast Raiders member 2011[/color][/size]