Anyone catching ?

[flynnboy]

Hi Guys

I last caught a fish on the 9th of June. I've been out every day since and have not even had a touch, despite good high tides and a new moon . This is getting very frustrating

How are you doing ?

[corbyeire]

i should be shot as ive only tried once this season - i admire your persistance

i would have expected the boys down south to be leading the line at this stage

all my eggs are going in the basket for next weeekend - when i hope to score my first of the year - the the new moon and tides then in the evenings - should bode well for something in galway bay

good luck at it

[hugo]

Pollock off the rocks? Not many around here yet and those that are dont seem to be in taking mood, everybody's complaining about follows with no hook-ups.

Personally never found June much good for pollock, I suspect the fish go hunting offshore when the sprat appear, next month will be better. Loads of good sized macks in close this year though.

[flynnboy]

I've had several nice 3lbers in recent weeks and a number of smaller fish, and had one even break my line a couple of weeks back. I've been looking for the Mack and have caught only 2 but I've heard of others catching plenty. I've also seen some lively water action with fleeing sprats but I've yet to make a decent catch with them. I'm off out later to try again

[hugo]

When you do contact the macks, have a go with one of your trout rods and a single small lure. Electrifying!

[flynnboy]

Just got back from a short trip and lost a 2-3lb Pollack which fell off just as I was bringing it in

[wilky83]

When you do contact the macks, have a go with one of your trout rods and a single small lure. Electrifying!

I got a 3lbs pollack on my light spinning rod which was loaded with 20lb braid amazing fight i thought it was going to be a monster but when i got it out i couldnt believe the fight it gave...awesome fish!

[corbyeire]

first spinning session and a result - small schoolie but a start - was trying surface lures but the SW was playing havoc and the occosional weed

went for the subsurface - more weed - but the simple lure in the finish paid off

[ian 123]

Well done Corbyeire that a nice bass. Iv been out a good few times around the north Dublin area and havnt managed to get one. Im starting to wonder am i wasting my time when I could be fishing for something else

[corbyeire]

hi ian,

the spot i got this fish is a mark where i actually saw them there myself when i was bait fishing one time and then tried it again with lures

you can try the process of elimination HW, LW, dawn, dusk - but nothing beats knowing if a run of fish has started

even the old CFB information is pretty good - if it says they were there one time then its a place to start

the key at the moment is whether they will take the lures and not just the baits - have any been caught recently on the baits in the area your trying? - IF they are there then it should be a matter of time before they start to take lures with the temp rising

those lads down south have it awful easy!

some of the ground around north dublin screems bass

[Ronnach]

beautiful fish corbyeire, well done

[Jayo]

A lot of weed at the mo

[hugo]

the key at the moment is whether they will take the lures and not just the baits - have any been caught recently on the baits in the area your trying? - IF they are there then it should be a matter of time before they start to take lures with the temp rising

I fish a very similar looking spot round here where I caught a 7lb bass in late July two years ago. I've seen them regularly since then but they're ignoring any lure I throw at them. Looking back thru my boat fishing records, sea temp was 16.5C when I got the 7lber, it didnt get up that far last "summer" at all, and yesterday it was 14.4C. Wonder is there a critical temp point when they switch from bait to lures?

And having lived in West Waterford, yes it was a whole lot easier.......

[corbyeire]

i wouldnt know what the ideal temperature would be - but in the inner bay here in galway for baits and lures they only ever seem to catch bass later in the year - june on

ive seen them in april and they dont seem to feed in these areas - at least not the baits i have on offer

further to that down the coast 30km in north clare and the winter time seems to be best for them - maybe local behaviour becomes more important - maybe these are not resident and they are making their way back north with the increased water temp over the spring time

[flynnboy]

This is really getting so frustrating

I was out again last evening and you would have thought it perfect for catching. HT of 3.8 @ 8.30pm or so. Warm, little breeze off-shore and fish clearly rising on a calm sea.

I threw everything at them, fly-fishing, sp's with tail action like shads, jerk baits like slug-go's, Xlayers, sub-surface lures, surface poppers, Mac' rigs, the lot. I went through everything in my box and didn't even get one pull

Sheesh, I gave up after 2 hours

[ian 123]

Thanks for the help Corbyeire, I havent seen or heard of any bass caught at this spot yet but heard there was a fair few caught last summer. Im heading out again at the weekend hopefully il at least get a follow cheers man

[FisherKing]

Plenty of big Pollock, mackerel & Coalies around some marks in Co,Sligo feeding on hugh shoals of Sprat & Sandeels in the past few days, got a good few early yesterday morning!! Cant wait to get out agin!!

[JimH]

FB

take a look at barometric readings for the last few days

[rockyb23]

Barometric readings?

[flynnboy]

FB

take a look at barometric readings for the last few days

Could you perhaps explain the significance please Jim ? As I said the fish were feeding, they were visible plain as day. If they were feeding what does barometric pressure do to stop them taking my offerings ?