Off the mark Wexford 25th

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Off the mark Wexford 25th

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People: Powderkeg, Wrasseking, Krusty and myself.

Time: 18;30 - 00;00

Tide: HT 10pm

Bait: peelers, razor, lub and rag

Rigs: 2 hook flappers size 1&2

Weather: clear night and not too chilly


With the fishing being pretty good for us the last week we headed down to Wexford to see if we could capture some early bass. Not a whole lot was going on for the first while until Powderkeg got a nice knock on his rod but ended up missing the fish. We knew atleast there were afew around now so happy days. Next was another big knock on my close in rod which was leaning on an umbrella due to lack of tripod space, when i managed to get a hold of the rod the fish was gone. At this stage it seemed the fish were having a laugh with us.

After buying a new penn powerstix pro(which i am delighted with) during the week i was dying to get it out and christened asap. It wasnt long as the next rod to go wallop was the penn. I reeled in my first bass of the season who gave a great account for himself. I was happy to not have to wait until october again to open the account. We had a new scales but couldnt get it to work so dont know the weight but the lads reckoned 4lbs. The bass posed for a quick photo and was returned to fight another day.

The bass seemed to have disappeared after that and we managed flounder, coalies and rockling. Was a quiet enough night but will defo give this spot a go again soon.

All the bass were after the peelers while rag seemed to catch everything else.

Krusty left his brand new Nikon camera at home so only pic was from an iphone




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Re: Off the mark Wexford 25th

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Well done on opening the account and christening the rod!
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well done on the christening.
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Nice way to break the rod in. I used my new penn in youghal on Friday for the first time. The rod went to smithereens after a few casts :( :x
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Great fishing. You had better luck than I did.
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cheers lads

nicefish wrote:Nice way to break the rod in. I used my new penn in youghal on Friday for the first time. The rod went to smithereens after a few casts :( :x
uh oh! was it a powerstix pro? was reading that a lighter weight is better on them. what weight were you casting?
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finding nemo wrote:cheers lads

nicefish wrote:Nice way to break the rod in. I used my new penn in youghal on Friday for the first time. The rod went to smithereens after a few casts :( :x
uh oh! was it a powerstix pro? was reading that a lighter weight is better on them. what weight were you casting?
It was :cry: a 13ft powerstix pro I was using a 4ounce as its 4-6. I was not happy with it when i got it ,the spigot was not great on it. I don't think the male end went in far enough and it way to stiff. I brought it back to the tackle shop he fiddled around with it and said it should be ok. I had no confidence with it and was proved right, i brought it back and he replaced it with another one, there is still a gap on the spigot on this one as well but only about 20mm nothing compared to the other one. Sorry for invading your report :oops:
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finding nemo wrote:cheers lads

nicefish wrote:Nice way to break the rod in. I used my new penn in youghal on Friday for the first time. The rod went to smithereens after a few casts :( :x
uh oh! was it a powerstix pro? was reading that a lighter weight is better on them. what weight were you casting?
It was :cry: a 13ft powerstix pro I was using a 4ounce as its 4-6. I was not happy with it when i got it ,the spigot was not great on it. I don't think the male end went in far enough and it way to stiff. I brought it back to the tackle shop he fiddled around with it and said it should be ok. I had no confidence with it and was proved right, i brought it back and he replaced it with another one, there is still a gap on the spigot on this one as well but only about 20mm nothing compared to the other one. Sorry for invading your report :oops:

jaysus that dosnt sound great. ill let ye know if i have any problems with mine. defo be bringing a spare just incase!
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nice one on the bass well done
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Nice bass mate well done
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    nice one nemo pitty about the missed ones,i bet you were thinking if only i had the rod in my hand :)
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    cheers lads
    paul skelly wrote:nice one nemo pitty about the missed ones,i bet you were thinking if only i had the rod in my hand :)

    ye its very annoying when you miss them like that. even the one i landed i wasnt too sure he was on at one stage, he was obviously coming towards me. Its all very new but next time ill have the rod alot closer!
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    Its great to get a nice fish like that it realy keeps you interested and a few missed ones is never the end of the world we have all done it plus you might get them again :wink:
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    fine few fish and a gorgeous bass
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