Duration:2 night sessions
Tide:weak floods
Weather:moderate westerlies
Bait:fresh lug, razor and mack
Rigs:3/0 pennells
Results:
bass and flounder
Report:
First report in a while. I had a few days free so i decided on a short trip to Kerry. Drove down early on Thursday to arrive mid afternoon and dumped some stuff in the cottage. With moderate westerlies i had decided to try Stradbally but a short stop on the way down and a chat with a guy just finishing a session put paid to that. He had fished the previous night and was back that morning and had blanked on both sessions. Conditions looked perfect but no fish. I then decided on a beach i had fished once before and i knew would also have a nice surf with the prevailing wind. Arrived at about 4.30pm and got setup. Nothing for the firts hour until the tide turned and then the first flounder. As darkness fell the flounder stayed on the feed and i ended up with 6 or 7 all in the mid 30s with best going just about 40. Probably could have had more but i stuck with the 3/0 pennells. In between the flounder managed 2 bass. Nothing enormous with both around the 50cm mark. All caught on fresh lug which i had brought with me and which ran out at 9.00pm when i packed up. Next night i went back to the same beach. Unfortunately my plan to dig more lug at Milltown fell apart when the very weak tide didn't allow me out to the best areas. I had several packs of frozen razor, 1 pack of frozen black lug and some supermarket fresh mack. Fished 4 hours in identical conditions to the previous night and not a bite. So either the fish had mysteriously disappeared or they just liked the fresh lug.
Delighted with the firts session. Not bad for mid February.
Best flounder and a bass
