Do you have any remaining objectives for this year?

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Livid · #1 Post by **Livid** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:11 am

Personally, i want to up my piddly species list, top of the list to get is the humble Rockling, after seeing a load of pics from Bangor pier, i'm seemingly in a good position to achieve this... well actually, i know little about them but hopefully that will change, possibly with some help. :P

#2 Post by Al » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:36 am

I just want to get out as much as i can,Catch a few fish and enjoy myself!

Who am i kidding i want BIG BIG FISH!!! :)

#3 Post by **croppyboy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:51 am

i just want to catch a bass before end of year and maybe a conger ive caught first shore cod in ballycotton

#4 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:20 am

a wrasse.. i only realised i havent had one this year :? :? :shock: :shock: :cry: :cry:

glengormley-gavin · Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:40 am

WANT A BASS!!!!!!

I have two session arranged over the next few weeks which will hopefully turn up a bass......

JUDE

#6 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:20 am

livid,next time myself and golden balls are heading down bangor pier you should come down and join us,we`ll prob be down every evening from this sunday to wedensday. :)

bullhuss is on my hit list for this year,i`ve had one years ago but it was only 2.5lb.it would be nice to get a bigger one

Irish_Shamrock · #7 Post by **Irish_Shamrock** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:40 am

Never done much winter fishing but this year I'm going to go in search of my first shore caught cod and first ever bass.

#8 Post by **Donagh** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:02 am

One of my unfufilled ambitions for the year was to get a bass in the high singles but I've only fished for them once this year so I'll try to get out more starting this sunday. I'd also like to get a few decent flounder from a creek in the estuary. I'll leave off trying to catch decent sized for dabs and whiting for after the new year.

Looking back my other ambitions were to get some kind of tope from shore which was fulfilled though I would of liked one a slight bit larger, get a couple of rock sessions in for wrasse which I hadn't done in previous years which I did and get down to kerry to catch a painted, undulate or sting ray which I didn't.

Donagh

#9 Post by **lumpy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:04 pm

hopefully get a nice high singles bass over christmas(intend putting in big hours during the festivities, first year not having to study), also would like to get a good shore conger, or some codling from a mark we found which we are sure should hold them

#10 Post by **Eoghan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:15 pm

All year I have had the feeling im going to get a big bass and I am still confident. I only have one specimen to date and that was 4 years ago and its about time I had another.

I already know where and how, its a case of when.
I reckon a warm November morning or evening, light surf, with a large bait in the right place and bingo.

Fingers crossed.

#11 Post by **lumpy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:24 pm

i no how ya feel eoghan.its a pain knowing that their there and how to catch them, guess its just a case of being in the right place at the right time.

#12 Post by **Eoghan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:41 pm

Big Bass are lazy I reckon and fish being cold blooded dont have a hight metabolism so I reckon they feed once every while but do it big style.

Maybe an injured mackerel, pollock, unsuspecting wrasse or similar which is enough to sustain them for a couple of days or more.
And they have been around for years so they are very wary.

Smaller bass tend to be more active and feed more often as a result.

So yeah it is kinda frustrating but hey thats bass fishing.

#13 Post by **petekd** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:50 pm

Seeing as they seem to be infesting the beaches at the moment, anyone ever get a bass livebaiting a small coalie??

#14 Post by **hairyconger** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:17 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:a wrasse.. i only realised i havent had one this year :? :? :shock: :shock: :cry: :cry:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

#15 Post by **Eoghan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:29 pm

petekd wrote:Seeing as they seem to be infesting the beaches at the moment, anyone ever get a bass livebaiting a small coalie??

Funny you should say that. We had a sandeel net last week which we used and got a rake of stuff in a small area. Tons of small coalies, sandeels, 3 large mullet, really big herring fry, tiny wrasse....I could go on, but I was thinking that one of these small coalies would be ideal..!

#16 Post by **coaster** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:29 pm

petekd wrote:Seeing as they seem to be infesting the beaches at the moment, anyone ever get a bass livebaiting a small coalie??

No but returning a small coalie one cold, still night with no surf I watched it swim out about a couple of feet from the shore before it was nobbled by a bass. :shock:
Tried one as bait soon after but no luck :(

#17 Post by **Eoghan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:34 pm

coaster wrote:
petekd wrote:Seeing as they seem to be infesting the beaches at the moment, anyone ever get a bass livebaiting a small coalie??

No but returning a small coalie one cold, still night with no surf I watched it swim out about a couple of feet from the shore before it was nobbled by a bass. :shock:
Tried one as bait soon after but no luck :(

Probably that one coalie it needed to last it the week..!
Was it a large Bass..?

Once saw a very large Bass attacking mackerel on the surface in kerry.
Myself and the bro in law put down the rods and just watched. Class Stuff.
If I had a plug with me I would have tried to catch it but only had small spinners.

#18 Post by **hairyconger** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:39 pm

dont think this counts but Im looking to get my posts back :cry: :cry: :cry:

I would really like to catch a bass/husss or ray to make it an average season :?

#19 Post by **coaster** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:43 pm

Was it a large Bass

Nothing special but prob around 5lb ish

#20 Post by **Eoghan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:55 pm

coaster wrote:Was it a large Bass

Nothing special but prob around 5lb ish

I'll take it..!! :D

beats catching pin size coalies..!