Kerry,Thursday 5th april

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#1 Post by **bigcol** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:32 pm

People:SeanP and myself

Duration:8.30pm to 12

Tide:high at 7.30pm

Weather:northerly force 3 dropping off

Bait:fresh lug,mackeral

Rigs:3 hook flapper,2 hook flapper

Results:Sean 5 flounder,me 6 bass 1 flounder 1 doggie

Catch and Release:: Yes/No.brought 1 home for good friday dinner.

Report:
Great evening.We decided to put cortaz moon phase theory to test and it seemed to work.We predicted that the bass should come on the feed about 9.30 and the first 1 was caught at 9.20.Steady bites after that.Averaged about 2-3 lb with biggest about 4.5 lb.
Went out spinning on Seans boat on saturday and had a bass a shade over 6lbs as well as several sea trout.A good weekend for the bass.
Some photos to follow.

Looking good for your trip to kerry in a few weeks Eoghan! :D

#2 Post by **cortaz** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:45 pm

:) 8) wil you be fishin moon phase in the future col :?: :idea: :shock: :D

#3 Post by **fishinmidget** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:34 pm

sounds like a good session....well done 8) :D :D

#4 Post by **stevecrow74** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:39 pm

nice one...

must get down your way sometime and see what we can catch :D :D

Mr_Green · #5 Post by **Mr_Green** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:48 pm

happy days lads..some fair good fish there!!

#6 Post by **bigcol** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:09 pm

Yes Art.Seems it is spot on.Thanks for sharing that info.Hadn't made use of it before but when I checked back over our most sucessful bass sessions the moon phase theory was as you predicted. :wink:
Thanks again for sharing that info.

#7 Post by **SeanP** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:24 pm

Must admit I got a right thrashing the other night :oops:

[img]http://www.seanpalmer.hostinguk.com/Fish/Colbass2.JPG[/img]

Made up a bit of ground in the boat though, even supplied the deadly Toby for this one!! :wink:
Sean,

[img]http://www.seanpalmer.hostinguk.com/Fish/Colbass1.JPG[/img]

#8 Post by **bigcol** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:26 pm

I will be in landers tomorrow buying some of those tobys Sean.They were deadly for the sea trout and bass.Knocked the kilty catcher and dexter wedge for dead.

#9 Post by **SeanP** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:52 pm

20g, but the small thicker one, silver with gold print/paint, i've never seen that colour for sale since i got those at a caravan show in Glasgow about 10yrs ago, that's why i threatened to throw you overboard if you lost it!!! :lol:

Bye the way, you know how the women have been getting neglected this weekend, thought it was only right i took her for a walk last night......where you caught that bass looked like a good idea, and yes i took the fly rod as well :lol: , no luck that time, only fished for 1/2hr!
Sean,

#10 Post by **kieran** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:24 am

SeanP wrote:....you know how the women have been getting neglected this weekend, thought it was only right i took her for a walk last night.....

Nice report lads. The above prompted me to think of something said to me a long time ago...

Give a man a fish, he eats for a day.

Teach a man to fish, he eats every day.

Teach a woman to fish, the man gets to fish every day! :wink:

#11 Post by **Eoghan** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:29 am

Nice one Col, very interested to hear about two things :

1. The moon thing - No arse pics please ..! :-)
2. The toby lure out fishing the kilty...! The Kilty is my fav small lure for bass.

All in all though it sounds like its getting warm down there. Happy days.!

#12 Post by **Spurs_boy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:02 am

I'm confused. The Solunar rating for that day is poor and moon set is 22.55pm (Dublin). Cortaz, can you explain this as i thought i was beginning to understand...? :(

#13 Post by **bigkev** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:03 am

Was on inch strand sunday

3 anglers fishing in bright sunlight by the rocks were playing catch the grip lead with windsurfers, surfers , kite surfers and some bonkers swimmers

Just didnt look like fun

Good session with the bass lads

Kev

#14 Post by **cortaz** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:47 am

Spurs_boy wrote:I'm confused. The Solunar rating for that day is poor and moon set is 22.55pm (Dublin). Cortaz, can you explain this as i thought i was beginning to understand...? :(

the coordinates you used were they for kerry or dublin?

#15 Post by **Spurs_boy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:30 pm

They were for Dublin. Kerry didnt appear to be an option. I assumed (doh) that there wouldnt be a lot of difference :oops:

#16 Post by **SeanP** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:12 pm

Eoghan wrote:Nice one Col, very interested to hear about two things :

1. The moon thing - No arse pics please ..! :-)
2. The toby lure out fishing the kilty...! The Kilty is my fav small lure for bass.

All in all though it sounds like its getting warm down there. Happy days.!

1, Didn't bother taking any pics of those although there was some boy racers about that night, think they must have heard about this moon phase as well :shock:
It's new to me me as well, I've always just looked for the day or two previous to a big tide,

2, Here is the lure in question, if anyone knows where to get this colour of Toby would you let me know, by far the best Bass lure for me.
Sean,

[img]http://www.seanpalmer.hostinguk.com/Fish/toby20g.JPG[/img]

#17 Post by **bigcol** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:53 pm

Got same as those in Landers yesterday.Will bring them to show you in the next few days.

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