west waterford 24/11/08

[seanie35]

cheers , still finding my way about out here, gonna go there later and try my luck

[cortaz]

dont know ballymacart or shanleys either

ballymacart, west of the miner look on o.s.i. map for the longship rocks the a road leading to a car park go to the right around the corner lovely little beach only blanked 1 there in years, it is only accable 2.5 hrs. eather side of lw..
Shanleys pass on the turn of for clonea hotel go over skew br. .5 mile passed this see sign for east end of clonea(were u seen cars) another .5 mile passed this theres a track that leads to the sea you will see a morrow at the top.....few questions about last nite, any surf? what b.s. was your snools? were you using gripleads? was the bait good?

[seanie35]

using 20lb mainline with 4/o hooks tied on same line with a 4oz gripper, tried far out, in close, by the rocks, only a small bit of surf . frozen crab bodys combined with bunches of peeler leg on the point, crab was in good nick despite being frozen. is this where you ask me did i have hooks on upside down

[seanie35]

went castle end of clonea tonite, got a 2lb bass second cast and lost a good one in the suds on the third cast. Lots of smaller bites after. Totally different to nite before, bit more surf. Would have stayed longer ran out of crab. Cheers again for the info

[cortaz]

sean i was round the headland from 10/12 had 5, got a dubble shot first cast, then a dog then 2 more bass went a bit quite for an hour before i got another dog then a bass and a flounder on the last cast, think if i got there earlyer and stayed longer might have got a few more. shoud fish better tomorrow eve.

[cortaz]

went castle end of clonea tonite, got a 2lb bass second cast and lost a good one in the suds on the third cast. Lots of smaller bites after. Totally different to nite before, bit more surf. Would have stayed longer ran out of crab. Cheers again for the info

sean, were you using grippers? i fished 2 rods 1 on a gripper the other on 3oz. bomb that was left to arc round in the tide got all fish on this except a small fluke,

[seanie35]

yep art was using a 4oz gripper, just fishing the 1 rod, still happy to get some action, had about 2 slackliners aswell but struck out

[cortaz]

few from tis mornin.

[boycie89]

art you make me want to vomitt !! fantastic fishin as always !

[jwls]

jesus thought i saw it all last weekend 5 in 10 mins thats some goin-well done any tips for fishin ballyquinn thinking of headin down there the weekend for a cast

[Pat]

Art, is part of the gill plate of that fish missing or is it just the angle of the photo?
Pat

[beachbuddy]

Hi lads,
just thinking the same regarding the gill plate,is it missing .Cortaz this cold snap thats upon us do you think it will kill the fishing for a while or put the bass in a frenzy,as they might think winter is coming and they had better feed up for their long journey to warmer water

[cortaz]

Art, is part of the gill plate of that fish missing or is it just the angle of the photo?
Pat

missing, gillnets easy to spot if i ever catch em again,

[cortaz]

Hi lads,
just thinking the same regarding the gill plate,is it missing .Cortaz this cold snap thats upon us do you think it will kill the fishing for a while or put the bass in a frenzy,as they might think winter is coming and they had better feed up for their long journey to warmer water

dont think bass move very far of the coast, few miles..how else can they turn up in the surf in numbers and all sizes in any month of the year, theres been several cold snaps already thin month that i think may have affected em, of the 6 i have gutted in the last few weeks there was almost nothing in there stomocs, half or more of the lure caught fish were hooked well outside the mouth, deff. not you would expect!.. then there seems to be very little about in the way of food..............perhaps ther just waitin....... for????????????????














me to catch em

[cortaz]

jesus thought i saw it all last weekend 5 in 10 mins thats some goin-well done any tips for fishin ballyquinn thinking of headin down there the weekend for a cast

dont think they will be any surf there.............might be better of spinnin...........