People:
Just me
Duration:
11:30 to 15:30
Tide:
LW 12:20
Weather:
Overcast
Bait:
Lug
Rigs:
Running Ledger
Results:
1 Gilthead 2lb 1oz and a bass around 2.5lb
Catch and Release:: Yes/No
Yes (the bass)
Report:
Seeing as bass weren't available, I thought I'd try and catch my first gilthead. This was my second shot as I'd tried this area earlier in the month and blanked. Things didn't get off to a good start when I called into my usual bait supplier to pick up some crab only to be told that they hadn't arrived. So the fallback plan was employed, which involved digging lug when I got there. Fortunately there was plenty and had 50 or so in no time. I also managed to get talking to a local guy who gave me a tip on a good mark (thanks Brian). I got myself setup just before the flood and within 15 minutes had my first bite. At first I thought it was a schoolie bass as the take was similar, but very quickly I realised I was into a completely different kind of fish as a great scrap ensued before it broke the surface and I confirmed it really was a gilthead (think 2lb mackerel and you get the idea). The fish weighed in at 2lb 1oz and as it was my first I decided to hold on to him. Approximately 20 minutes later I had another bite. This time it was a bass of about 2.5lb which was released. I think this will likely be the one and only time I was disappointed to see a bass! After that things got quite and weed started to become a problem so I packed up and headed for home. This experience seems consistent with what I've heard about giltheads moving through in shoals during the flood. So its a case of being in the right place at the right time to ambush them.
Clonakilty Estuary, Co Cork, 01-Jun-07
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Clonakilty Estuary, Co Cork, 01-Jun-07
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Paul
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cortaz
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welcome to the club, :P 8) :) lovely lookin fish
What I said in public
"Bass, there future in your hands, support catch and release"
..but I'm a liar really
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/foru ... 12&t=45629
"Bass, there future in your hands, support catch and release"
..but I'm a liar really
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/foru ... 12&t=45629
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well done, heard their was quite a few of them starting to show. had a few small ones splashing at a small popper a few weeks back when i was flyfishing for bass(before the ban)
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish
regards neil
regards neil
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Well done Paul, going to have to get myself down there this week
Sea Species(25) bass, codling, whiting, turbot, seatrout, stingray, pollock, coalfish, longspine scorpion, ballan wrasse, dogfish, ling, pouting, poor cod, dab, mackerel, smelt, sandeel, launce, bull huss, painted ray, thick lip mullet, golden grey mullet, rock goby.
Fresh Water (2) brown trout, sea trout
Fresh Water (2) brown trout, sea trout
