west waterford trip

[jwls]

People:
me and 2 mates
Duration:
sat/sun
Tide:
up/down/forward/back
Weather:dd
good
Bait:
ddrag,lug,peeler,mack,razor
Rigs:
everything known
Results:
doggies,whitin,flounder and bass(27 between 3 of us)



Report:
headed to west waterford for weekend,went pluggin on sat to various spots caught 4 small bass between us-ground fished till 1am caught doggies flounder and 2 more nice sized bass ,met up with shoreking sun morning for pluggin-WOW what a morning from 11.30am to 4.30pm between the 3 of us we caught 21 bass ranging from 2lb to 8.5lb from the 27 bass we caught we kept 4 medium size ones returned rest of fish to fight another day(hopefully with us )shoreking pointed us in direction of an excellent ground fishing spot but we deceided to keep it for our next trip down.shoreking has pics and will hopefully post some up-i'm on my way tomorrow 1st thing for new camera and take some tips from appr forum here

[theshoreking]

JWLS,

I'm glad you guys enjoyed your trip and hope ye will be as successful next time down. Just to clarify before I get bombarded with messages for photos. I have a pic of the two crackers I kept today (7 released) from when I got home. Unfortunately, I had left my camera in my shore box from the last nite and couldn't get the action shots. Mores the pity as a seal near enough swam up to my rod tip and it would have made a brill photo - next time!

You and your mates are real gents and good sportsmen. What impressed me from the off was your choice of tackle. I could tell straight away you guys meant business - greys, loomis, etc. Lucky I had those spare plugs to lend ye though

theshoreking

23 nov 08.jpg

[youngrod]

That is some haul of bass on plugs

[jwls]

sure was!and not expected most were smaller end of scale but nice few peaches as well can't beat local knowledge

[theshoreking]

JWLS,

now you know why I don't quite get overly-excited about double figure bass! No offence to anyone either.

[craigo]

Well done lads that was a hardcore session sounded like ye had some sport!

Shore king id say the fly rod would have been well broken in with one of those fish in the pics

[theshoreking]

Yeah,

its the guideline rs salt rod, really nice. I've matched it with a saltwater reel and a rio outbound line. Would have been a great test of the gear, especially the bigger one of the two. Never mind, next time.

[eyesreilly]

Well done lads.

[craigo]

Would you be up for a bit of fishing thursday if i could get down or maybe even point us in the direction of some water that might hold a few double figure bass ??

[theshoreking]

Craigo,

working on thursday. However, theres loads of pluggin places down here. Any can throw up a double. Ballydwane (but be careful of the tides there), Ballyvooney (same applies), Ballyvoile, Clonea (castle), Goldcoast (low water), Cunnigar (low water at oysters but mite be gettin late in year), Sullivans (one of my favourites from now till Christmas), Glencurran (low water) etc etc.

theshoreking

[craigo]

I might give Ballydwane a shot on thursday I think i can remember where it is. Thanks shoreking

[roger de dodger]

nice work gents seems myself and eric fished the wrong county that old moon phase lark seems spot on ,next few days good so fish hard if you can!!!!

[shadow]

Is the road to Ballydwane re-opened yet as the last time i was up that way it was closed off because of a landslide . (theshoreking)Any chance of directions towards the last 2 spots as i have heard of em before and would be interested in trying out new spots. PM welcome and kept hush hush of course

[JOHN1]

well done lads

thats a seriously good session
super looking plump bass they sure make that sink unit look small

john.....

[wilky83]

pretty impressive tally of nice bass there is there still a lot of bass being caught on plugs shoreking???? thought it was all bait from now on just both a new salt bass 11ft rod would have got new spinning rod if i knew it was still good on plugs

[Figs]

Great session lads, well done.
I think I'll be leaving the bait at home for my next trip out.

[Al and Jordan]

what a session lads you managed more bass in one session than most of us get in a year well done

[theshoreking]

thanks everyone.

I'm not sure about ballydwane road coz thats not where we have been fishin lately. Will PM the directions for those spots later. If not tonight def tomorrow nite as I may be out.

I'd say pluggin works all year round but it is just more consistent in the summer. I've had bass on plugs in every month of the year. However, I rarely use poppers in the cold weather. Again, in my opinion you can't beat quality tackle for pluggin. If your thinking of buying a spinning rod, buy a decent one. I don't worry about breaking mine coz they are lifetime warranty. Also, some of the plugs I use I haven't seen with many other people. They are discontinued or simply uncommon over here.

[theshoreking]

thanks everyone.

I'm not sure about ballydwane road coz thats not where we have been fishin lately. Will PM the directions for those spots later. If not tonight def tomorrow nite as I may be out.

I'd say pluggin works all year round but it is just more consistent in the summer. I've had bass on plugs in every month of the year. However, I rarely use poppers in the cold weather. Again, in my opinion you can't beat quality tackle for pluggin. If your thinking of buying a spinning rod, buy a decent one. I don't worry about breaking mine coz they are lifetime warranty. Also, some of the plugs I use I haven't seen with many other people. They are discontinued or simply uncommon over here.