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west cork bass day to rememeber

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Tide:1st hour of flood to 1st hour of ebb

Weather:strong southerly mostly dry

Bait:lugworm

Rigs:pulley pennell 3/0

Results:3 bass


decided to go dig some lug this morning and head to west cork in search of bass
got to 1st mark about one hour into flood greeted by a lovely surf 1st cast produced a bass of 2.5lb so confidence was up.next cast produced a thumping take and after a great drag testing battle i landed my best bass in 2 years almost to the day! a cracker of a fish well over 10lb -happy new year,got some photos and put her back.fished here for an other hour -no more takes so moved as this mark only fishes at the start of the tide .went to 2nd mark not too far away and fished for a couple of hours without a touch but hey i didn't mind! with plenty of bait left i decided to try a 3rd mark nearby that fishes at the top of the tide,got there about 1.5 hours before high water .all was quiet for the first 2 hours after witch the top section of the rod was pulled over and just stayed down -i was in to what felt like a good fish that decided to run like hell in my direction! when i got the fish in close it turned back out towards the sea pulling long lengths of line from my reel drag.it was dark now and after a lengthy fight i managed to get my headlamp on him and i could not believe my eyes-it was another monster bigger than the one i landed earlyer in the day a clonker heading for 12lb and as fat as a pig -some quick photos and back she went -what a day see links to pictures below.looks like 2013 may well be a bass year1
1st beauty; http://s1188.photobucket.com/albums/z41 ... 130550.jpg

and 2nd; http://s1188.photobucket.com/albums/z41 ... 175535.jpg
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#2 Post by Eddiewamblambbam »

unreal some savage bass, 2nd photo is a cracker, id say ye had some fun reeling in that wan !!

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#3 Post by seanie35 »

2 beautys well done :)
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#4 Post by thecatcher »

well done bud,west cork is fishing very well this year for the bass.
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#5 Post by cathalger »

2 serious bass, very well done. Awesome fishing and fair play for returning them.
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#6 Post by mickm »

great fishing nice start to the year well done
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#7 Post by Stan »

2 fish of a lifetime in 1 night :D :D . Well done
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#8 Post by plumster »

Dream come true ,great stuff and fair play for the release,
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#9 Post by chuckaroo »

absolute belters! well done sandblaster
as above, 2 fish of a lifetime in one day! and, fair play for puttin them fellas back - their breeding potential is invaluable
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#10 Post by declan65 »

Well done 8) , some beauties there.
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#11 Post by Mozza »

Cracking fish mate well done, 2 doubles on the same day,you must have felt like all your birthdays came together and hats off to you for putting them back.
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#12 Post by sandblaster »

cheers lads it was good also to see good sized bass in such good condition - says something good about our coastal waters.
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#13 Post by cod chaser »

Well done sand blaster wish I was there with you. Great double fish in a few hours
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#14 Post by JOHN1 »

wow! they are some serious bass congrats and big well done also fair play on the C&R 8) i think i could get used to fishing like that :wink:
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#15 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Two beauties 8) Great start to the year too.
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#16 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Two beauties 8) Great start to the year too.
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#17 Post by sparkey+1 »

Great fish sandblaster and fair play on the C&R someone else can have a chance for them aswell
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#18 Post by seanbah »

Lovely bass there bud :)
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#19 Post by Ronnach »

Well done, 2 doubles in one day is absolutely brilliant if I could only manage one double in my lifetime I'll be happy! Fair play for returning the fish also.
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#20 Post by last cast lad »

amazing, just amazing, :D :D :shock: :shock:
west cork, :idea: I could probably make that in about 8 hrs from north Donegal. are there many shops down there for my wife :?: :?: :idea:
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