seabirds west waterford 7/8/09

[seanie35]

People:me and mick

Duration:12.30 till 2.30

Tide:full out 1.30

Weather:mild overcast with a tasty breeze

Bait:plugs

Rigs:plugs

Results:8 bass




Report:got to micks house about 12 and headed down to the mark, mick has been lure fishing a while but yet to get his first bass on one so hopes where high with conditions a1 , first 40 minutes were slow with 1 follow as we slowly waded down the mark and mick asking wheres the fish . out in the center of the bay there was a huge flock of seabirds crash diving into baitfish but way out of range . as we worked our way down we spotted another fisherman into a fish a couple of hundred yards away then disaster, mick hooks a good fish which done a full circle around me and just as we got sorted it broke the line with a searing run but at least things were looking up, i hooked up soon after with a nice plump 3lber which had the 3 trebles stuck down its side serious time spent trying to unhook it so after today just going to fish 1 treble , then it got good in fact very good , a group of terns maybe 40 or fifty working in a tight formation diving in turn started heading in our direction so i warned mick to get ready for a david attenborough moment and sure enough chaos ensued, mick was first in with his first bass on a plug so had to get a photo of the magic fish about 2lb, birds were getting closer about 100 yards away and we basically got about 8 hook ups in a row landed 4 , most in the 3 to 4lb bracket , 1 fish just went savage slashing at the plug on the surface about 3 times in front of me before hooking i was loving it . mick got another 1 and the fishing slowed, at this stage mick was waterlogged and like a sumo wrestler , tide was starting to come in so we started the retreat. birds were working again but further out so put on a press bait hd which has a nice bit of weight in it and got 2 more on the retreat, great session still buzzing we kept our legal limit and went home.

[scombroid]

Great report, photos and brilliant fishing by all accounts! That's a lot of bass for such a short space of time

BTW what type of lure is that in top photo?

[doggie3131]

thats a brilliant set of photos,and a serious ammount of bass well done mick getting your first bass!

[cortaz]

kool man!!! , i was about a mile away and only had 1 , the guy who was near yas (bat) had 5/6, said it was mental with the birds divin an the bass beaching them selfs,,, wish i was there then theres always tomorrow. ....................

[seanie35]

kool man!!! , i was about a mile away and only had 1 , the guy who was near yas (bat) had 5/6, said it was mental with the birds divin an the Bass beaching them selfs,,, wish i was there then theres always tomorrow. ....................

im sure you will make up for it your plugs just arrived

[cortaz]

kool man!!! , i was about a mile away and only had 1 , the guy who was near yas (bat) had 5/6, said it was mental with the birds divin an the Bass beaching them selfs,,, wish i was there then theres always tomorrow. ....................

im sure you will make up for it your plugs just arrived

just as well , left my new lure bag full of new lures on the beach other day................

[seanie35]

Great report, photos and brilliant fishing by all accounts! That's a lot of Bass for such a short space of time

BTW what type of lure is that in top photo?

its a pressbait hd same kinda weight and material as a bass bullet good for the extra distance

thats a brilliant set of photos,and a serious ammount of Bass well done mick getting your first Bass!

cheers noel i like taking the photos would have been more but for the frenzy

[FisherKing]

Fantastic session alot of action for a couple of hours I'd say your still grinning.

[edgar]

Hi Seanie, thats very nice fishing indeed. I was fishing that mark on thursday, I got 6 followups, but only 4 hookups.

[seanie35]

Hi Seanie, thats very nice fishing indeed. I was fishing that mark on thursday, I got 6 followups, but only 4 hookups.

that sounds more like my kinda sesson edgar think we just got very lucky with the birds indicating the fish

[rory from cork]

Wow...fantastic fishing there lads...congrats mick on your first...that spot will be busy tomorrow I'd say

[fishermannum1]

cracker of a session seanie/mick, some nice looking bass there, good report and some very nice pic's too, well done

[Danny M.]

Great report and great fishing lads !!!!

Will there be room for us down there on sunday???

[cortaz]

Great report and great fishing lads !!!!

Will there be room for us down there on sunday???

if ya kan make it for 12ish , i,l pm. my number,

[cortaz]

Wow...fantastic fishing there lads...congrats mick on your first...that spot will be busy tomorrow I'd say

immmmmmm

[seanie35]

Great report and great fishing lads !!!!

Will there be room for us down there on sunday???

I'm working but if I wasn't I know where I'd be

[seanie35]

got a handy 6lber last nite....released

[saltydog]

Great fishing Seanie and well done on you Bass Mick

[eyesreilly]

Brilliant,well done lads,, great report

[seanie35]

Great fishing Seanie and well done on you Bass Mick

Brilliant,well done lads,, great report

cheers lads had a great day itching to get out again for some more