by kieran » Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:25 am
Hi Bmuprhy
People will not share marks where bass are showing owing to the potential for poachers and people who do not return fish turning up and raping the marks.
No offence intended, its just how it is...
Some of the lads here - Donal comes to mind - live locally and will doubtless give you good information.
Crab is often seen as the best bass bait, especially from shore but they can be caught on pretty much anything else - mackerel, sandeel, lugworm. Try using fresh bait as it makes a big difference. If you can dig or collect it yourself, all the better.
the general rules are
1) decent but not massive surf
2) dusk or dawn, i.e. dark
3) no moon or small moon (not full moon)
4) change in the weather happening
5) coming tide
6) mixed shoreline, some rocks etc.
The only caveat is that Ireland's record bass was caught in full daylight, on an ebbing tide, on a flat sand beach, in a low surf... so there you go!
My suggestion is that you pick a mark, survey it at low water, and fish it regularly, across a variety of conditions and keep a log book and record the results. Over time you will see patterns emerge, and the truth is each mark is different and winter storms will change it every year.
Hope this helps...
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