cortaz,s trivia

my top 10
1/ helping form bass protection group.
2/ getting in irish angler
3/ catching about 450 bass 30 bream (950 in 1995)
4/ went fishing 100 times
5/ took/went fishin with 40 ppl. all cought bass (a first for many)
6/ aiding/helping the C.F.B.
7/ 6 bass over 9lb.
8/ bream in april and set. a first
9/ seeing several 100 large bass in 1 day
10/ doin the above
anyone else got a top 10?

Not quite sure I have 10 and in no particular order :

1. Catching and releasing my one and only specimen bass
2. First bass on a popper - wasnt sure they would work
3. Cathing more bass than a "bass guide" (No surprise really) :lol:
4. Best session approx 30 bass in space of an hour from "My mark"
5. My first ever bass when I was 11 - 20 years ago, 2 and a half pound
6. Releasing hundreds of bass over the 20 years, only kept 5 and for humane reasons
7. Catching the specimen bass in the very same spot I caught my first bass - was it the same fish..? Fairytale stuff....

Carlsberg dont do bass men, but if they did........

so you like bass then eh? :D

so you like bass then eh? :D

Yep, all other fish are just getting in the way..!! :lol:

regarding the point of guides

I think you will find that most guides if they are doing their jobs correctly will always catch less fish than their customers. Thats because they are busy assisting, encouraging, helping, and informing the person they are with to ensure they catch more fish..... i'm assuming you're use of inverted commas is significant.

Bass fishing is an addiction. Waterford it the county for it.Hopefully, the great recovery that the bass population has made will be maintained for future generations.

regarding the point of guides

I think you will find that most guides if they are doing their jobs correctly will always catch less fish than their customers. Thats because they are busy assisting, encouraging, helping, and informing the person they are with to ensure they catch more fish..... i'm assuming you're use of inverted commas is significant.

Sorry Jim, wasnt meant to cause offence to anyone. The guide in particular, who's name I wont mention, was superb and got us fish on a day when I myself wouldnt have fished and in fact was probably the worst conditions for a bass, flat calm, sun splitting the skies and 4.30 in the afternoon. He showed us fantastic hospitality providing lunch in his own house and moved us on numerous occasions to keep us on the fish.


I put the comment in there merely as a bit of humour, thats all.

No need for apologies Eoghan - i think sometimes guides get a lot of stick that's often un-neccessary (admittedly a few deserve it). Its a tough job of many dimensions and I was probably just defending the guy a bit.

best regards and keep fishing
Jim

go get him Jim!!!! all eoghano was short of saying was that I was with him on that day and managed to blank!!!!!

go get him Jim!!!! all eoghano was short of saying was that I was with him on that day and managed to blank!!!!!

HA HA ....Liam there was no shame in blanking that day, you were fishing with two propper bass men. Besides we needed someone to carry the sandwiches etc......

I'll give you another lesson next week in Kerry..! (If your girlfriend gives you the sign off) :lol:

Pay no attention to him Liam - i spend six months of the year carrying sandwiches around watching other people fish!!!!!

I must say i dont get the bass thing really, they are ok but IMO nothing special, a fair way down my list of favourite fish.

sorry lads for the blasphemy. but i must speak the truth :D

they are good fun on a popper though i agree on that.

I must say i dont get the bass thing really, they are ok but IMO nothing special, a fair way down my list of favourite fish.

sorry lads for the blasphemy. but i must speak the truth :D

they are good fun on a popper though i agree on that.

Forgive him Father, for he knows not what he says..... :lol:

Ah yeah, each to their own n all that.
Since you mention it, what would be you're fav fish to catch..?

[quote="Eoghan"][quote="JimH"]regarding the point of guides



Sorry Jim, wasnt meant to cause offence to anyone. The guide in particular, who's name I wont mention, was superb and got us fish on a day when I myself wouldnt have fished and in fact was probably the worst conditions for a bass, flat calm, sun splitting the skies and 4.30 in the afternoon. He showed us fantastic hospitality providing lunch in his own house and moved us on numerous occasions to keep us on the fish. :arrow: AS REGARDS TO THE ABOVE CONDITIONS THATS NOT UNUSUALL,I GET MOST OF MY BASS IN DAYLIGHT,BE IT SUNSHINE OR CLOUD,AS I SAID TO SOMEONE BEFORE,IF THEY ARE THERE,YOU WILL CATCH THEM.I TOOK MY MATE OUT A WHILE BACK AND HE HAD 2 BASS,7 AND 8LB THEY WERE,BIGGER THAN ANY FISH HE HAS HAD BEFORE.HE WAS CHUFFD :lol: AS FOR MY TOP 10,ITS ANYTHING TO DO WITH BASS IN THE 3 YEARS IVE SPENT FISHING FOR THEM AND THEM ALONE,THOUGH MY NO 1 SPOT GOES TO THE DAY IN A 5 HOUR STINT,I HAD 11 BASS,10 RETURNED AND KEPT THE SPECIMEN AT 12.5LBS.AS FOR ME I DONT THINK IT CUD GET ANY BETTER,BUT THEN WHO KNOWS!!!REGARDS IVAN

And to be fair I was always a dawn and dusk bass man. I will definitly fish more in the afternoon at selected marks for Bass as I now know they can be caught.

One of my favourite type of marks in this regard would be a very rocky mark at low tide on the flood using poppers.

Hi eoghan

i would primarily be a specimen angler so my favourite fish tend to be those that i have had success in catching a few biggies of.

top would be pike, trout,wrasse, and perch.

then catfish,tench,carp,pollock,bass,rudd,ray, barbel.

then hybrids,roach,mullet,small sharks (huss,spurs etc)

then the rest.

I can see the attraction with that alright. I guess its just whatever floats your boat so to speak.

I have done a bit of pike fishing before, my best was just over 15Ib, cracking fight on my light spinning rod.

I have also tried winter fishing for cod and most other species at one stage or another but to be honest I just love catching Bass. I think its the challenge more than anything else. They can be so illusive.
On the right tackle they fight superb.

yeah i think bass and pike fishing are quite similar in a lot of ways. similar type of predator i guess and the methods really cross over.

if you list the methods for pike : bait fishing, live baiting (in other countries) , lure fishing, fly fishing, popper fishing...etc , thsy can all be used for bass in pretty much the same style and tackle.

fighting qualities would be quite similar too, with warm weather pike anyway.

now if bass af 20lbs were common i might have to rethink things. but being elsewhere than the bass mecca of kildare :roll: might help that too

i have had my best bass and pike on lures and spinning gear and both were good fun.