Fishing in bog juice....
Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:59 pm
Gentlemen, how are ye? This sidewater seems to be the haunt of serious bass hunters, so perhaps ye can advise me on the following scenario:
Went out today at low tide (midday) to my secret little rubble-strewn cove where I previously caught a 7lb bass, and have regularly seen others disporting themselves in the shallows. The wind was onshore about F4/5, the surface a bit ruffled, the sun bright, and the water - due to heavy rain run-off from surrounding boggy land - looking like somebody had tipped a tanker load of Guinness into it; a thin ruby brown is the nearest I can describe it. Should I have been:
A. Fishing surface plugs, poppers etc?
B: Fishing sub-surface plugs or lures (I caught the 7lb-er on the cheapest trashiest Flying-C thingy in my box)
C: Fishing near bottom with weedless rigged plastics? If so, what?
D: Not fishing at all? (This was the option I chose - the Guinness-stained water sparked a Pavlovian response....)
Fisrt prize for the corrrect answer is one week's bass fishing in North Mayo. Second prize is two week's bass fishing in North Mayo....
Seriously, did I make the right decision or is there a secret weapon?
Went out today at low tide (midday) to my secret little rubble-strewn cove where I previously caught a 7lb bass, and have regularly seen others disporting themselves in the shallows. The wind was onshore about F4/5, the surface a bit ruffled, the sun bright, and the water - due to heavy rain run-off from surrounding boggy land - looking like somebody had tipped a tanker load of Guinness into it; a thin ruby brown is the nearest I can describe it. Should I have been:
A. Fishing surface plugs, poppers etc?
B: Fishing sub-surface plugs or lures (I caught the 7lb-er on the cheapest trashiest Flying-C thingy in my box)
C: Fishing near bottom with weedless rigged plastics? If so, what?
D: Not fishing at all? (This was the option I chose - the Guinness-stained water sparked a Pavlovian response....)
Fisrt prize for the corrrect answer is one week's bass fishing in North Mayo. Second prize is two week's bass fishing in North Mayo....
Seriously, did I make the right decision or is there a secret weapon?
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:03 pm
Razor clam. 
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:18 pm
OK......so basically, back to bait fishing on the bottom (in 3ft of water). Wanna buy some Yo-Zuris?
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:02 am
dunner wrote:Razor clam.
or crab.
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:35 am
Thanks both, I'll go and try a bit of freelining this week, which is fairly good on your forecast for July, Art. Never be as good as on the Cunnigar tho - I used to live up in Old Parish...
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:14 pm
If all fails go to the pub and drink guinness 
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:39 am
Success or failure, that happens anyway.... 
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:59 am
fished a lot of bog juice but never did any good 
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:00 pm
Yeah, seems to be bad news all right. Apart from discolouration, I suppose it probably raises acidity and maybe affects oxygen levels? Anyway, the runoff was less y'day and today, and the bass were back, but I still had no luck despite running the plug right across their backs...time for the .22
Re: Fishing in bog juice....
Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:22 pm
Hugo wrote:Yeah, seems to be bad news all right. Apart from discolouration, I suppose it probably raises acidity and maybe affects oxygen levels? Anyway, the runoff was less y'day and today, and the Bass were back, but I still had no luck despite running the plug right across their backs...time for the .22
hope the .22 is for the fish not yourself can be frustrating watching the fish not biting