Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:34 am
Species:Bass
Specimen Weight:10lb 4oz
Irish record:17lb 13oz
Location:Cork
Bait:Maria Chase BW Holo
Rigs:Report:Landed the beauty below on a Maria Chase just as it was getting dark.
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Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:42 am
Congrats Mate.
Lovely Fish there on a good lure, did it give you much of a fight?
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:12 am
cracker of a bass pat, you must have got a good tussle out of him, well done mate
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:16 am
well done pat thats a beauty
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:57 am
thats a beautiful fish pat well done
Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:56 am
Cracker Pat!
Congrats... so early in the season to break the double!
Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:04 pm
Congratulations Pat - thats a great start to your lure fishing for the year. I will have to get out my spinning rod now
Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:58 pm
Well done Pat, cracking fish. A hard one to follow
Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:21 pm
2 in 2 years Pat! congrats. good to see a big one like that in cork.
Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:24 pm
well done fish of a life time
Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:57 pm
Thanks for all the comments lads. It certainly is a fish of a lifetime....a lifetime ambition of mine has been to catch a double on a lure. I've been plug fishing since 1994 and have lost more big fish over that time than I've landed. When you do eventually land that prize it makes it oh so sweet
.
Some interesting stats on the fish: it measured 82cm & had a girth of 40cm. A fish I had last year was 80cm but had a girth of 43cm and weighed slightly heavier. Just shows the impact of post spawning and what a difference feeding over the summer months will do in terms of weight.
Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:06 pm
Danny M. wrote:....did it give you much of a fight?
Sorry, Danny, just spotted your question. Yeah, he gave a great fight. At a guess I reckon it took me over 10 minutes to land him. At first I thought it was a schoolie it was coming so easy. The fish I reckon didn't realise it was hooked (nor did I realise what I was hooked into). When it came close to the platform I was on it woke up and exploded on the surface. Its first run was so fierce I was haunted I had the anti-reverse lever dis-engaged for, eventhough, I had the drag set I reckon he might have smashed the line. That run took him right out to the limit of where I can cast with these weighted plugs - 60 yds at a guess. I had several more explosive runs before I finally tamed him.
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:36 pm
What a fish!
More power to you
Blackie
Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:42 pm
Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:37 pm
cracker mate,
Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:08 am
Smashing fish well done M8.
Yappo
Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:17 pm
Donal I was fishing your gilthead mark the other night
, but from the shore. I had a few bass, so was very happy
. Haven't fished this spot in a few years. Its a great sheltered spot. Any lads fishing the beaches and open coastline that night got blown out of it.
Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:18 pm
Congrats beautiful Bass
Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:48 am
Nice one well done
Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:14 am
another one?? jammy git
.
congrats pat.
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