Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

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Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby Pat » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:34 am

Species:Bass

Specimen Weight:10lb 4oz

Irish record:17lb 13oz

Location:Cork

Bait:Maria Chase BW Holo

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Report:Landed the beauty below on a Maria Chase just as it was getting dark.
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby Danny M. » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:42 am

Congrats Mate.

Lovely Fish there on a good lure, did it give you much of a fight?
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby fishermannum1 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:12 am

8) cracker of a bass pat, you must have got a good tussle out of him, well done mate :P
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right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby seanie35 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:16 am

well done pat thats a beauty :D
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby JOHN1 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:57 am

thats a beautiful fish pat well done :wink:
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby JimC » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:56 am

Cracker Pat!
Congrats... so early in the season to break the double!
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby RockHunter » 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 :D :D
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby MAC » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:58 pm

Well done Pat, cracking fish. A hard one to follow :wink:
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby red » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:21 pm

2 in 2 years Pat! congrats. good to see a big one like that in cork.
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby dbrock » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:24 pm

well done fish of a life time
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby Pat » 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 :D .

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.
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby Pat » 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.
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby blackiemc » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:36 pm

What a fish!

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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby donal domeney » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:42 pm

Well done on the fish. :D

Looks like I’ll have to buy night vision binoculars to keep track of you. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby eric » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:37 pm

cracker mate, 8)
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby yappo » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:08 am

Smashing fish well done M8. :D

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Postby Pat » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:17 pm

donal domeney wrote:....Looks like I’ll have to buy night vision binoculars to keep track of you. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Donal I was fishing your gilthead mark the other night :wink: , but from the shore. I had a few bass, so was very happy :D . 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.
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby saltydog » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:18 pm

Congrats beautiful Bass 8)
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby croppyboy » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:48 am

Nice one well done
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Re: Specimen Bass, Cork, 18th June

Postby red » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:14 am

another one?? jammy git :lol: .

congrats pat.
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