predictable fishing.

Cheers cortaz. Just gone up on the kitchen wall

the forecast is for the mild southerlys to continue for the rest of the week,.............................bass love this weather shoud be a good week early morning, late afternoon evenings,........................................the big fellas feed-mad in this wind,...might not be great for numbers but there shoud be some fine fish about....................big lures fished slowly in close as the light goes

gonna try arklow area for a few hours
when in rome,,,

abit of sulunar fishin, , fished 3 key sulunar phases in the last 2 days, once yesterday and twice today,2 hours yesterday afternoon baitfishin with crab/clam,, had 7, lost 5 in the weeds and missed 4/5/6? pretty much a fish a cast, 10,8,7, and 4x3lbers., all the lost fish were 5lb+, fished .5 mile away today with lures for what i.m.o. is 1 of the best sulunar phases, it was around lunchtime today,, had 9 lost and missed loads, 1 at 6 the others 2/4, , returned to the mark i fished yesterday afternoon, there was 6 guys with 9 rods there , some of them had seen me get the fish there the day before, none of em had got anything , museled my way in , first 2 casts 2x3lbers no more bites for next 30 mins so packed it in, when i was leaving there was some lead hittin the patch i had been casting to, sounded like carpet bombin .......... so my stats, , fished 3 sessions totaling 5 hours landed 18 bass, 9 on bait, 9 on shallow feed,.....................i,am goin out for about 8 hours tomorrow i have a brand new feed shallow 128mm. sandeel, the sandeels are in light south wind ,sunny, gin clear water ........................................................................i,l bring the camera.

abit of sulunar fishin, , fished 3 key sulunar phases in the last 2 days, once yesterday and twice today,2 hours yesterday afternoon baitfishin with crab/clam,, had 7, lost 5 in the weeds and missed 4/5/6? pretty much a fish a cast, 10,8,7, and 4x3lbers., all the lost fish were 5lb+, fished .5 mile away today with lures for what i.m.o. is 1 of the best sulunar phases, it was around lunchtime today,, had 9 lost and missed loads, 1 at 6 the others 2/4, , returned to the mark i fished yesterday afternoon, there was 6 guys with 9 rods there , some of them had seen me get the fish there the day before, none of em had got anything , museled my way in , first 2 casts 2x3lbers no more bites for next 30 mins so packed it in, when i was leaving there was some lead hittin the patch i had been casting to, sounded like carpet bombin .......... so my stats, , fished 3 sessions totaling 5 hours landed 18 Bass, 9 on bait, 9 on shallow feed,.....................i,am goin out for about 8 hours tomorrow i have a brand new feed shallow 128mm. sandeel, the sandeels are in light south wind ,sunny, gin clear water ........................................................................i,l bring the camera.

Brilliant fishing Art. A1
Are you around Sunday? Might head down that way for a cup of tea

Fished 2 sessions yesterday, morning and evening.

Morning session, had 13 fish on a surface lure in 2 1/2 hours. Lost/missed half as many again. Average stamp of fish was 4 - 6 lbs.

Evening session on a different mark produced 5 better class of fish, best an estimated 9 lbs. Had a few strikes that didn't hook up.

Happy days.

Fished 2 sessions yesterday, morning and evening.

Morning session, had 13 fish on a surface lure in 2 1/2 hours. Lost/missed half as many again. Average stamp of fish was 4 - 6 lbs.

Evening session on a different mark produced 5 better class of fish, best an estimated 9 lbs. Had a few strikes that didn't hook up.

Happy days.

thats a super catch, ,it was a special day alright , there was some fantastic fishin allround last few days, ,

holy s*** unbelievable fishin lads , gonna read this thread from the start

conditions are lookin perfect for the second half of this week up until next mondaym or tuesday, there shoud be some excellent best times from 5.30/7am. 11/3 pm. and again 7/9.30..........................................................................................from thursday to sunday i will fish 5/7 sessions around the times of majorsulunar events..................i,am expecrin about 50 over the 4 days.

the moon is "new" today at 11 am, both S.T + M.T. occure at 13.30, from 1 to 2pm i will catch 5/6 bass up to 5/6lb......................................i,l bring the camera goin out from 10.30 till 2.30 at a guess between 8/12 good sized fish.

Art, keep a few in spare for tomorrow

the moon is "new" today at 11 am, both S.T + M.T. occure at 13.30, from 1 to 2pm i will catch 5/6 Bass up to 5/6lb......................................i,l bring the camera goin out from 10.30 till 2.30 at a guess between 8/12 good sized fish.

Well? How accurate were ya?

the 19th and 21st produced bass for me in dublin
well done on your predictions cortaz! enjoying this topic!

It was about the worst weeks fishing I have had this year - 5 sessions (bait and lure), no bass (only one possible bass bite that I lost), one flounder, one plaice, one conger and four dogfish and about 3 tons of weed

Although I did manage to collect about 40 razorfish during the low tides at the weekend.

[cortaz]

the moon is "new" today at 11 am, both S.T + M.T. occure at 13.30, from 1 to 2pm i will catch 5/6 Bass up to 5/6lb......................................i,l bring the camera goin out from 10.30 till 2.30 at a guess between 8/12 good sized fish.

Well? How accurate were ya?

not as good as i would have liked, lot of rain/wind flooded the area, local river burst its banks wednsday am, so did not fish as much as i would have, had a few each day i fished, about 12/14 in total, nothing great, best of it was 1 just shy of 10lb, and a 7lber on fly.
the 7lber deserves a special montion, out with a mate who had never caught a good bass on fly, the first mark produced 1 follow/missed take on a popper fly, checked out another few marks none were fishable, we had been out most of the day and bout 8ish decided to try a tiny hotspot whit in the bay, there were about 40/50 mack bashers already there , none fishing the hotspot.......immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....were in with a chance me thinks ....3/4 casts and this spot is "fished" so lobed the gunnish across after first removing the hooks, got hit on the first 3 pulls so quickly got the lure out of the water, called Colin, crept to the edge, covered the lie on the 3th cast, bout 5 yards out a black shape crused up behind the fly (a 6in. chu ...lumi thing ) and just ingulfed it,...........panic ..........i had earlyer showed Colin to make up a tapered leaded, this was his first attempt, 3 knots down to a 13lb. tippet
no need to worry the knots held, and so did our nerves and we soon had im beached. ..............................

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BIGGER BASS.
been tryn a few sulunar combinations last few months, fished 8, S.S./M.T.S landed bout 20, with in 6 at/over 10lb. best 12.25 lost a few crackers, left feeds in 2 and 4 with traces attached .......................................................................................................................................................1 i wont forget, yas probaly wont belive this , but it happened, and its true, fished a mark landed 2 and hooked a biggie jst as the light was going, went foul after a few mins, bit the line and tyed it to to some trife, returned at l.w. line and swivel still there 25 euro S. feed gone , fished there again that eve. with a panchenco thay a mate had broken give it to me and i had superglued it back together, 5 yards out it was taken, the fish done his AC/DC impression and i cud see the S.F. flat under his chin, then the fish was gon, with half a panchenco in his jaw and ths S.F. in his chin, thats 50 euros , went back again the next eve. and again as the light was going, the S.F. got hit hard 3 yards out, this is a very reefy patch with a lot of rocks stickin up above the water, so i gave him no quarter , evert time he dived i jabbed the head off im,........... drag thightened, backwind disengaged, every time he dived as the handle sped round just tapped/stopped it momenteraly, it knocked the head of him, jab,jab,jab got him in and got my 3 lures back, i would have liked to release him but he was bleedin a lot , i left the lures in him .............sat down and had a smoke , and wondered had i caught a fish or killed a warrier?.........he won the first 2 battles, but i won the war ................. a warrier with 3 medels who died in battle

It was about the worst weeks fishing I have had this year - 5 sessions (bait and lure), no Bass (only one possible Bass bite that I lost), one flounder, one plaice, one conger and four dogfish and about 3 tons of weed

Although I did manage to collect about 40 razorfish during the low tides at the weekend.

hi frank , although i was expectin the fishin to be better, august is ofter poor, think food becomes super abundent and the bass are overfeed, resulting in very selective feedin, on sandhoppers/small shrimp and the likes,theres also huge shoals of 1/2in. herring inshore that the bass just charge into takeing large mouthfuls eack time resulting in very short feeding peroids as at this rate t,here appitites are soon sadisfied, when they are feedin like this they wont take anything else, and belive me i,ve tryed.....................but then as we all know no problum can whitstand the assualt of sustained thought, so i,l perserve

just thinkin i was havin a bad month, bout 70, 4 at 9,10,10.5,12. no i,am havin a good month ...i think

BIGGER Bass.
been tryn a few sulunar combinations last few months, fished 8, S.S./M.T.S landed bout 20, with in 6 at/over 10lb. best 12.25 lost a few crackers, left feeds in 2 and 4 with traces attached .......................................................................................................................................................1 i wont forget, yas probaly wont belive this , but it happened, and its true, fished a mark landed 2 and hooked a biggie jst as the light was going, went foul after a few mins, bit the line and tyed it to to some trife, returned at l.w. line and swivel still there 25 euro S. feed gone , fished there again that eve. with a panchenco thay a mate had broken give it to me and i had superglued it back together, 5 yards out it was taken, the fish done his AC/DC impression and i cud see the S.F. flat under his chin, then the fish was gon, with half a panchenco in his jaw and ths S.F. in his chin, thats 50 euros , went back again the next eve. and again as the light was going, the S.F. got hit hard 3 yards out, this is a very reefy patch with a lot of rocks stickin up above the water, so i gave him no quarter , evert time he dived i jabbed the head off im,........... drag thightened, backwind disengaged, every time he dived as the handle sped round just tapped/stopped it momenteraly, it knocked the head of him, jab,jab,jab got him in and got my 3 lures back, i would have liked to release him but he was bleedin a lot , i left the lures in him .............sat down and had a smoke , and wondered had i caught a fish or killed a warrier?.........he won the first 2 battles, but i won the war ................. a warrier with 3 medels who died in battle

That's some report, Cortaz are you sure you not related to Fionn Mac Cumhaill?

just thinkin i was havin a bad month, bout 70, 4 at 9,10,10.5,12. no i,am havin a good month ...i think

You always have a good month

hi frank , although i was expectin the fishin to be better, august is ofter poor, think food becomes super abundent and the Bass are overfeed, resulting in very selective feedin

I thought as much - but perservered as well on the chance that a bass might fancy a big juicy lug for a change.

got him in and got my 3 lures back, i would have liked to release him but he was bleedin a lot , i left the lures in him .............sat down and had a smoke , and wondered had i caught a fish or killed a warrier?.........he won the first 2 battles, but i won the war ................. a warrier with 3 medels who died in battle

That was some battle alright - shame about the fish but great that you got all your lures back.