predictable fishing.

seanie, craigo good point..however there must always be some hungry fish about and likewise calm spots/times...............and its not just Bass catches of all other species are also lowest
1, it,s not a shortage of food
2, it,s nothing to do with weather, wind,temp,s both sea and air,air pres,ect.
3, it not the actuel tide hight or sea state.

just got a massive idea!!! ....think i have it sussed there,s a "switch over"...........like an eclips.. , or something.

hugo, would likt to see if ya get a reply, say twod be intrestin

don't know if this helps or puzzles you more but the bass i kept on the 29th had
absolute zero/nothing in its stomach!! not even digested food (crap/waste!!)
caught 2 hrs after high tide by the way!
checked it thoroughly as i gutted it just to see what they are feeding on!
as for all the others i caught this year i c&r so can't say!
cleanest fish i ever gutted!

Hugo, would likt to see if ya get a reply, say twod be intrestin

Got word back this morning its being looked at - the MI head man Dr Peter Heffernan used to be a neighbour of mine in Dublin.... I'll post it soon as I hear back.

I was out on the night of full moon (4th September) at a well known Cork bass spot and didn't catch any bass, 3 other people fishing there also, as far as I could see 2 bass were caught all night. Strangely, at the same mark I got 3 bass on the previous full moon in similar weather conditions :\

Looks like we're in for a few days settled warm weather this week, good for the bass hopefully:

The weather is going to settle down and will become generally dry with sunny spells for the rest of the week. Winds will drop light or calm leading to fog patches and rather cool nights. Minima typically 5 to 10 degrees with top daytime values a pleasant 17 to 20 Celsius.

(also I was very surprised last Friday to catch a 39cm flounder whilst spinning with a smallish silver Toby lure. It was the first fish I've caught using braid, and it put up a fine fight, thought it was a mackerel when taking it in).

MARCH 2009.
1ST.......poor............................
2ST.......poor............................
3TH.......poor...........................
4TH.......good/fair.............F.Q. .
5TH.......poor..........................
6TH.......poor..........................
7TH.......poor. ........................
8TH.......poor/fair....................
9TH.......good/fair...................
10TH.....good.........................
11TH.....very good.................F.M.
12TH.....very good.................
13TH.....very good.................
14TH.....good +.....................
15TH.....good.......................
16TH.....fair/poor..................
17TH.....fair/poor..................
18TH.....fair.........................L.Q.
19TH.....poor.......................
20TH.....v.poor....................
21TF.....v. poor...................
22ST.....v. poor .................
23TH.....v. poor..................
24TH.....fair+.....................
25TH.....v. good.................
26TH.....v. good.................N.M.
27TH.....good+..................
28TH.....good...................
29TH.....good...................
30TH.....fair/good ............
31FT......poor..................

think there are "special" phases, at the end of april, june 21/22th, set. 18/21st. and in oct. 17/20th.

SPECIAL PHASES SET. 18/21TH., if the weather stays settled for the next few weeks , think excellent catches cud be had.best of the yr. even

SETEMBER 2009
1st.fair/good
2th.fair/good
3th. good
4th. very good....F.M.
5th. very good
.6th. poor/fair
7th. good
8th. good
9th. v. good
10th. good
11th.fair
12th.fair.........L.Q.
13th. poor
14th. poor
15th. v. good
16th. v. good
17th. most excellent
18th. v. good....N.M.
19th. good
20th. very poor
21st. good
23th. good
24th. fair/poor
25th. poor
26th. poor F.Q.
27th. poor
28th. poor
29th. poor
30th. poor

SET. 18/21st. special phases, the special days i predicted for june 20/22th, were the best days of the yr. so far.

Well Art how are you now.

We had in the region of 100 fish yesterday on the lures between 3 off us in 11 hours.
12th.fair.........L.Q.

Well Art how are you now.

We had in the region of 100 fish yesterday on the lures between 3 off us in 11 hours.
12th.fair.........L.Q.

ah well, not to worry, you'll have a better catch rate on these days here:

15th. v. good
16th. v. good
17th. most excellent
18th. v. good....N.M.

no honestly, very nice indeed, congratulations, surely the fine spell of weather entices the bass to feed properly and they make up now for the past weeks where they couldn't find enough food with murky water and weedy conditions everywhere, just hope the good weather will continue after the moon changes but for now make the best out of it as long as the conditions are favourable, tight lines lads

Well Art how are you now.

We had in the region of 100 fish yesterday on the lures between 3 off us in 11 hours.
12th.fair.........L.Q.

thats super fishin , any big fellas?, got a few myself for the dawn, just before sunrise it was a fish a cast,on a med. white x rap,. feed shallow after it got bright.
out of curosity what was the best hour?

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....out of curosity what was the best hour?

Between 9am and 10am, almost a fish a cast, with the best going 74cm.

Planning a trip at the weekend, would you have any info on the 3rd or 4th please

October 2009.

1st. good
2th. good
3th. very good
4th very good F.M Best time; 6.30/8.30am./12.30/2.30pm.18.30/2030
5th. very good
6th. good +
7th. good
8th. good
9th. good+
10th.poor
11th. fair/poor L.Q.
12th.poor
13th.poor
14th.poor
15th. good
16th.good
17th.very good
18th.verygood N.M.
19th. good
20th. fair/poor
21st. good
22th.fair
23th.fair/good
24th.poor
25th.poor
26th.fair/poor F.Q.
27th.poor
28th.poor
29th.poor/fair
30th.good/fair
31st.good.
IMO, , THE FIRST 8/10 DAYS OF OCT. SHOUD BE VERY GOOD FOR LURE FISHIN.

cheers for posting these again cortaz - well handy, - looks like a good week ahead

anyone any idea as to why the day of the biggest tides show the lowest catch,? ??? look at it this way out of 750 fish only 2 fish caught in 8 days, on the biggest tides of each month

I wonder if it has less to do with the fish and more to do with angling conditions? - the biggest tide seems to throw up the most weed and crap into the water - making fishing much more difficult , how much is that a factor i wonder?

davyp , few for the pot.

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nice fish Art Dont mention mullet and Pot in the same post tho - deffo a sore point round sligo way

i'd say that wee fella at the end gave you some scrap on the Lure

davy

what kinda fish is that in the last pic Art??

looks like a Northern Pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) more here.

Well the 5th wasn't up to scratch, spent 3 hours on the oyster beds for low tide and there wasn't a fish to be seen, not even a mullet.

What happened? Logged in looking forward to the 'debate' on the bass pictures posted up on this post yesterday and nothing... even the pictures have been removed!?!

Well the 5th wasn't up to scratch, spent 3 hours on the oyster beds for low tide and there wasn't a fish to be seen, not even a mullet.

same for me on the fourth just the 1 fish in 3 hours..........., its been fairly poor the last few times does this happen every year at this stage or is it just conditions