North Clare

Ive been putting a bit of effort to get new members into the club and having successfuly recruited a few am now putting in the hours hoping they catch a few fish and then catch the bug and stay with the club.

Weve been fishing a lot of handy venues round the city and it was time to go further a field, alas the weather was a mild NW for days, basically no surf, coming into a neap - no swell etc. etc.

I had the lads well prepped that this was about looking at a new venue and giving yourself the best chance when the conditions were favourable - we will catch nothing or maybe an undersize coalie or two

was hardly looking at my rod, showing them bait presentation, getting lugs on the hook properly etc.

went back to my rod and noticed a twitch and then felt a bit of weight, to my delight a schoolie comes in right on the bottom of the ebb in virtually no surf, to add to the maddness i was using a refrozen sandeel (precisely what i told the lads not to do!) I had made clear you needed fresh lug or crab for this job - i have never caught one on a sandeel before

thats fishing for yea

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Congrats on the bass Brian!

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Nice fish, congrats!

A clear case of "do as I say, not as I do",,,,NOT! Congrats on the bass.

nice 1

Lovely stuff Brian. Hope the new members scratched out a few too.

thanks, the new lads had a few small coalies and some rag order flounders, well spent - there was a weaver too that i had to sprint to tell one of them not to touch it - a good education for the 3 lads

nice bass well done

Fair play- sometimes it just takes having a bait in the water to get results I suppose!! What beach were ye fishing in North Clare??

good stuff,an unexpected bass is always welcome