Co.Kerry Species Report - October 2009.

[KERRY1]

People: Me & K2 (joined for a couple of days by Al of the site)

Tide: Mixed

Bait: Crab, mackerel, lugworm, razorfish and sandeel (& some sneaky rag worm for Al and K2)

Methods: Bait fishing, plugging, spinning, fly-fishing & float fishing

Results: Bass, Pollock, flounder, Ballan wrasse, Corkwing wrasse, pouting and dogfish

Report:

K2 and myself headed to Co. Kerry on our annual winter Bass hunt.
With the car loaded up with almost every fishing rod we owned (you have to bring them all just incase you might need them) we set off for the long journey ahead.
It took us approx. seven hours to get there but the journey as always is well worth it with the brilliant fishing on offer.
The main fish/species we were targeting was bass but we managed to get to the rocks for some wrasse and pollock fishing too as the weather was so mild the whole time we were down.
We bait fished at night for the bass from the many surf beaches Kerry has to offer and then we plugged, used spinners and float-fished during the day for other species.
We were joined by Al off the site for a couple of days and he stayed with us in the apartment we had booked which had plenty of room for us all.
The best day of the whole trip was the day we (K2, me and Al) all went Wrasse fishing. From start to finish the weather was brilliant (we even got sunburned!) and the fishing was great too. Loads of wrasse where caught that day as well K2’s big corkwing which was the biggest Al or I had ever seen. I didn’t get a picture of it but Al did and he is going to put it on this report for me at some stage.
Then that night we went Bass fishing and K2 had a really nice Bass weighing 5lb on the button (not his biggest of the trip though) and Al got his bass at just over 4lb too.
We were both really pleased that Al got his bass, as this is what he had wanted to catch more than anything on his trip.
We went out of our way to make sure he caught a bass and sure enough he did!
We fished non-stop as you do when you are away but you have to make the most of it!
We travelled all over the place during our time there, fishing new beaches to suss them out for the first time and see what they would produce as far as fish goes and then going to other beaches that we had been to before and had caught from.
We dug fresh lugworm every day too which got tiring near the end of the holiday but it's a brilliant bait to use down there for bass and there's no point in travelling all that way to catch fish and not having the best bait that works when you start to fish!
We picked our locations depending on the tides because as you will already know they make all the difference in you catching or not. There's no point in turning up to a beach that fishes well on the flood if it's high tide!
We even set our alarm and got up a couple of mornings at 2.00am to hit a beach when the tide was right and it paid off with 6 lovely bass caught between us.
We only fished for mullet on one afternoon Having done that all summer long we decided not to bother with them and fished for different species and variety's of fish to give us abit of interest and a challenge.
K2 and I had a really, really good time away in Co.Kerry with thankfully plenty of fish caught but as normal our time flew in far too quickly
I have put some of our pictures up of the holiday and they can be seen below. These aren’t all of them, it would take far too long to put them all up and so I have put my favourite ones up for you to have a look at.

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More pictures..................

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The last lot of pictures.....I promise!!!!

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Well done, some good fish there, looks like a great holiday

great report kerry 1and 2 , what weight is the big bass up top....looks 8 or 9lb at least

Great fishing there that first bass is a monster

Here's a couple more pictures, this time of Al when he was down with us.
I couldn't forget about you mate, could I?
What a great time we all had those couple of days, eh? I better not forget to mention K2's curry!! Yumm! Yumm!

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Brilliant report. cracking pictures. well done all

Great fishing. Sounds like a cracking few days. Some lovely looking bass there.

some lovely looking fish there folks, well done,the bass are sweet,but thats a cracking flounder k2 has!

wow...wow...wow...brilliant session guys and congratz on your PB guys

Well done to you all ,some stonkers there, and great pics

Thats what you call fishing! well done!

Great report Kerry1, fab pictures, that first bass is some size of bass !!!!! Well done

Regards

Seamus

congrats on a superb report and excellent photos that weather has a med look about it alright and the fish all look like monsters well worth a 7 hr trip id say super fishing well done

that was some session,great bass,well done

Great report Kerry1 sounds like you all had a great session! must say Im dead jelous of all those bass

I only have a few minutes to get through some of my replies so if I don't reply to you this time, I will very soon!

Well done, some good fish there, looks like a great holiday

Thanks Bigsod, it was a great holiday. From start to finish the fishing was amazing. We were really tired when we got back up home, I think all the manic fishing sessions and all the running around we did finally caught up with us but it was worth it!

great report kerry 1and 2 , what weight is the big Bass up top....looks 8 or 9lb at least

Cheers Seanie That first bass in our pictures is a whopper isn't it! It gave K2 a really good fight and so we knew it was a good fish but when he finally got it beached I don't think we expected it to be as big as it was. We didn't weigh it but a friend of ours who lives down there was out with us that night and we all reckon it was at least 8lb - 9lb so your guess was spot on!
At the end of this month I'm buying myself a good set of scales and I am going to get them certified so we will know exactly what our fish weigh in the future.

Great fishing there that first Bass is a monster

Thanks Tony, K2 is still smiling about catching that Bass! It was the biggest one caught on the holiday. My big one will come soon (I hope!)

Brilliant report. cracking pictures. well done all

Thanks mate, we all had a really good time. It was great that Al could join us for a couple of days, we all had a ball. There was some good banter flying about!! Ask Al about the ragworm him and K2 used when we went wrasse fishing, that'll give you a laugh!

Great fishing. Sounds like a cracking few days. Some lovely looking Bass there.

Thanks it was a really good holiday. The Bass fishing was brilliant, out of anything else you can catch in the sea I love fishing for Bass, they are my favourite, no contest!

some lovely looking fish there folks, well done,the Bass are sweet,but thats a cracking flounder k2 has!

Hi there Noel mate That flounder of K2's is a good fish isn't it! Lucky git!
How are you feeling? Have you got over your bad cold yet?
I blame Al and Jordan too I heard they had you running all over the countryside when they where down with you!
Take care and speak to you again soon..........bye bye

Lovely fish there guys nice one looks like ye had a great time