The west, land of bass and Fried Hake 13-03-10

People:meself and Kenf41

Duration:22hour round trip- fishing mainly 9pm-4am

Tide:low bout 22:30..

Weather:overcast,then clear, slight breeze

Bait:lug, razor a couple of Rag

Rigs:pennel pulleys/2 hook flapper

Results:me: 8 Bass, Ken: 5 Bass

Report:
Decided I prefer to fish out west, and had promised to bring Ken to my bass marks, so picked him up bout 12thirty and headed off. We had dug lug the day before, and 10 rag to see if the west coast fish knew what they were.
even though we were not going to fish til late that night, I had art stuff to do out west, hence the early start for a lae night session. Anyhow, after a day of doing recon to rock marks for future visits, and a lovely meal of Fresh pan fried Hake, we hit the beach.. ...
There was meant to be a moderate westerly to south westerly, so figured we'd get some surf- it was like a mill pond most of the night, bar a small wave or 2, so things didn;t look good for our targeted quarry...
The tide was into it's last hour of ebb, so we'd walk, cast, then have to walk further or else be fishin onto sand... I started off with the first bite, a flounder attack, but could not get the lads out of the sea! hooked up a few but didn;t manage to get them all the way in, but felt decent, usually get them 40cm+ from here..
as the tide turned, the bites started more steadily, though no hook ups for a while..
The first fish fell to me at exactly 00:00, a bass of about 30cm or so, no giant, but a silver fella all the same...
From here on we caught 1 fish for every 5 or 6 bites, they are hard to hook up here, but we got 13 bass in all, no monsters, biggest bout 38cm, 1lb and half max, but still enjoyable to keep busy with bites all night.I popped 2 rag on at one stage and it had only hit the water for 10 secs and it was bouncing, producing yet another schoolie.we Both had somemonster bites, where the rodtip almost hit the the water, but again, they'd be gone as soon as you got to rod, which was 2 ft away... decided to pack up at 4am when we ran out of beach to stand on ,
took the n7 home, big mistake, and extra hour longer that gettin there via n4/n6/n18......

got home at 9am and only just up now..
tight lines

hi .you had a good result with nice fish caught .i was fishing my self this weekend and no joy I'm wondering if you would share your mark because I'm trying to catch a bass for two years and no joy yet.regards determined Dan.

some pics...

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nice goin lads, the smaller ones give a better scrap anyway

the 2nd pic is a cracker.

that was the bass gods smiling out of the sky at us

Hell of a session for this time of year lads, note to self: travel down south and catch loads of bass.

We had dug lug the day before, and 10 rag to see if the west coast fish knew what they were.

They're quite partial to some Rag on the West Coast alright i always bring some back when ever i'm over east....
Super session you guys had that mark wasn't producing recently good to see the fish are back on it

Well done lads,

Nice to see a picture of a Bass no matter what size it is, soon as I seen your sunset picture I started to think I had fished that area before,

And sure enough when I checked out the picture that I use on my desk top there it was… and I have to say its rare to see it so calm there as a west or southerly of any strength gives a great surf there,

My picture gives too much detail of the area so I wont post it in case your mark is attacked before you get a chance to get the big Bass that come around there,

Fantastic place to be when they’re about ,

You will see in the picture that was taken a couple of years ago that the sea was much the same as in your picture and it was so rare for me to see it like that I had to take a snap,

Will send a PM later.

twas a good spot alright ,and just as well we avoided those pubs
but sorry i left the small rod at home

Great session lads, well worth the trip nice photos

Well done lads, sounded like a cracking session,

Regards

Seamus

well done daire and Ken,nice to see the bass on the west coast,the trip was worth it just for the sunset

nice one lads.. great picture of the bass,, you only the best from the west... cheers.....

well done daire and Ken,nice to see the Bass on the west coast,the trip was worth it just for the sunset

and the hake

very nice lads well done! Looks like a nice mark and the bass look very nice too

nice one lads.. great session.....

Just a passing thought - do you use j hooks or circle hooks? I've found I get more hookups with circles when the fishy are being picky.

Well done everyone, it's very encouraging to see bass being caught. You's done really well getting the number's you did. That will give the rest of us who are going to try for them very soon abit of hope that they are about.

Just a passing thought - do you use j hooks or circle hooks? I've found I get more hookups with circles when the fishy are being picky.

Itactually only occured to me this morning!=o) was lying here thinkin how to get more hook ups(yes, i lie in bed thinking of fishing) , going to try a pared down rig of drilled bullet, swivel, circle hook and sandeel or lug, let it drift about in the surf, could make for some good sport with them when they're in the feeing moood....

great minds think alike, huh?

what bait worked best btw?