Rocky shore & sandy beach, Wexford, 14th May 2010

People:Me, Daithi and Phil

Duration:07:30 until 23:57

Tide:High tides approximately 08:00 and 20:15

Weather:Light to Moderate N/NE winds, very occassional weak shower, sunny spells, fair to poor water clarity

Bait:Fresh ragworm, fresh lugworm, fresh peeler crab, frozen razorfish and various lures

Rigs:Wishbone with size 1/0 hooks, two and three hook flappers with size 2/0 and size 3/0 hooks AND clipped down pennell with size 2/0 and size 3/0 hooks

Results:Me: 1 bass and 1 dab. Daithi: 2 bass, 1 smooth-hound, 1 codling, 1 whiting, 1 dab and 1 flounder. Phil: 3 bass, 1 smooth-hound and 4 flounder.

**All fish except for 1 medium sized bass were returned safely and unharmed to the water**




Report:We started off early in the morning on the day before it all ends for 1 month. We began lure fishing from a rocky and fairly deep water mark which only resulted in 1 fish. This was a Personal Best bass for me and finally a bass that was bigger than 3 1/2lb. I could have died and gone to heaven on the spot!! In a rush to return the fish as quickly as possible and with as little damage as possible, I didn't manage to weigh it. Estimations range from 7 to 8 pounds. We took a good break back in the house and set off for our next mark which was a long sandy beach that we bait fished. This is where another Personal Best fish was achieved, a bass of 9lbs!! I had a really poor time on this beach, if it wasn't for my morning result I would have been really dissappointed! All in all it must be said that although I only caught 2 fish - it has to be my best session ever

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some very nice bass:D days like that are rare .great stuff

It looks bigger than 9lb

Nice one lads!

Well done on your PB John. Great fishing all round there. A trip well worth while for everyone Great report and pics too.

excellent session lads, some lovely bass there and congrads on the PB man

great result.great pics too.i so need to get to wexford

Lovely fishing there lads! Can only dream about sessions like that.

well done lads so lovely bass there nice to see

good going lads smiles all round

Congrats John,nice to see your persistance paying off,,,,,,,,,,,fab fish and piccies,well done

Fine Bass lads, well done

nice 1 john

Well done lads, looks like you had some session there alright with some some absolutely super bass.

Btw John was it yourself that I was chatting to out in Greystones a few weeks back, doing a bit of lure fishing? Did you have any luck on the lures since?

some crackers there lads great fishing well done

Thats what fishing is all about. Some mighty bass there lads, well done. Great report and good pics too.

Thanks lads. Persistance is not the word - I'm waiting years for that fish! I'm not sure Dave, were you with your partner walking a dog?

Tight lines,
John D.

I'm not sure Dave, were you with your partner walking a dog?

Nah lure fishing down by the stream I think but I could easily be getting mixed up.

Ok. Well anyway, the last time I lure fished Greystones was about 2 or 3 weeks ago and I caught a couple of small coalfish, 1 pollock and 1 launce.

Tight lines,
John D.

Lovely fish lads,

It will be a long month !