PB Clare 25/02/2012

People: Me & James

Duration: 3 to 7pm

Tide: Incoming

Weather: Perfect

Bait: Peeler and Lug

Rigs: 2 hook flappers

Results: Me - 1 Bass, James - 1 Flounder and 3 tennis balls




Report:
Managed to get a green card today so James and myself decided to hit and try a mark in Clare since i had not fished Clare since last October. So hit down for low water to collect a bit of lug, so with me on digging duties and James on Collecting duties we managed to get some fine lug and a van full of sand due to someone making sand angels its the only way i think he could have managed to get the amount of sand that he did..... Quick stop for a bit of grub and we were off to our mark. Set up 2 rods each and we were off. Staggered my 2 rods, one at distance and one in close, because of last years fishing i did not have great expectations but it was great to be out with himself in tow.... James decided that he needed to practise his casting a bit so spent a wee while flinging leads as far as he could, with one or two landing well with in my safety zone about an hour into things and the tide started to push in so we were moved back closer to the shore line. As i was casting one of my rods his nibs pointed out to me that my other rod was gone pure slack, so once i had my other rod set i started to tighten up the slack and suddenly felt something stir there was a bit of weed around so automatically i presumed that was what i had as i seem to be a magnet for week at the moment i could still feel something so i decided to bring in the line as i got the line closer to the shore i realised that i had a fish on but he was swimming directly towards me, did not see the fish until he was close to me and he turned and took off like a bullet this is where the penny clicked that i had something decent on, panic set in as i struggled to turn him while trying to balance on a slippery rock while my son pointed out that i actually had a fish he is used to me blanking got the fish to shore and the heart rate shot through the roof on shore was a beauty of a bass that weighed in at 11lb my first ever double figure bass, and measured 70cm this is where i became a gibbering eejit so much so that James turned and said, Dad there are people around would you calm down oh to be mature 11yrs of age going on 30 Just before we packed up James got a lovely strong rattle and pulled up a lovely wee half pounder flounder Happy days, tow happy chappies off home

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Great report and beautiful fish . Well done

Looks like ya had a cracking session, . is it my eys or do them bass look like they are full of roe?

stuff of dreams well done

Cracking fish alltogether, always the days of least expectations that give the greatest rewards

Cracker of a bass well done

Well done that is some fish!!

Clonker bass. Well done!

Super Specimen bass for this time of the year.
Well done.

Fabulous fish and a great report,,,well done to you both

Thats some going Sublime Fish!
tightlines
fergal

Fine lump of a bass, well done.

Beautiful fish,lovely stuff

Glad to see the new rod brought you some luck Seamus Congratulations to your PB, you can tick it off your wishlist now Enjoyed reading your report, well done to both of you!

Super fish lad well done

Very well done that's a belter of a bass, I'd say it will take a long time to beat that pb

cracker

Cracking bass there Seamus and to take it there in daylight is a fair achievement. Well done.

thats a very nice fish man

Fish of a lifetime well done,stunning looking and well fed fish pure quality.