First lure caught bass for 2011 - 9th April

Congrats on the PB, Nice fishing.

Paul

cracker Bass ,well done

Excellent fish there frank, i think its time to get the lure rod ready . Hopefully they will be up this way within the next month....

what a fish its a beauty hope to get my first bass this year, well done agin

fantastic fish frank well done

Thanks guys,

Wow That is simply super fishing Frank - very well done. What a fantastic Bass to get , your first of the year on the lure at that which is even better and to top it all off, your best ever Bass The fishing gods where smiling down on you that day I tell you. I am so pleased for you, you deserve it with the amount of hours your put in. Dedication at it's finest that's what I call it. Great report and brilliant pictures, the smile on your face says it all. Congratulations.

Thanks Paula, the fishing gods were definitely smiling - I wasn't really that hopeful to begin with as there was a much bigger surf than I expected which made it difficult to fish that area.

Brilliant session frank big well done on your PB, im sure it wont be long till you smash that

Thanks John, I will have a crack at it anyway, maybe get that fish again when it has put on a pound of two over the summer.

Brilliant Frank ,a big well done, thats a lovely fish PS ,,,,,,,Youre getting younger looking

Thanks Dave, it must all the fresh sea air.

very well done on the lure PB now there always bigger one to aim for

super fish well done mate , in exellent condition too. its a beauty.
Think its off to wexford for me on sunday

Deadly stuff Frank and I'm glad to be able to read it

Congratulations on a new personal best Frank, and to catch it on a lure even better If you didn't have a landing net with you it might be an idea to bring one with you on your next lure session, I find personnally that with the lighter gear for lure fishing its safer to have one with you, just incase you get the big one you don't lose your catch trying to haul him up and it saves you taking risks on slippery jagged rock edges when your shaking with excitement after getting hit by fish like that. Big well done, I'm truely envious

well done on the pb frank lovely fish

What a beauty!!!

Absolute beauty of a fish Frank, well done on landing it given the conditions, have been hit by a few big ones lately but I failed to land them, there are some lunkers out there for sure. The feed shallows certainly do the biz down here. Many more to come I'm sure now that you are back using the lures!
Got into the habit of chucking away the trebles on the feed shallows and replacing them immediately as I find a decent fish will straighten them no problem.

cracking fish frank a great way to start the lure year with

what a beauty well dune on the pb

silver PIG! Well done! can't wait to get my first 2011 bass!!

thumper of a fish frank!! congrads on the new PB man you'll just have to go back and hook his oul fella now

Thanks guys,

fantastic fish frank well done

Thanks Peter

very well done on the lure PB now there always bigger one to aim for

Thanks Tom, I will have a crack at it!!!

super fish well done mate , in exellent condition too. its a beauty.
Think its off to wexford for me on sunday

Thanks Cian, it was a bit slim for its length as a 71 cm bass should be about 8 lb (info from Pat).

Deadly stuff Frank and I'm glad to be able to read it

Thanks, just as well I had no photos of undersize fish then

Congratulations on a new personal best Frank, and to catch it on a lure even better If you didn't have a landing net with you it might be an idea to bring one with you on your next lure session,

Thanks, I actually did have a landing net, but of course I left it back higher on the rocks with my bag I was standing in the breaking waves so unless I had the net tucked into a belt it would have been washed away. I had a belt with my previous waders, I must see it that is still lying around the house.

well done on the pb frank lovely fish

Thanks Sean

What a beauty!!!

Thanks Stan

Absolute beauty of a fish Frank, well done on landing it given the conditions, have been hit by a few big ones lately but I failed to land them, there are some lunkers out there for sure. The feed shallows certainly do the biz down here. Many more to come I'm sure now that you are back using the lures!
Got into the habit of chucking away the trebles on the feed shallows and replacing them immediately as I find a decent fish will straighten them no problem.

Thanks Declan, that was the first time I used a Feed Shallow along that stretch of the coast, seemed to work well. I did try some surface lures as well but there was no interest in those.

racking fish frank a great way to start the lure year with

Thanks Terry, a good start alright!!

what a beauty well dune on the pb

Thanks

silver PIG! Well done! can't wait to get my first 2011 Bass!!

Thanks, best of luck getting your first of the year.

humper of a fish frank!! congrads on the new PB man you'll just have to go back and hook his oul fella now

Thanks Al

my good god!! thats a huge fish,your on a roll this year frank!

dream fishing frank well done