Kerry Coast Bass - March 2010.

very well done and great pics

Thanks kenf41 for your comments

Well done Norman and Paula, Henry will be looking yis up

Thanks again Dave. And as for Henry looking us up - watch this space

A good time was had, great report and some lovely fish landed,well worth the drive down delighted it went so well and to get a few on the lures top job myself and the lads are still waiting for the first lure caught Bass of the year
If the Kerry Bass would only get a move on and head up to the sunny south east.....

Cheers carpets. It was well worth the long drive down as it always is. It was great to catch on the lures but the problem we found we had as you will already know only too well was that we ended up not knowing what ones to use first as we have that many to choose from!!
I hope it's not long before you's all catch your first lure caught bass, fingers crossed they head up to the sunny south east soon

Nice bit of fishing, well done!

Cheers. We had a great time, thanks.

cracker of a trip norman and paula, the one in that first pic is a cracker thats a lot of mileage you's put up, but you's got great results for your trip, bet you's went home happy campers congrats on a very successful trip

Thanks Don, the first fish is a cracker isn't it........K2 always seems to get at least one big one now everytime we are away. I wish I could get one that size, my biggest bass is 5lb which I suppose is still a nice fish but not as nice as that first one above. My time will come - hopefully.

Yep well done indeed

Thanks Thomas mate

Well done K1+K2
.Some great Bass, and pictures.
First Bass must be pushing near specimen?

Ta birdseye. It isn't far off specimen size that's for sure but without weighing it we'll never know what it's actual size was. We're not that bothered really in knowing either, it was just nice to see a fish like that in real life and then having the pleasure of seeing it swim away again to freedom when releasing it back in. Very cool.

Great fishing wish my holidays were like that

another xcellent holiday/session guys,kudos to yous

Fantastic fishing, and a great report with excellent photos , I'd love to have an ounce of your success this year

don't know how i missed this post,very big well done,some cracking fish there,love the last pic,beautiful colours,and paula you will get a whopper yet,you sure are putting in the time.

some crackers there guys! Time and effort well spent! Congrats the pair of ye!

Congrats to you both, thats simply staggering fishing.

Well done both of ye, thats a crackin Bass in the first pic and great report too.

Thanks Declan It's a fat fish isn't it

11 days in heaven if you ask me
Well done Norman and Paula,looks a well planed trip!

Cheers cretekos......yes, as you said we always try to plan well and be organised on our trips, you have to be when your travelling all that way. 11 days of heaven it most certainly was

well done on the fish, looks like you had a great time

Thanks mark, we had a fantastic time. It's just a pity it had to end

great holiday ,great report thats fabulous fishing well done to both of you ,with the
temps starting to rise the Bass should be hitting the beaches on the east coast soooon i hope

Thanks mitch. The water temp is getting warmer, it shouldn't be long before your catching them on the east coast. Fingers crossed.

OMG ! I think I'd faint if I caught a bass that big! Congats

Another picture:

top class stuff
maria chase and the bushwacker nice combo !!
how is the new bushwacker to fish with looks nice

Sorry if it seems to be taking me ages to reply to everyone who put a comment up on my report but I don't have a computer at the moment and so I only get the chance to come on-line and reply to you all is when I can get access to one. I'll get there eventually.

Well done, fantastic fishing by all accounts. What kind of plugs were ye using?

Thanks Ronnach. We used several different types of plugs from sub-surface ones, diving plugs to poppers. The yo-zuri mag popper is one of our favourite ones to use when targeting bass but the newest one we have that we found to be really good is the BW Maria chase - a very good lure, fantastic action in the water and well worth the money. if you don't have one, go get one!

brilliant result,,,,,,,,,,,very well done.

Thanks polaris

Who needs Kerrygold when you can have all that Silver well done

Thanks nicefish. Are you trying to butter me up sorry, bad joke

excellent fishing paula and norman well jealous. your well on your way to beating your total for last year and it's only april . first fish is a stonker

Thanks Al mate. The first fish of Norman's is a nice fish but mine aren't too bad either eh It was really good to have caught so many but it isn't always like that, it can be hard work most of the time actually, not easy at all. I think we got lucky and hit it at a really good time. We're spoilt now.

super fishing great stuff...
magic...

Thanks Dave

ye deserved that after putting that much work into it . brillant .

Thanks bokofinn, it was hard work but well worth the effort

Nice result and a super holiday guys.

Thanks mate, it was a really super holiday, the best ever.

Absolutely superb, I take my hat off to both of you. For the time and effort put in and distance travelled you deserve every success. You're a shining light for Bass fishing in this country and an example of why we should put every effort into preserving the recreational fishery that we have. Well done!!!

Thanks Pat. K2 and I are really passionate about bass fishing in this country and we really hope that the hard work and effort that is being done by everyone to protect this precious species pays off and that it remains a fish that we can all fish for and hopefully catch recreationally for years to come without the threat of our irish bass stocks being destroyed forever. This will happen if the government allow them to be fished for commercially and this could soon be not only a threat but reality.
That's why it is so important that we all do our upmost to have our voices heard by the government so that they do not allow our bass that we love so much to be fished for commercially because this would be a disaster.
K2 and I would both like to take this opportunity to urge anyone who hasn't already done so to go and log onto irishbass.org and become a friend of bass. By doing this you will be suppporting the guys who behind the scenes are working very hard to protect this very precious species from the potential nightmare I refer to above. This website has also got alot of useful and up-to-date information on bass fishing in this country as well as other useful links of interest.

well done great fishing there, and great pics

Thanks marky

Quality session's welldone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks alot kilkeeconger.....it was quite a trip

Sounds like a fantastic week, those bass must have seemed like mackerel by the end of your holiday

Excellent stuff 2 cracking Bass well done.

Thanks eddie I've ran out of things to say about it, it was simply the best trip we ever been on.

What a trip, some great fish there, well done to you both

Thanks Fenton, good luck again on your kayak adventure. I'll more than likely see you over the summer at some stage when we're out for a spot of mullet fishing

Great stuff. Good too see a pay off for the time and mileage especially so early on in the year. Great pics, can't stop myself from going back to the first one. Still dreamin'.

Thanks Nite Owl, we weren't sure how we where going to do with it being quite early on in the year and with the water still being quite slow to warm up but thankfully all our effort and hard work paid off with a few nice fish caught.

Absolutely superb, I take my hat off to both of you. For the time and effort put in and distance travelled you deserve every success. You're a shining light for Bass fishing in this country and an example of why we should put every effort into preserving the recreational fishery that we have. Well done!!!

I second that, what more could be said

Now Martin, your making me blush

Well done, some great pictures and a fantastic result...

Thanks Mick

wow... brillant fishing and fantastic photos my hat goes off the you all......

Thanks lucky, now if I manage to catch some rays in the summer I'll be happy

Wow that's some super fishing and great photos too , I'm delighted for you both and a little jealous too if I'm honest. I've a trip to Dingle planned in June and after reading that report I cannot wait to get back down there again, beautiful part of the country with some superb fishing.

Thanks Dave, as you said, Co.Kerry is a beautiful place to visit. Good luck on your trip.

Sounds like it was a good trip! well worth the journey.

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Thanks Danny, it was great to get out plugging again. K2 was dying to get using his new plugging rod that he had bought - the new 8ft bushwhacker rod and he wasn't disappointed in it, it whipped out the plugs without having to put much effort into the cast, even in a head wind it got the biggger, heavier plugs out to where he wanted it to go with no problem at all.

A big well done you two, it couldnt get much better than that. A worthwhile holiday/fishing trip. Some cracker pics there.

Thanks Ivan, it was a worthwhile holiday. I just wish I lived down there, I could be out fishing every day for them, that would be brilliant.

Great fishing. I must pack the car and head down that way myself some weekend soon. If i get one i'll be happy, I don't think i'd be able to leave if i was getting results like that. Well done.

Thanks evan, it was hard to leave but unfortunately we had to come home I hope you get one soon yourself. As I have already mentioned in my report at the start, lugworm and razorfish are the best two baits for bass down there. If your wanting to get a few on the plugs then get either the BW maria chase in silver holigraphic or the yo-zuri mag popper. They are both very good plugs and we have caught most of our fish on them. Good luck.

Well done some great bars of silver there.

Thanks, I wouldn't swap those bars of silver for bars of gold if they where offered to me. No way. They are much more precious and priceless to me than any money would be.

Great fishing wish my holidays were like that

Thanks Yorkshire man. Our holidays aren't always like that. Keep trying and if you put in the time and effort which I am sure you do then it will eventually pay off for you.

another xcellent holiday/session guys,kudos to yous

Thanks zeke, it's good to see you on the site, it's been a while since I was last tlaking to you. I think you've been too busy catching seatrout - you lucky thing.

Fantastic fishing, and a great report with excellent photos , I'd love to have an ounce of your success this year

Thanks peter, keep positive and keep trying, in the end you'll be glad you did. Never give up, keep going and you'll get the results you've ben hoping for, that's what I keep telling myself.

don't know how i missed this post,very big well done,some cracking fish there,love the last pic,beautiful colours,and paula you will get a whopper yet,you sure are putting in the time.

I don't know how you missed it either but I forgive you this time Noel I hope your right and I get a whopper soon, as you said, I'm putting enough time into trying.

:shock: some crackers there guys! Time and effort well spent! Congrats the pair of ye!

Thanks Dawsey mate. Not long until the mullet are in Happy days.

Congrats to you both, thats simply staggering fishing.

Thanks jonniace

OMG ! I think I'd faint if I caught a Bass that big! Congats

Thanks Kgarr, I think I nearly did faint and I wasn't even the one who caught it!!

Another picture:

top class stuff
maria chase and the bushwacker nice combo !!
how is the new bushwacker to fish with looks nice

The bushwacker is a very nice rod indeed. It casts plugs very well and gives you a good scrap when you have a fish on. It casts well even in a strong head wind which is needed in this country more than enough with our weather! It's not too stiff and not too soft, just right giving you the confidence to cast without worrying about breaking it or losing a plug if you punch it out hard.

Sounds like a fantastic week, those Bass must have seemed like mackerel by the end of your holiday

Thanks fluffchucker. I wish they where like mackerel, it would mean that we could fish for them up at home all summer long without having to travel the distance we do but unfortunately they aren't so I guess the mileage in the car is just gonna go up and up and up until we move down there. Oh, I wish.

excellent fishing there!! i was stunned with the first pic! beautiful fish!

excellent fishing there!! i was stunned with the first pic! beautiful fish!

Thanks Powderkeg. It's a beautiful fish alright, I wish that it was me who caught it