dungarvan bay/9/7

People:2

Duration:8/11p.m.

Tide:l.w.@8.00

Weather:wind/rain

Bait:lugs/peelers

Rigs:pennel rigged runners

Results:9.25,4,3lbs bass 1 fluke
went lookin for a specimen bass would have done better if the weather had been finer, weed and dirty water. nothing for the first 2 hours then jon landed a bass of 4lb. went to take a pic. returned to find that 1 of the lines was slack and uptide of were i had cased,had to be a bass!... took up trhe slack and thightened into a solid fish that went mental.. got things under control and soon had a fine bass flapping in the shallows, while takin some pics. noticed that the other line had gone slack another bass of 3lb. jon then got a fluke of about 1lb.
all fish were got in 1ft. water 15 yards out for the dusk between 10/11p.m.
pics. in album.

Catch and Release:: the large bass had swallowed both hooks and was bleeding from the gills, released the other 2.



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Well done Art - you'll have that specimen before the year is out, I'm sure.

Well done Art - you'll have that specimen before the year is out, I'm sure.

next F.Q. :wink: would have preferred to have tryed over the wk.end.

Question for you Art. How many specimen bass have you caught? and what was the weight of the heaviest one?

had a look at the pics in your gallery! thats a nice bass cortaz! well done

Question for you Art. How many specimen bass have you caught? and what was the weight of the heaviest one?

with out checking, 25+
3 over 12 lb,
on the 16/6/97 at quanns dungarvan had 12.5 +11.5lb. while talking to 5 members of the S.R.F.B.
when i used to fish for big bass in the late 80s to the late 90s from aug/nov. most sessions would we ( 3 of us) get fish around 8/10lb. we got 8 1 time between 8/13.5lb.. i had 4 at 8,9,9,11.5 lb.
in 95 got 980+ best 6lb.
in set. 06 had 50,52,56 all over 3lb. spinnin over l.w. in 3 sessions. on flyin C.
got an itch to go for big fish for the rest of the yr. would expect to get 3 + over 10lb.
16 to20 july 96 6 sessions on my own 270 bass to 9.5
first time i ever fished bass i was about 11/12 3 boats with about 15 anglers 5 fish caught i got 4 of em on sandeels..
.......... Pat i could go on all nite .......from 4/06 to april 07 580
i goin to bed/sleep now...1bass 2bass 3bass zzzzzzzzzzzz................................happy days....................i have em.........s..t he got off.............zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
only went fishin 3 times today bass in the a.m., b.trout in the afternoon ,pollock(6lb)macks.for the dusk

That's some record, Art!!!