TRAMORE AREA,19/10/07.BIG BIG BASS

people:me and mick

duration:2 hours 8.30-1030pm

tide:flooding

weather:good,sea calmish bit of weed

bait:frozen mackeral,(keeping bait for comp on sunday)

rigs:one hook pullys,size 5/os

results:one bass

catch and release:: yes



report:
fishing was slack for first hour few small bites but nothing caught,just as we giving up hope i hit a steam train ,it stripped line like it was going crazy of my reel.hardest run i ever got,i was rewarded with my first specimen and the best of my life,getting revenge on micks big one last week,weighing in at 12.3lb,what a fish,now the bad of it-the batteries we got for digical camera went dead soon as they went in,cheap crap.but we did get a photo on a flash camera(must get developed and post up )and a mobile phone which i posted below.didnt come out great but u see how big he was.fish was returned to fight another day ,altho it took a min or two to give the kick to go off,only fish of nite but worth it big time.now a good make of battery for next nite!2 fish over 11lb in one week for us,great stuff

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ah well done lads. great result and well deserved.
(Kinda miss the kitchen presses in the background :) )
well done

Congratulations on your first specimen bass - magnificent fish. Ye are fishing really well down there at the moment - really helping Waterford to claim its stake as the best county for bass in the country. I assume that you haven't got the certified scales yet? Will you be able to claim it?

i dont see the facination of claiming a specimum once you get a picture ,a bit of paper will never put that smile back on your face like a picture on the mantle piece 8) (so debrock tells me :wink: )

that is a seirous bass. well done for releasing it.

thats one big mother as henry gilbey would say, i feel sorry for the camera man to say a bit blinded by the light is an understatement 8) :lol:

Believe it or not the only way to get some kind of photo was to sine the light on it,have one were we didnt didnt come out at all. :)

Didnt have a certified scales,i know i got him thats all that matters,hopefully the pics we took with the other camara will come out better :d

In all fairness id say Waterford has the best bass fishing in the country hands down.

Excellent fishing lads, congrats.

Lovely to hear the fish was returned. I hope your pics come out for you.

Marty

MAGNIFICENT BASS..............
I really hope it felt good to put such a special fish back.. respect...
make sure to enter it in the fish of the month catch and release competition in sea angler, you should win with that fish.
well done.

p.s just a couple of hints for taking pics at night. turn off the headlamp of whoever is holding the fish, and if they are wearing a jacket with reflective strips, take that off as well while you take the pic, the light and reflections will fool the camera into underexposing the picture, whoever is taking the picture should have their headlamp on, pointing at the angler holding the fish, which will help the digital camera to focus on the subject.
Tight Lines
Dave

fine fish lad well done 8) nice to know its still out there :)

In all fairness id say Waterford has the best bass fishing in the country hands down.

na, just the best anglers :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Fantastic fish. Well done!!!!

Fair play lads! that's a fish of a lifetime and it's still out there... Really am impressed!

Happy Days Great Stuff lads.

Well done tbag, that's fantastic fishing. I hoped to catch my first bass this year and didn't get out to give it a go, thought it was too late now but you're proving its not.

dont see the facination of claiming a specimum once you get a picture ,a bit of paper will never put that smile back on your face like a picture on the mantle piece

:lol: leave my mantle piece pictures alone :lol:

great fish lads well done

Dave jolly

thanks lad,i will send it over to sea angler if the other pics turn out better,should have two photos monday ,lets hope they came out,one is of me and fish other of fish in water just going off,should be nice pics.il load em up here aswell :)

nice fish tbag well done. is the fish in the pic hanging on a weight hook in the gills?

if it is you might find its better for the fish not to do that. its been shown in pike and i would guess is the same for bass that all that weight hanging on a very thin hook can cause damage to the gill rakers and the operculum, the gill cover, and could reduce chances of survival.

you would be better off holding it horizontallywith teo hands, or horizontally or vertically with one hand in the gill (but not between the rakers) and the other supporting the belly


if you get the hang of where to hold it you will be safe from the sharp gill covers, and it will be better for the fish.


good catch well done