East Cork Bass, 23rd April 2008

[RockHunter]

People: Me

Duration: 7.30 - 9.45 pm

Tide: HW at 8.00 pm

Weather: Moderate southwesterly wind, dry at first, heavy rain later

Bait: Lug worm, razor, peeler crab

Rigs: 4/0 and 3/0 pennel pulley and flapper rigs

Results: 1 bass




Report: As the wind had finally changed to a southwesterly I thought I would head out to the beach where I recently caught two bass. I had intended to get out a bit earlier but by the time I had the first rod set up it was 7.30 pm. I was not expecting much of a surf as there has only been a light breeze in town in the afternoon but when I got to the beach there was quite a strong breeze and a very good surf.

After casting out the first rod I was setting up the second and noticed the first rod was bounding around a bit - hardly a fish already, must just be the wave action I thought but then realized there was definitely a fish on the line. Retrieved it and there was a bass - on the first cast :shock: :shock:

It was 43 cm and 2lb exactly, caught with the 4/0 pennel pulley with lugworm/razor.

Thinking that this looked very promising - I cast out again but had a bad mis-cast - only went out about 25 m. But I left it there to finish setting up the second rod. After I had cast out the second, there was a strong pull on the first. I started to retrieve - definitely a fish, and it felt heavier than the first and was putting up more of a fight so I was sure it was bigger bass. I almost has it landed, then disaster :cry: I lost it in the last wave that crashed onto the shore :cry:

Fishing got difficult after that due to weed - spent a lot of time struggling with 2-3 lb balls of seaweed.

The line snapped on one of the rods - it was probably damaged by being battered against stones on the shore as the seaweed was dragging the line down into the surf. Shortly after that I managed to snag the lost line with the other rod and ended up with an horrendous mess of tangled line and seaweed. I made an attempt to untangle it, then the heavy rain started, I empaled my finger on a hook somewhere in the middle of it all. As the tide was now dropping I decided that was enough and packed up.

But a good enough result - 1 bass on the first cast.

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Last edited by RockHunter on Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Great report,
Well done.

great report fella and well done

Nice one rockhunter. Never reel in a miscast!! I got a gilthead bream on a miscast last year, those fish come in much closer than we seem to think :)

Well done. Days like that remain in the memory, a bit of hardship makes it more worthwhile. Have to agree with the Scotsman, never reel in a mis cast, my daughter got an 8 lb huss less than 10 feet out on a flat beach.
Always good to have a bait in close. Remember sharks attack in 2 feet of water.

Nice one Frank

Your really starting to rack up the bass - long may it last mate :D :D

must get myself up that direction soon - might just give it a go Friday evening 8) 8) :shock:

john

great report Rockhunter, and well done on the bass mate, pity about the second one. but i'm sure you will make up for it on your next session....nice fishing mate.

Thanks very much guys,
I must remember not to reel in all those mis-casts.

Well done Rockhunter, great report, that Bass was well worth all the hassle afterwards :lol:

Thanks Dave,
It was great to get the bass on the first cast - I didn't have to worry about blanking after that. Even impaling my finger on a hook seemed a minor inconvienence - although it still hurt :shock: