RockHunter wrote:Well done on the bass (even if it is the closed season :lol: :lol: )
Certainly wasn't the conditions you would expect to get a bass. What size was it?
I'd guess around the 3lb mark.
Just for the record, let me be very clear, 'cause I know there are folks out there who think I was targetting bass during the closed season:
1. I was targetting flatties with a 3-hook flapper (size 1 hook)
2. I didn't know this mark held bass
3. The water was flat calm - no surf.
4. I moved off after I
accidentally caught the bass
My earlier port of call was Garretstown beach, but when I saw the great surf running there I decided not to fish it, just in case it held bass. The lads in the tackleshop recommended it for flatties, and it would have been much closer to where I was staying. (Again, I don't know anything about this beach either, but didn't want to take the chance).
Ban or no ban, whether from the shore or boat, I return
all my fish, with the exception of mackerel which I keep for bait. That's including whiting, cod, ling, flounder, dabs, place, pollack,
bass, whatever. It's not that I wont eat them, it's just a personal decision.
I could have said nothing about catching the bass, but decided for completeness, to mention it. I stand over my decision to include it in my report.
Not mentioning catching a bass won't undo the fact it was caught. So, for anyone out there that still wants to think I was targetting bass, all I can say is there's no reasoning with flawed logic.
RockHunter wrote:...
By the way did they have any of those Rapala rulers that you were looking for left in the Cork Angling Centre?
Yes. Got one. In fact, I had just bought one there on the Friday (while arranging bait for Saturday) - €10 and swung 'round Sharkies afterwards for a peek. They also had them. Asked about the price - €6. :evil: :evil:
Apparently, they're getting out of Rapala stuff (long story), so they're selling off Rapala stock a few €'s cheaper. Good opportunity for anyone that needs one of these measures, or lures, etc.[/b]