Kilbritten strand, Co.Cork 5/11/08

[partylikeits1969]

People: On my tod

Duration: 7.30pm - 11.30

Tide: High water 10pm approx

Weather:dd light wind, cloudy night.

Bait: Lugworm, ragworm, squid
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Rigs: 2 rods: a)small flowing trace b)2-hook flapper

Results: 1 flounder; 2 bass 6lb(56cm) + 4 1/2lb(52)




Report: Needed to use up my worms before they died in the fridge, luckily it coincided with a rising tide.
Set up a light carp rod with a flowing trace with a plain lead and a 1/0 hook for flounder. Baited with lug and rag and flicked out no more than 25yrds.
Used a 3/0 2-hook rig baited with lug and squid on my beach caster and fished at medium range.
Around 8.30 the light rod produced a flounder of a few ounces. Released the fish and quickly cast back into the surf while I re-baited the other rod.
I was reeling in the 2-hook rod when the carp rod jumped out of the tripod and took on down the beach. Took 10 mins to land a bass of 6lb on 8lb line even though it was only 20 yrds from the waters edge.
At the turn of the tide I got a bite on the rod at range which resulted in a bass of 4lb to a lug and squid cocktail.

Please excuse the poor quality pictures but my camera is a heap of balls and I'd managed to break my head torch getting it out of the car.

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6 pounder

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Last edited by partylikeits1969 on Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.

nice reel (just for you eric)p.s i gave eric his slapping on behalf of all you bass addicts last night well done 69

Well done, are you sure were wern't fishing near Sellafield or the toxic dump at Haulbowline - those bass seem to have a radioactive glow

probably the heat from the drag on his reel

Crackin fish. Just shows no matter how much you think you know where the fish will be theres always a nice suprise