seabirds west waterford 7/8/09

People:me and mick

Duration:12.30 till 2.30

Tide:full out 1.30

Weather:mild overcast with a tasty breeze

Bait:plugs

Rigs:plugs

Results:8 bass




Report:got to micks house about 12 and headed down to the mark, mick has been lure fishing a while but yet to get his first bass on one so hopes where high with conditions a1 , first 40 minutes were slow with 1 follow as we slowly waded down the mark and mick asking wheres the fish . out in the center of the bay there was a huge flock of seabirds crash diving into baitfish but way out of range . as we worked our way down we spotted another fisherman into a fish a couple of hundred yards away then disaster, mick hooks a good fish which done a full circle around me and just as we got sorted it broke the line with a searing run but at least things were looking up, i hooked up soon after with a nice plump 3lber which had the 3 trebles stuck down its side serious time spent trying to unhook it so after today just going to fish 1 treble , then it got good in fact very good , a group of terns maybe 40 or fifty working in a tight formation diving in turn started heading in our direction so i warned mick to get ready for a david attenborough moment and sure enough chaos ensued, mick was first in with his first bass on a plug so had to get a photo of the magic fish about 2lb, birds were getting closer about 100 yards away and we basically got about 8 hook ups in a row landed 4 , most in the 3 to 4lb bracket , 1 fish just went savage slashing at the plug on the surface about 3 times in front of me before hooking i was loving it . mick got another 1 and the fishing slowed, at this stage mick was waterlogged and like a sumo wrestler , tide was starting to come in so we started the retreat. birds were working again but further out so put on a press bait hd which has a nice bit of weight in it and got 2 more on the retreat, great session still buzzing we kept our legal limit and went home.

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Great report, photos and brilliant fishing by all accounts! That's a lot of bass for such a short space of time

BTW what type of lure is that in top photo?

thats a brilliant set of photos,and a serious ammount of bass well done mick getting your first bass!

kool man!!! , i was about a mile away and only had 1 , the guy who was near yas (bat) had 5/6, said it was mental with the birds divin an the bass beaching them selfs,,, wish i was there then theres always tomorrow. ....................

kool man!!! , i was about a mile away and only had 1 , the guy who was near yas (bat) had 5/6, said it was mental with the birds divin an the Bass beaching them selfs,,, wish i was there then theres always tomorrow. ....................

im sure you will make up for it your plugs just arrived

kool man!!! , i was about a mile away and only had 1 , the guy who was near yas (bat) had 5/6, said it was mental with the birds divin an the Bass beaching them selfs,,, wish i was there then theres always tomorrow. ....................

im sure you will make up for it your plugs just arrived

just as well , left my new lure bag full of new lures on the beach other day................

Great report, photos and brilliant fishing by all accounts! That's a lot of Bass for such a short space of time

BTW what type of lure is that in top photo?

its a pressbait hd same kinda weight and material as a bass bullet good for the extra distance

thats a brilliant set of photos,and a serious ammount of Bass well done mick getting your first Bass!

cheers noel i like taking the photos would have been more but for the frenzy

Fantastic session alot of action for a couple of hours I'd say your still grinning.

Hi Seanie, thats very nice fishing indeed. I was fishing that mark on thursday, I got 6 followups, but only 4 hookups.

Hi Seanie, thats very nice fishing indeed. I was fishing that mark on thursday, I got 6 followups, but only 4 hookups.

that sounds more like my kinda sesson edgar think we just got very lucky with the birds indicating the fish

Wow...fantastic fishing there lads...congrats mick on your first...that spot will be busy tomorrow I'd say

cracker of a session seanie/mick, some nice looking bass there, good report and some very nice pic's too, well done

Great report and great fishing lads !!!!

Will there be room for us down there on sunday???

Great report and great fishing lads !!!!

Will there be room for us down there on sunday???

if ya kan make it for 12ish , i,l pm. my number,

Wow...fantastic fishing there lads...congrats mick on your first...that spot will be busy tomorrow I'd say

immmmmmm

Great report and great fishing lads !!!!

Will there be room for us down there on sunday???

I'm working but if I wasn't I know where I'd be

got a handy 6lber last nite....released

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Great fishing Seanie and well done on you Bass Mick

Brilliant,well done lads,, great report

Great fishing Seanie and well done on you Bass Mick

Brilliant,well done lads,, great report

cheers lads had a great day itching to get out again for some more