dublin bass 29th august 09

people- just me!
location- dublin
duration- 21:00-22:30
tide-h.w. about 20:30 or so
weather-dead calm, not a breeze, no surf
rigs- two hook flapper
bait- lug from yesterdays session
result- 1 bass, 1 eel.
texted one of my mates to head out but match-of-the-day was his fix for the night! was he sorry.
while rolling a smoke i missed a bite told myself it was probably an eel, a few minutes later i struck and missed another(eel probably!) an hour into fishing and after moving to another spot the rod buckled like a train hit it! the line wizzed off the spool,,, i struck and the line kept going, i tightened the drag a bit to put pressure on and the fish slowed down and
then changed direction, reeling like a mad thing to keep the strain the fish turned again to take a run and after a few more minutes of reeling the fish came to the shore still objecting
to me reeling him in!
after another minute or so i landed the fish. was i happy
my mate was raging he sat in to watch his footie and miss the fishing.
i decided to keep the fish as i haven't kept one since 2006/7.
looking forward to the feast.
best scrap in a long time.

[rustyhookthomas]

here we go!

Last edited by rustyhookthomas on Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:09 am, edited 1 time in total.

Nice fish. Great to get a good scrap out of them.

Nice fish. Great to get a good scrap out of them.

cheers davy,
i've been trying for a fish like that for a while!

here we go!

NICE FISH MAN,PRIME BREEDING SIZE......................

well done fine fish

big one good scrap i,d say

NICE FISH MAN,PRIME BREEDING SIZE......................

leave the guy alone. if he caught it he can keep it, at least he was honest in sayin he kept it. 99.9% of fish caught by members here are "put back"

nice fish there, good to get a scrap from them.

Nice fish man enjoy it, took a few bass home myself this year cos there realy yummy, so feic the begrudgers

lads this is getting beyond a joke a man cant keep a fish with out being slaughtered on the site . it is getting to a stage where people wont put up posts . the law states that you can keep 2 bass and thats final . well done on the bass man hope it tastes nice for ya keep it simple stick a bay leaf in the cavity

Nice one Thomas on a belter of a fish. I wish I'd got out last night for a session. I'd love some bass for Sunday dinner today.

Fintin that's interesting about the bay leaf! I must try that instead of the normal lime and chilli in the cavity.

well done thomas, excellent fish,
enjoy
hope it tastes as nice as it looks,, yummmy

lads this is getting beyond a joke a man cant keep a fish with out being slaughtered on the site . it is getting to a stage where people wont put up posts . the law states that you can keep 2 Bass and thats final.

Amen to that. The Taliban mindset is everywhere these days.... Great fish, great report, have a feast.

Lovely fish Thomas, well done, sounds like you got a great scrap into the bargain,,,,like you i missed Match of the Day last nite ,,,,,but i got a nice smoothound instead

Lovely fish , fair play .

lads this is getting beyond a joke a man cant keep a fish with out being slaughtered on the site . it is getting to a stage where people wont put up posts . the law states that you can keep 2 Bass and thats final . well done on the Bass man hope it tastes nice for ya keep it simple stick a bay leaf in the cavity

Thats the reason I dont post reports anymore .

well done thomas,thats a cracker mod edit: unnecessarily provacative. tanglerat. you have dinner for a week with that fish

Lads, please. Can you keep remarks relevant to rustyhookthomas' fish and fishing, and leave the whole C&R Vs C&K debate out of it?

We've had that debate ad nauseum on this site. It's old news, we're all aware of the opinions involved, any re-hashing of it is not going to serve any purpose whatsoever other than cause division and ill-feeling.

Lovely fish, now for another war where did you catch him?

Stonker of a bass thomas i brought two home there a while ago done them on the bbq tasty..how did you cook it?

thanks guys,
headed out again tonight and got 6 or 7 casts in, i managed to catch one schoolie
for my effort, quick pic and back it went!