more dublin bass saturday 19th september 2009

People:me

Duration:9.30pm-10.45pm

Tide: rising h.w about 12.30amish

Weather:calm dry and about 12degrees

Bait:freshly dug lug

Rigs:3 hook flapper

Results: bass x 1




Report:after messing up the tides on friday i had no bait so legged it down this
evening and dug about 30 lug which took forever as i brought the wrong headlamp!
batteries very weak! i reckon i only saw one in five worms as i dug it wasn't long
til the tide was filling the hole so i reckoned, time to fish.
off i went and set up. first cast at half nine, i could see the rod tip slightly pulling as the crabs stripped my bait as well as getting a few small taps from codling/whiting along the way.
thinking this would be it for the night(similar to my last 2/3 trips) i figured 2 or three more casts to end the session especially as my lamp was failing fast, only switching it on to bait up!

just before half ten the rod-tip bounced back and the line went slack!
i took the slack and then the pull, i was in, deadly i thought, didn't seem too big at first
and then it took line, keeping the tension on the line i slowly tightened the drag a bit and
at the same time the bail-arm flipped and the rod went up in the air and the line flew out like a cast, sh*! i thought that was it, reeled in fast and steady and the fish was still on.
it was trashing the water surface at about 25metres! i gradually played it to the shore and
landed a nice bass of around 5lbs+.
very happy after an hours fishing i did one more cast to finish this short but enjoyable session.
having two identical lamps leaving the good one and bringing the bad one will not happen again!

Hi, lovely fish! I recently caught my first bass and it was great. Just got my new tripod so I'm back in the search after not having one for a while I've kept the fishing to lures only really. Would you be able to pm the mark by any chance? I'll keep it under my hat so to speak. If you're heading out again anytime soon I'd love to tag on if you don't mind. Ta

Hi, lovely fish! I recently caught my first Bass and it was great. Just got my new tripod so I'm back in the search after not having one for a while I've kept the fishing to lures only really. Would you be able to pm the mark by any chance? I'll keep it under my hat so to speak. If you're heading out again anytime soon I'd love to tag on if you don't mind. Ta

mail ye tomorrow, it's very am at the mo

Another excellent catch Rusty. Might have to organise a bass fishing trip to Dublin, seems to be the new Wexford....

Lovely fish Thomas, well done

nice fish thomas - fair play to ya

Another excellent catch Rusty. Might have to organise a Bass fishing trip to Dublin, seems to be the new Wexford....

na hugo sligo's the new waterford!

nice one thomas,seems as your turning into the dublin bass specialist!!

nice fish thomas - fair play to ya

Another excellent catch Rusty. Might have to organise a Bass fishing trip to Dublin, seems to be the new Wexford....

na hugo sligo's the new waterford!

oohhh cocky davy,cocky!!

Nice bass mate keep at it ul soon get the double figure one

Nice fish , id say your 5lb estimate is modest, looks a bit bigger than a 5lber.

Well done rusty, your clocking up some big bass up there send us down a few this direction will ya

Regards

Seamus

looks bigger than 5lb well done lovely fish

well done thomas nice fish.
i might give that place another shot some time soon

nice fish thomas - fair play to ya

Another excellent catch Rusty. Might have to organise a Bass fishing trip to Dublin, seems to be the new Wexford....

na hugo sligo's the new waterford!

oohhh cocky davy,cocky!!

Ah let the man have his day of glory, he done great And there's still the best months left to catch him up again...

Rusty - you da man ! you're back on your roll again.....nice fish looks a bit heavier than 5 lbs though!