Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:46 pm
People:myself
Duration:1200-1800
Tide:flood
Weather:snow gale sleet hail
Bait:lug crab razor mackeral
Rigs:2 up 3 hook flapper
Results:2 bass 11 flounder
Report:headed to kerry yesterday as working friday missing annual retreat, left at 9 straight from nights snow greeted me at top of mountain and stayed most of day.dug lug on route arrived at beach at midday.conditions looked good nice surf and no weed to be seen fingers crossed.set up two rods one close for flats one out for others.there was one good gale blowing right to left
first two cast nothing then third cast bang distance rod hooped over and stayed down quick strike(unnecessary) bass on felt like good fish and took off down left i had to follow while adjusting my drag got him turned and lead him ashore a few minutes later after good scrap beached fine 68cm 7.5 lb bass first of the year good start photo recast reeled in other to find first of many flats from 26cm to 38cm.all flats caught very close even managed a double not twenty feet out the distance rod only managed one more fish a schoolie bass.only took photos of bass and scenery due to driving gale
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:58 pm
nice going
Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:18 pm
great pictures and a fine bass!
Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:57 pm
good fishing . you were unlucky with the weather
Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:20 pm
lovely bass peakle well done
nice size to them flats aswell
Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:38 pm
brilliant, that's fishing to my taste
Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:45 pm
nice fish, nice pictures,inch is fabulous this time of year.
Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:44 pm
just wondering did you have any luck with the razor??? I,ve no luck at all with em
Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:09 pm
Well done Steven. Great bass. Sure beats the fishing locally at the moment....although, the flounder have reappeared.
Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:52 am
That's Gowlawn Strand if I'm not mistaken?
Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:26 am
excellent fishing man

some lovely bass there
Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:48 am
nice fish well done lovely spot but when that weed on nightmare
Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:37 pm
Excellent pictures and some mighty fine fish caught, nice one
Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:39 pm
fishmonger wrote:just wondering did you have any luck with the razor??? I,ve no luck at all with em
no luck with the razor meant to say all fish took lug or crab
Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:42 pm
Enigma1981 wrote:That's Gowlawn Strand if I'm not mistaken?
oh but you are
Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:47 pm
Pat wrote:Well done Steven. Great Bass. Sure beats the fishing locally at the moment....although, the flounder have reappeared.
yeah its poor alright at mo Pat but it wont take long for it to improve i believe there was one or two silver bar caught locally over laast couple days and yeah flounder back some decent fish among them
Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:47 am
great result mate

well done and deadly rig
Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:28 pm
Well done! that's a great bass you had there.
The weed was back last night

no wind but the surf picked up near hw, I'm sure it drifts around from the mussel dredgers and the grass from the dissapearing dunes, it a pain on there, managed a 1.5lber on razor, only 2 flounder though.
Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:09 pm
great catch and great photos
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