dublin bass quest, different result :)
Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:50 am
People:me
Duration:10pm-midnight
Tide:h.w. 9.30pm
Weather:20 degrees, dry and westerly wind
Bait: lug
Rigs: 2 hook flapper 3oz weight and spinning rod
Results:one smoothie
Report:
Bass ban lifted i decided to head out for a couple of hours, especially as the next 7 days are looking very good (cortaz report)
started off a bit weedy and i was checking baits every ten min or so to remove weed and refresh the lug whitch i dug a few hours earlier. as the drop started the weed lessened and fishing big baits got easier.
i was using 2 or 3 big black lug per hook to tempt a bass but nothing was showing.
11pm came and the rod rattles, strike, fish on and a few runs and retrieves later it was lost just as i lifted the net, first bass of the year gone i thought
quickly rebaited and lobbed it out again.
within a minute or two the rod rattled again and same runs and retrieve but felt a bit stronger.
as i got the fish under the net i was nicely surprised to have a smoothie and not the bass i was expecting
haha still no bass yet this year but a nice smoothie to add to my list for 2010!!
will stick a pic up later!
Duration:10pm-midnight
Tide:h.w. 9.30pm
Weather:20 degrees, dry and westerly wind
Bait: lug
Rigs: 2 hook flapper 3oz weight and spinning rod
Results:one smoothie
Report:
Bass ban lifted i decided to head out for a couple of hours, especially as the next 7 days are looking very good (cortaz report)
started off a bit weedy and i was checking baits every ten min or so to remove weed and refresh the lug whitch i dug a few hours earlier. as the drop started the weed lessened and fishing big baits got easier.
i was using 2 or 3 big black lug per hook to tempt a bass but nothing was showing.
11pm came and the rod rattles, strike, fish on and a few runs and retrieves later it was lost just as i lifted the net, first bass of the year gone i thought
quickly rebaited and lobbed it out again.within a minute or two the rod rattled again and same runs and retrieve but felt a bit stronger.
as i got the fish under the net i was nicely surprised to have a smoothie and not the bass i was expecting
haha still no bass yet this year but a nice smoothie to add to my list for 2010!!
will stick a pic up later!
Re: dublin Bass quest, different result :)
Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:45 pm
nice one thomas 
not what you were expecting, but a hell of a consolation 
not what you were expecting, but a hell of a consolation
Re: dublin Bass quest, different result :)
Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:24 pm
Nice result. Call me crazy but I'd prefer a smoothie over a bass any day havin just got my first ones this year. Smoothie caught on worms yeh?
Re: dublin Bass quest, different result :)
Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:21 pm
not the first time that one took monster lug i still havnt got a decent smoothy every time i target them some stupid bass eats the bait 
tried monster lug last night but the doggies just hammered it 
and its too hard to dig to be wasting!!
tried monster lug last night but the doggies just hammered it and its too hard to dig to be wasting!!
Re: dublin Bass quest, different result :)
Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:27 pm
well done thomas nice hound pity about the bass might see u down that spot i was talking to you last year with the moon nice and the evening tides well done again
Re: dublin Bass quest, different result :)
Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:43 pm
Nice one tom
Re: dublin Bass quest, different result :)
Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:23 am
down that general area tonight(thursday) and got two bass around the 2 kg mark and a 30"+ smoothie!
also lost a biggie bass on my last cast of a nice 90 min session, no real pull on the line as it swam from the cast to the shore and got weeded up and legged it as i tried to stick the net under it!! haha it made the release a bit easier as the first bass
struggled bigtime. the second went like back a torpedo!
super few days/nights to go fishing!
also lost a biggie bass on my last cast of a nice 90 min session, no real pull on the line as it swam from the cast to the shore and got weeded up and legged it as i tried to stick the net under it!! haha it made the release a bit easier as the first bass
struggled bigtime. the second went like back a torpedo!
super few days/nights to go fishing!