East Cork 25-06-10

Had a few hours on a well know bass beach in east cork wasnt meant to fish to for once had the spinning rods in the car and the missus gave the go ahead as it is a long beach we started below the car park and worked our way down the beach......i had a storm shad on in a sardine colour wasnt expecting much as i have never heard or seen people spinning on this beach i only hooked one bass but it was well over my PB of 8lbs or so but as i reached into the water to grab it it spat the lure and escaped even today i felt like s**t the thought of almost haveing a bass of at least 10 lbs slip through my fingers i could have cried , if only it was a plug or toby as the shad only has a single hook on top then maybe i would be posting this in specimen corner , bloody shads , oh well just thought i would share my pain.

unlucky kevin, the ones that get away are always the biggest

I know but his head was looking out of the water and i was just putting my thumb in his mouth and swooosh he was gone

bass this size are usually solitary, good chances she'll still be there, give it a go again today - with a different lure obviously, a plain silver or striped toby might work or something else shiny or silvery, good luck and try beaching her this time

I was trying to beach and grab at same time but was unlucky, still feel bad a 3 days later il have to try tomorrow i know the spot as the rocks were just being covered by the tide so hopefully the fish will be around

Not if I get there first

Too late....I was already there

Just made a call to my local spy and no you ain't there.

Too late....I was already there

and where is your report Pat? Surely you have bookmarked the link to the specimen corner by now
Don't give up Kevin, there is still a chance

Unlucky but you know what they say " Tis' better to have caught and lost, than to have never caught at all!"

Too late....I was already there

Well did ya get any hook ups?? I also lost a bloody maria chase lure the fish would have more than made up for losing that

Not if I get there first

Nnnnnnoooooooooooooo

Just made a call to my local spy and no you ain't there.

Only winding things up Donal ....the fish is still there to be had . Unlucky Wilky, at least you know there is fish of that size there; perserverance is the key!

...and by the way, stick with the shad, you're just as likely to lose a fish of that size on a plug despite all the trebles!

Just made a call to my local spy and no you ain't there.

Only winding things up Donal ....the fish is still there to be had . Unlucky Wilky, at least you know there is fish of that size there; perserverance is the key!

...and by the way, stick with the shad, you're just as likely to lose a fish of that size on a plug despite all the trebles!

Thanks il be back on tuesday to see if another bass wants to play ..............

Another thing i meant to mention was the presence of dozens of tiny flatfish everywhere in the shallow water , all the size of a €2 coin , one got stuck under my foot while casting and it frightened the s*** outta me............AH weaver fish i screamed, got some weird looks from people walking on the beach , great thing to see though i think they were turbots, but not sure.

Hard luck on the bass - but at least you know its still there - better luck next time!!!

Another thing i meant to mention was the presence of dozens of tiny flatfish everywhere in the shallow water , all the size of a €2 coin , one got stuck under my foot while casting and it frightened the s*** outta me............AH weaver fish i screamed, got some weird looks from people walking on the beach , great thing to see though i think they were turbots, but not sure.

I went down there yesterday to feed your “smiling bass” and caught plenty of small turbot in the surf.
A lot of green weed in the water made bite detection impossible
Had a few fish that did show on the rod tip but no sigh of your “smiling bass”

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Another thing i meant to mention was the presence of dozens of tiny flatfish everywhere in the shallow water , all the size of a €2 coin , one got stuck under my foot while casting and it frightened the s*** outta me............AH weaver fish i screamed, got some weird looks from people walking on the beach , great thing to see though i think they were turbots, but not sure.

I went down there yesterday to feed your “smiling Bass” and caught plenty of small turbot in the surf.
A lot of green weed in the water made bite detection impossible
Had a few fish that did show on the rod tip but no sigh of your “smiling Bass”

If i see that bass again il wipe the smile off its face , nice turbot there were dozens there, minute i saw them i thought they look like bass food