Clare 20/03/2011

People: Myself

Duration: 3pm till 7.40pm

Tide: incoming and turn

Weather: Fine day bit of a breeze

Bait: Fresh Lug & Frozen Sandeel

Rigs: 2 hook, 3 hook & pennel

Results: 2 bass




Report: Decided to hit the Clare coast today to see if anything was about. Hit off early so as to get a bit of lug and have a snoop around. Weather on the way down was cracking, was iffy about the day fish as the mark i was hitting to generally fishes better at night but what the hey.... Decided that i was going to try and cover as much ground as possible and fish 3 rods at varying distances. Arrived on to the mark and started to get set up, noticed a wee bit of weed on the water line, ha i thought to myself, nothing to worry about The minute i got the baits out i started drawing up mounds of west coast weed Casting to the right of each rod and with in minutes everything was been dragged way off to the left Time to rethink, was caught on time so could not relocate, cut back to 2 rods. Had both out again when one of the rods had a huge clump of weed take it down to the left again, started to retrieve when near to the shore the weed started to swim Blank saved schoolie bass, did not even see the take with the weed. Tried to struggle through the weed for another 40 minutes or so but it was mad so cut back to 1 rod. At the top of the tide the weed seemed to calm for a while when i got a nice rattle, 2nd schoolie . That then gave me a bit of hope so i decided to try the turn of the tide, at this point i should have just gone but i struggled on for another half hour or so till the weed got so thick that the minute the line hit the water the weed was working its way up the line Eventually i called it a day, happy that blank was saved but just did not expect the level of weed that i met....

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the weed hasseled us today aswell.two nice little schoolies all the same

the weed hasseled us today aswell.two nice little schoolies all the same

The weed was a curse today, i think i put in more miles today up and down the beach than need be, my calf muscles are in bits Brain really sorry to hear about the rod going awol,

the weed hasseled us today aswell.two nice little schoolies all the same

The weed was a curse today, i think i put in more miles today up and down the beach than need be, my calf muscles are in bits Brain really sorry to hear about the rod going awol,

ah its not the end of the world but i liked it.if the wind goes north will you keep an eye out for it in clare.might blow down

nice going conger thats 2 good fish you got. the weed was hard work but that coast line has some amount of marks on it. im hoping to get my first 2011 bass down there. .ill be heading back again soon.

Hi Dan, there are some great marks along the coast line, you will definately get off the mark this year, drop us a line if need any help

a mint couple of schoolies

Congrats Shay, you are finally of the mark for 2011 (a quarter of the year is gone!!!) How did you get the fish to pose upside down for the first photo

do yer head in that weed,,,,fair play on the two bass,,,

a mint couple of schoolies

Cheers fishy1987

do yer head in that weed,,,,fair play on the two Bass,,,

Felt like i was doing the garden at home at one stage

Nice going there, the bass are showing up in numbers now

Congrats Shay, you are finally of the mark for 2011 (a quarter of the year is gone!!!) How did you get the fish to pose upside down for the first photo

Oh here we go, it took me months to teach the little beggars that little trick good to get off the mark on the bass count but i can't say that without complementing you on recent success down the Cork direction in the shape of a 8lber, picture to be added some stonker of a fish, we've done so much night fishing it was strange to be out during the day, gave the new 515 mag a lash, sweet reel

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Nice going there, the Bass are showing up in numbers now

Cheers Declan, good to see the bass around