Delayed Report 5/11/2011

People:Me & Arthur

Duration:Longer than expected

Tide:Dropping and Incoming

Weather:Calm & Dry

Bait:Fresh Peeler & Frozen Razor

Rigs:Penells and 2 hooks

Results:Fish (thank God)




Report:A bit late getting this report up and have not been on the site for a while due to work and possibly the worst run of fishing that me and bassmania have ever put down in and around West Clare (delighted to hear that about 5 weeks ago there were 2 trawlers caught in Doonbeg by the naval service and the Gaurds ), So decided that it was time to relocate so off to Cork we set with cod in mind, unfortuneatly Bassmania is laid up for a while after having an operation. Monkstown was the venue so ordered up some peeler off Nationwide Baits during the week and left Limerick with dubious expectations due to the recent run of luck did not even bring the camera Arthur and myself got set up on the outgoing tide, this was Arthur's first trip for shore cod so we set up with arthur fishing 1 rod and i launched out two rods, 1 pennel and 1 2 hook rig, within minutes Arthur struck into a lovely 2lber and i had a snap off ( NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO ) I snarled and growled as i replaced the leader and trace, eventually got the gear back out and lifted into the second rod and deja vu another snapper so left off the 2 hook rig and stuck to the pennel. Arthur was off the mark again with another 2lber, so then the piss taking started with me being the brunt until i got off the mark with a fish that came in a 4lb, for me this was like a bar of gold after the summer after that we had a steady run of fish with the best fish coming in at 5lb, total tally was me 6 codling and Arthur 5 codling this was one of my best sessions in months and now i intend to apply for a passport for the Peoples Republic again sorry for the lack of pictures,

well done,glad I'm not alone with the snap offs had a string of them over the weekend in Monkstown

well done,glad I'm not alone with the snap offs had a string of them over the weekend in Monkstown

Cheers Preston, just had a run of them on the day but it was worth it

crackin cod lads. fine session
wish we could get cod like that up this neck of the woods!

well done

Congratulations!!! Well done!!! You know my story and I am very happy to have the confidence back in fishing... More to come...

that was great session thou
some nice fish too
well done lads

well done better than not catching

Fine Cod from the wall Lads!great run at the minute!fair play tough venue it can be at times
tightlines
fergal

the worst run of fishing that me and bassmania have ever put down in and around West Clare (delighted to hear that about 5 weeks ago there were 2 trawlers caught in Doonbeg by the naval service and the Gaurds,

What was the story with the trawlers?
Fishing has been shite alright.....

crackin cod lads. fine session
wish we could get cod like that up this neck of the woods!

well done

Cheers Chuckaroo,

Congratulations!!! Well done!!! You know my story and I am very happy to have the confidence back in fishing... More to come...

Hi Wabs, i felt your pain during the summer great to get a few fish, roll on more sessions

that was great session thou
some nice fish too
well done lads

Cheers Grady

well done better than not catching

Cheers Austrian, Did enough 'not catching' during the summer, great to get a good bit of action

Fine Cod from the wall Lads!great run at the minute!fair play tough venue it can be at times
tightlines
fergal

Cheers Fergal, after the first couple of snappers and then the apperance of Flipper the seal i thought 'here we go again ' but turned out to be a great session, by the way, the place is alive with wildlife down there between otters, seals, rats and fox's, rats being the least favourite

the worst run of fishing that me and bassmania have ever put down in and around West Clare (delighted to hear that about 5 weeks ago there were 2 trawlers caught in Doonbeg by the naval service and the Gaurds,

What was the story with the trawlers?
Fishing has been shite alright.....

Cheers Mike, very poor all summer and we tried spots that fished well last year with nothing showing

Well done, great results ,had a few tackle losses myself at the weekend I tend to get snap off's when i'm excited and try to get the bait out too quick and don't check if the line is twisted around the top eye

Cheers Eyes, snap off no.1 was exactly as you described I put it down to actually catching fish again