W Waterford 19th Sept

People: Me, Willie , Jim & Joe

Duration: 12.00-22.00
Tide: 8ish

Weather: Mixed with NE winds

Bait : Crab & Lug


Results: 2 bass


Report[/b]: Tides were perfect. September is normally the best month for bass and word had it on the street that fish were being caught.
The plan was to hit a rock mark at the bottom of the tide and fish it for 4 hours and fish a beach mark later.
The rock mark had quite a lot of weed there and was unfishable . So we moved towards a Dungarvan mark where the world and his mother were spinning for fish. The birds were quite active at times and so we were hopeful that when the tide turned the fish would move in . The water was stuffed with herring fry and sand smelt. Anyway after 4 hours we hadn’t a bite and did not see anybody else catch fish either. So it was off for a bite to eat and hit the second mark.

This started very well with me hooking a nice bass on first cast. When he was returned Joe got a bang and missed a fish but managed a nice fish on his second cast.

We had 2 missed fished then. One lifted the rod out of the stand and was definitely a very good fish.

Overall, I would have expected far more fish but hey that’s fishing

Went for a few drinks later and met some locals who had also had a fishless day. The reckoning is that the local bays are absolutely chocker-block with fry and so the bass are all stuffed with food. Sounds like a good explanation.

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Don't know how Joe has ended up doing a headstand in the photo

Bass on the first cast? Happy Days!!!

Sounds like a nice session,well done on the few bass

Yeah that can be a problem, a nice run of weather and systems and the bass feeding has to slow down at some point. They are cold blooded and dont need to feed as often as us lot. So a few mouths full of fry or smelt and they are happy out. Form what I have read that area has fished it socks off for the last 2 weeks approx. Still got some fish though, happy out..!

You sure you were in W Waterford..... Looks very like Australia to me

Here you go stan fixed it for you, nice fish.

Magpie01 Bass on the first cast? Happy Days!!!
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Yep this often happens to me & the lads can't believe it

Timod Sounds like a nice session,well done on the few Bass

Any day with a bass is a good day


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Eoghan Yeah that can be a problem, a nice run of weather and systems and the Bass feeding has to slow down at some point. They are cold blooded and dont need to feed as often as us lot. So a few mouths full of fry or smelt and they are happy out. Form what I have read that area has fished it socks off for the last 2 weeks approx. Still got some fish though, happy out..!

July is normally a difficult month to catch bass on bait as they are on the fry and mackerel. In September they are normally easy to catch on bait. Guess I will just have to go out again next week.

Marlin VS Here you go stan fixed it for you, nice fish

Thanks Martin. Think he looks better upside down