west cork bass day to rememeber

People:

Duration:

Tide:1st hour of flood to 1st hour of ebb

Weather:strong southerly mostly dry

Bait:lugworm

Rigs:pulley pennell 3/0

Results:3 bass


decided to go dig some lug this morning and head to west cork in search of bass
got to 1st mark about one hour into flood greeted by a lovely surf 1st cast produced a bass of 2.5lb so confidence was up.next cast produced a thumping take and after a great drag testing battle i landed my best bass in 2 years almost to the day! a cracker of a fish well over 10lb -happy new year,got some photos and put her back.fished here for an other hour -no more takes so moved as this mark only fishes at the start of the tide .went to 2nd mark not too far away and fished for a couple of hours without a touch but hey i didn't mind! with plenty of bait left i decided to try a 3rd mark nearby that fishes at the top of the tide,got there about 1.5 hours before high water .all was quiet for the first 2 hours after witch the top section of the rod was pulled over and just stayed down -i was in to what felt like a good fish that decided to run like hell in my direction! when i got the fish in close it turned back out towards the sea pulling long lengths of line from my reel drag.it was dark now and after a lengthy fight i managed to get my headlamp on him and i could not believe my eyes-it was another monster bigger than the one i landed earlyer in the day a clonker heading for 12lb and as fat as a pig -some quick photos and back she went -what a day see links to pictures below.looks like 2013 may well be a bass year1
1st beauty; http://s1188.photobucket.com/albums/z41 ... 130550.jpg

and 2nd; http://s1188.photobucket.com/albums/z41 ... 175535.jpg
Report:

unreal some savage bass, 2nd photo is a cracker, id say ye had some fun reeling in that wan !!

Congrats

2 beautys well done

well done bud,west cork is fishing very well this year for the bass.

2 serious bass, very well done. Awesome fishing and fair play for returning them.

great fishing nice start to the year well done

2 fish of a lifetime in 1 night . Well done

Dream come true ,great stuff and fair play for the release,

absolute belters! well done sandblaster
as above, 2 fish of a lifetime in one day! and, fair play for puttin them fellas back - their breeding potential is invaluable
great wee report

Well done , some beauties there.

Cracking fish mate well done, 2 doubles on the same day,you must have felt like all your birthdays came together and hats off to you for putting them back.

cheers lads it was good also to see good sized bass in such good condition - says something good about our coastal waters.

Well done sand blaster wish I was there with you. Great double fish in a few hours

wow! they are some serious bass congrats and big well done also fair play on the C&R i think i could get used to fishing like that

Two beauties Great start to the year too.

Two beauties Great start to the year too.

Great fish sandblaster and fair play on the C&R someone else can have a chance for them aswell

Lovely bass there bud

Well done, 2 doubles in one day is absolutely brilliant if I could only manage one double in my lifetime I'll be happy! Fair play for returning the fish also.

amazing, just amazing,
west cork, I could probably make that in about 8 hrs from north Donegal. are there many shops down there for my wife