West Waterford 23/04/2013

People:me and one other

Duration:4and half hours

Tide:dropping

Weather:mild , overcast, southwesterlies.

Bait:Razor

Rigs:

Results:Bass 7.5lbs

Had a pass yesterday and a plan to match it ,so headed off for a beach session yesterday evening. Fishing has been very poor(everywhere) with the easterlies lately but was optimistic given the conditions. The usual pattern of small coalies coming on the feed at dusk was followed by a few very bassy bites duly missed . Just after the low had a good rattle but nothing came of it , left it for another while then got the unmistakeable double tap of a good bass, connected with the fish which gave a really good battle on the way in , a few surging runs parallel to the beach and a lot of head shaking, knew it was a good fish (as did anyone else in earshot ),landed the fish anyways, adrenaline pumping , weighed and measured 65cm and 7.5lbs, happy days . One other bass caught about half an hour later by Seanie, packed up as the rain started to come in.




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Another cracker of a bass,well done.Is anyone picking up anything of lures ?

Well done Declan, nice fish.

ell done.Is anyone picking up anything of lures ?

I would forget lures until the water warms up significantly.

Very nice fish declan ,im really looking forward to getting down ,only 10 days to go.

Well done Declan, nice fish.

ell done.Is anyone picking up anything of lures ?

I would forget lures until the water warms up significantly.

I wouldnt rule it out completely, I spoke to a few people yesterday who I trust who had bass on lures and flies.
Slow retrieval, pausing etc....and they got amongst the fish.

Good stuff Declan fine bass

Smashing fish declan well worth the wait (and watching a grown man in waders doing riverdance ) lol

Smashing fish declan well worth the wait (and watching a grown man in waders doing riverdance ) lol

More like a rain dance Sean as it turns out

Nice fish , well done

he's a fine fella boy! i bet he fought ya alright! some kick off the adrenaline wha

Fine fish Declan.....can't wait to head south for the summer!!!!

stonker! crackin fish
well done sir

Cracking fish man well done. Good to see the bass are back now if they could just come a bit further up the east coast.

had a nice bass of about 4lb Thursday morning at dawn and had another about 4.5lb the next morning and lost one similar just as it was coming out the water the next cast.
Both on floating lures so get your lures out boys they are about !

Nice one ventry boy

stonking fish man!