Mullaghmore 14th Feb

[pete]

People:Donegal Bay winter league match

Duration:7pm to 10.30pm

Tide:Flooding all day

Weather:Lovely night, light south easterly and clear skies

Bait:Lugworm, white rag and mackerel

Rigs:Three hook flappers

Results:Flounder 2, Whiting 1, Sea Trout 1, Bass 1 oh yeah and a Blackfish or possibly Cornish Barrelfish




Report: Bit of a mad night, ended up catching my first ever Sligo bass and found a still alive deepwater Blackfish washed up in about two inches of water. I don't know which i should have been more surprised about The silver lad measured 47cm and took lugworm/mackerel cocktail, thought it was a sea trout before the headlight picked out the dorsal...nearly fell over in the surf

After that i didnt really care about how the rest of the night went although it did prove very slow, with only a few lads catching. Will get John D. to put up the pics for me.

[eric]

what the? congratulations i guess,

[stevecrow74]

i think the bass have lost there sense of direction.. this could be a good year for us fishin the west coast...

as for that other yolk Cornish blackfish
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=1721
i think it was totally lost

[corbyeire]

thats a great return pete nice mix

what do you think they are all northerly bass coming south for a gander?!?!

the bass seemed to be about galway early as well going by last year...

[davyp]

Nice one on the Bass Pete - 2 turning up in Sligo in the space of the week is pretty encouraging!!!!

Davy

[kieran]

BREAKING NEWS


Reports of a suicidal young bass in the Sligo area throwing itself at a host of visiting anglers have been confirmed by a spokesperson for the local sandeel residents association.

They have slapped an ASBO (angler's sick behaviour order) on DavyP and Peter, neither of which the spokesperson pointed out where Sligo residents.

"We don't need their type around here, feckin conservationists me eye... and they can take that feckin thug of a Waterford bass with them" said the sandeel.

[petekd]

Now Kieran, I may have to moderate your language a bit there. Any more of that and you'll be kicking your heels for a week on the sidelines with a ban.....

Well done on the bass baldy, I'd say that more than made up for the poor return on Sunday. As for that other thing....Weird.... Did you win the comp?

[Tanglerat]

'ere, tell that silver boy to turn right around and head straight back home to Donegal. As if we weren't short enough of Bass up here without letting them emigrate.............

Nicely done pete.

[lumpy]

hey pete, lets not talk about said "poor returns sunday", think it was all d lead you lost put them off.. i'll try it again sunday and see was it just a once off

[donal domeney]

Pete ignore the moaners and begrudgers that bass was was caught using the skills you learned fishing the beaches of West Cork

West Coast bass beware serious angler on the loose

[keith]

Lets hope the bass are still knocking around for the dunree comp

[Ronald]

nice bass pete , wonder were the black fish came from , a wee bit away from its usual habitat .

[pete]

Great to see bass in the northwest, hopefully this will be the start of something seeing as Davy P took one aswell. Be wonderful addition to the fishing up here

The Blackfish was mad and was still alive when i picked it up, was tempted to snig him with a hook and claim him as another species Normally a deepwater fish so don't know what the heck brought him in ashore.

Pete that bass made my night and give me enough cm's to take the full 17 points for the match and as a consequence the winter league title. Be seeing you in the Anchor Bar in Portstewart for the Masters then