dungarvan bay august 2008

[cortaz]

People:me, and others at times

Duration: avg. 2/3 hours

Tide:mostly H&L. waters

Weather: broken/unsettled

Bait:lures.lugs. mack.
Results: bass to 11lb.+/bream
Report: not a great month, bad weather + coloured water a lot of the time, fish were thick some days, other days they were very scarce, 4 bream over 2lb. on the cunn. "stan" had a dubble shot of near 3lbers. spent a lot of time watchin bass hittin the sprats, over the years these fish proved to be almost uncatchable, not anymore a live mack. liphooked and lobbed out were the action is. has resulted in some very good catches, 2, 11lbers and others to 8lb.... a lure that has become my favorite lately is the M.C. holo, takes fish of all sizes inc. 2 over 8lb..............am just in for a tea brake before going back out for h.w. and the dusk, fished the cunn. earlyer with "spinner" he had 1 of 7.1lb. a p.b. i had 3 at 4,5, and 7lb. we both missed several others. roll on the dusk and high water...........

[Eoghan]

God I hate you...!!!


Im loving sitting here in the office......no honestly I am........and I love living in Dublin miles away from Waterford, cant beat it.....


Have tried the lip hooked Mack a few times, bit of a winner alright.
Although I did catch a seal one day that nearly broke my mates rod which was wedged in a rock in Kerry. Luckily the hook was returned to us and the seal was fine.

[Danny M.]

Sounds like its A1 Sharon on the Cunn !!


Cortaz, how would you be fixed for a couple of Wexford lads invading your part of the world for a bit of Bass/Bream action ??

[cortaz]

Sounds like its A1 Sharon on the Cunn !!


Cortaz, how would you be fixed for a couple of Wexford lads invading your part of the world for a bit of Bass/Bream action ??

danny, the tides from the 15th. to the 18th. if the weather is o.k. after that from the 28th. for few days after. just remember i will get the most and all the big fellas

[Danny M.]

Sounds like its A1 Sharon on the Cunn !!


Cortaz, how would you be fixed for a couple of Wexford lads invading your part of the world for a bit of Bass/Bream action ??

danny, the tides from the 15th. to the 18th. if the weather is o.k. after that from the 28th. for few days after. just remember i will get the most and all the big fellas

Thats the stuff lad, you can have the big fellas and il take their other halfs !

Sounds like a plan in the making.

[Richie07]

[quote="cortaz"]a lure that has become my favorite lately is the M.C. holo, takes fish of all sizes inc. 2 over 8lb............../quote]

Fantastic lure, I have 4 just in case I lose some, have had a good few Bass this year on it, lost a biggie too!, great fishing btw.

[Stan]

Art,

Good to hear you are catching fish. Am up to my eyes in work but when I read your e-mails it only makes me more determined to retire in the next couple of years. I hope that you leave a few fish for me!!

Am waiting to hear that you have broken the Irish bass record. That biggie has to be hiding somewhere in West Waterford!

[cortaz]

Art,

Good to hear you are catching fish. Am up to my eyes in work but when I read your e-mails it only makes me more determined to retire in the next couple of years. I hope that you leave a few fish for me!!

Am waiting to hear that you have broken the Irish bass record. That biggie has to be hiding somewhere in West Waterford!

stan, know the rock were i got the 8lber. first 7 casts there tonight got 5 and lost 2 martin (spinner) got 1, got them on an x rap that the G.F. got me for my birthday, 1 was 22 on saturday brand new out of the box first 5 casts 5 fish, then the dammed thing escaped then used the M.C. HALO and lost 2, fished for 1 hour eather side of this spell and never seen a fish

[Stan]

Great fihing Art. You will have to show me those lures.

[kinsebr]

stan, know the rock were i got the 8lber. first 7 casts there tonight got 5 and lost 2 martin (spinner) got 1, got them on an x rap that the G.F. got me for my birthday, 1 was 22 on saturday

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Them x raps are lethal alright Art, although you could probably just cast out a hook all day and still catch specimens one after the other 22 on saturday? Happy Birthday

[cortaz]

cud only manage a half dozen yesterday, 7.5, 7.25, 6. 5.5, 5, 2lb. all on l.c. sammys i missed 5/6 others. i,ll post a few pics. later.

[nicefish]

cud only manage a half dozen yesterday, 7.5, 7.25, 6. 5.5, 5, 2lb. all on l.c. sammys i missed 5/6 others. i,ll post a few pics. later.

things are really getting bad only half dozen

[cortaz]

1111

[Danny M.]

They are healthy looking fish !

Your keeping them well fed anyway down there

[cortaz]

They are healthy looking fish !

Your keeping them well fed anyway down there

think bass are in there best condition this time of year,
top fish on a M.C.halo, mid fish on the large L.C. sammy, bottom fish on a alie mag.

[Eoghan]

Hi C, done a search on an M.C Halo and cant find one..?
Do you have a pic or link for them..?

cheers

[Danny M.]

Eoghan heres a couple of pics of a M.C. Halo:

[Eoghan]

Ah nice one.
Any reason why they are doing so well lately..?

[Figs]

Great fishin arthur.

Too bad about the half dozen,.... we all have our 'off' days
I'll probably try a bit of plugging myself next week.

[cortaz]

Ah nice one.
Any reason why they are doing so well lately..?

????? 3 of us fished a mark last week, i used the above lure the lads used kiltys 6 for me inc. a 7&6lbers. the lads got 3 schoolies, got some new lures for the big tides next wk. i,ll post some pics. if they work
Eoghan, theres only 1 lure i wont use....................kilys, for every 1 you get on em lots of others have seen it and refused, a 3 or 4 in. abu toby sliver/blue will out fish them by miles.............bet for every 1 you have got on kiltys you have seen lots of follows? and refuseals?, then when they do take em its usualy a slow take, with no real conviction, also they take very few fish over 5 lb. they work better if you paint 1 side white.
3 years back at the weedbeds on the cunn. theres was 10 guys fishin with kiltys there was 1,000s of bass just outside the weeds, me and tommy took 110 bass everyone else blanked, around the same time i challanged 4 guys who used kiltys 1 hour i had close to 30, they had 1 that i think was foulhooked, i am goin out not to 1 of my fav. marks 1 will get a few to at least 6lb.