Kilbritten strand, Co.Cork 5/11/08

[partylikeits1969]

People: On my tod

Duration: 7.30pm - 11.30

Tide: High water 10pm approx

Weather:dd light wind, cloudy night.

Bait: Lugworm, ragworm, squid
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Rigs: 2 rods: a)small flowing trace b)2-hook flapper

Results: 1 flounder; 2 bass 6lb(56cm) + 4 1/2lb(52)




Report: Needed to use up my worms before they died in the fridge, luckily it coincided with a rising tide.
Set up a light carp rod with a flowing trace with a plain lead and a 1/0 hook for flounder. Baited with lug and rag and flicked out no more than 25yrds.
Used a 3/0 2-hook rig baited with lug and squid on my beach caster and fished at medium range.
Around 8.30 the light rod produced a flounder of a few ounces. Released the fish and quickly cast back into the surf while I re-baited the other rod.
I was reeling in the 2-hook rod when the carp rod jumped out of the tripod and took on down the beach. Took 10 mins to land a bass of 6lb on 8lb line even though it was only 20 yrds from the waters edge.
At the turn of the tide I got a bite on the rod at range which resulted in a bass of 4lb to a lug and squid cocktail.

Please excuse the poor quality pictures but my camera is a heap of balls and I'd managed to break my head torch getting it out of the car.

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6 pounder

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[roger de dodger]

nice reel (just for you eric)p.s i gave eric his slapping on behalf of all you bass addicts last night well done 69

[RockHunter]

Well done, are you sure were wern't fishing near Sellafield or the toxic dump at Haulbowline - those bass seem to have a radioactive glow

[roger de dodger]

probably the heat from the drag on his reel

[nifisher]

Crackin fish. Just shows no matter how much you think you know where the fish will be theres always a nice suprise