Duration:4 hrs
Tide:Around 6ish
Weather:Beautiful & not too cold for a change
Bait:Lug & Fresh Razor
Rigs:2 Hks Pats, Pulleys, & 3 Hk Flappers
Results:Bass
Report:Danny was keen to fish a mark that Shoreking had given him so we headed off nice and early down the road to the Deise as I was keen to be fishing before the moonrise. We were set up and fishing just before high tide and just as it got dark Danny was first into a fish. A bass!!!
....and a nice one at that, just under 5lbs and very thick bodied and plump. It looked like we had hit the spot just at the right time. Or so we thought. Two hours later we were having second thoughts. I reckoned we had missed the key moonphase at this stage, but Danny was having none of it. As has been previously noted, Danny just plain doesn't believe in this moon lark, as he calls it 
. A phonecall to Shoreking and it turns out we are fishing the wrong spot. After relocating we decided to give it an hour and a half as at this stage it was mid-tide. Not long after Danny calls over. He's into a good fish. As he plays out the fish I wade onto the shallow rocks right in front of us. Then I see it. It's bloody huge. Danny coaxes it in further and as he does I grab the trace. Then disaster. The fish comes off. As it flaps in the surf I dive onto top of it. I have a grip of it briefly but it soon powers away from me. I couldn't believe it. I was probably more gutted than Danny was. This was a big fish. I had a fish of 10.25lbs before Christmas and this one was bigger. I give out to Danny for using size 4 hooks but it turns out that the fish broke the snood....15lb amnesia . If it was me I'd have packed up for the night but good ol' Danny carries on...and is soon rewarded. 10 minutes later Danny is into another sizeable fish and this time lands him. This fish tips the scales at 7lbs, and again is plump and thick. 10 minutes later he's into another bass, but smaller at 47cm. Another 5 mins and another of similar size. The man's on fire 
. After that all goes quite and around 10.30pm we decide to head back to Cork. All in all a great nights fishing...well for Danny anyway. Isn't that what a good gillie's for...to make sure their client gets all the fish 
. (I getting fed up of blanking this year...I think I've lost my touch 
). Many thanks to Shoreking for putting us onto the fish . We'll be back.
they must have been magic lug 
