Duration:3.30pm-5.30pm and 8.30pm-midnight ish
Tide: HT 6.30pm ish
Weather:Moderate South Westerly dying later on, dry and a cracking full moon over the beach!
Bait:Mostly lug,rag and razor
Rigs: 2 hook flapper, pulley and plugs
Results:7 Bass
Report:Headed down to Cork with my twin 11 yr olds for a first time "boys trip" in search of a Bass. Arrived late Tuesday afternoon and seeing as high tide was close we nipped down to the Pier at Monkstown to kill an hour or two. Got the lines wet but all drew a blank though Tom swore he had a pollock chasing the lure to the surface (no reason to disbelieve him)!
Tues night produced no Bass but several Guinness 
Wednesday we met up with MikeQ and Rory from Cork who promised us some Bass fishing, and they didn't disappoint
Headed off to the first mark and after digging some fresh lug got set up. First cast and Rory snapped his rod.....looked expensive
Mike lent him one but it was obviously a dud as no fish for him After a while of nothingness we moved a bit and soon Mike was into his first fish, a nice looking Bass which unfortunatley got injured on the retrieve so he is probably enjoying it as I type this 
That was it for the afternoon and Rory had to leave us for work (scourge of the drinking/fishing classes
).A bite from the chippy then off to meet Mike again for a spot of night fishing. This was something completely new to us so we were kind of excited!
Having arrived at the mark, we were pleased to see it was pretty much weed free. After about an hour or so Mike was first in using the razor, we were off and running. Never having beach fished before and never for Bass, it was all a learning process for me and the boys so when I decided I should check and change the lug bait to razor, you can imagine my surprise when I felt the take as soon as I released the gripper
My first ever Bass, well chuffed The next hour produced another 5 Bass for Mike (on my borrowed pulley 4/0
) and 2 bites for me (in hindsight I was maybe using the wrong rig, 1/0 2 hook flapper).Tom, meanwhile was playing with my other rod and the Silver Maria Chase and whilst yelping like a trapped monkey in a crocodiles jaws managed to lose a Bass in the surf
Johnny was just content producing a birds nest to me every 10 minutes for my attention 
What a cracking night and to top it all, watching the full moon rise up was just awesome, fishing heaven!
A big thanks to Rory and Mike for making it all happen
Cheers lads, see ya again! 
Incidentally, Mike and Rory had never met previously and it was only later on that night that Mike realised he had known Rory's brother for about 20 years! Strange world....
Pics of the best ones attached (I can't believe it but in all the excitement I forgot to measure/weigh my first Bass....NUMPTY
