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The bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
fantastic fishing frank well done
and a great report too
see you soon
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
Superb. Big well done Frank,great report and photos 
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
excellent, could our southeastern friends pls allow the basses swim pass waterford/wexford to reach dublin shore
We don't mind a few with japanese lures sticking out of their lips. 
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
Some lovely looking bass there.
Great read...thanks for sharing
Great read...thanks for sharing
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
Well Done Rock Hunter, it always pays to go with you instinct!
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
'The Bass are back!!!' Hey, Frank, they've been back with you for awhile....sure you're on numero ocho
! Great fishing by the way
. Those sessions when you have a couple of larger bass like that always stay long in the memory
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Re: The Bass are back!!! - West Waterford - 25th April 2010
Thanks guys,


Definitely - give me a shout if you are thinking of heading out anytime soon.patk wrote:Wow frank super fishing must get out with you for a cast! well done
Its thanks to your crabsbhoy32 wrote:nice one frank great to see the numbers of good fish increasing
Thanks Dave, it was off to a very slow start this year but hopefully it will continue to improve.eyesreilly wrote:Great to see things down there getting back to normal,,ie,,,,,,Frank catching plenty of Bass and putting up great reads,,,,,,,,,well done
Yes, once the southwesterlies started to blow I reckoned the bass wouldn't be far behind.robbiekennedy wrote:good stuff.amazing the difference a couple of days of southerly can do.well done
At the moment the fishing is most likely better in Kerry, but West Waterford is beginning to fire up - hopefully there will be a couple of good weeks fishing before the closed season.plumster wrote:hell of a report rock was like reading a book and again great pictures too.fantastic session the kind i dream about
was thinking of a trip to kerry but now im
I now have another bass mark for you to try outmitch wrote:fantastic fishing frank well doneand a great report too
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They were only briefly there - I hadn't a bass for 4 weeks during the calm weather - over that period time last year I was getting 3 or 4 from almost every night time sessionPat wrote:The Bass are back!!!' Hey, Frank, they've been back with you for awhile....sure you're on numero ocho! Great fishing by the way
. Those sessions when you have a couple of larger Bass like that always stay long in the memory
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Cod season Winter 2013/14: 117 cod (best fish: 6.5 lbs)
Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)
Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3
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Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)
Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3
http://rockhunter-southcoastbass.blogspot.com