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Danny M.
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When colour makes the difference.

#1 Post by Danny M. »

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Duration: 1 Hour

Tide: LAst hour of the rise

Weather:Over cast & humid

Bait:Lures

Rigs: Lures

Results: See below:

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Fished the last hour of the rise today on a mark I have neglected due to laziness if the truth be known.

Soft Plastics were out due to the nature of the terrain so I clipped on a brown X140. First cast went out and my mind was not at the races as I drew the lure towards me over large submerged rock. I looked down just as I lifted the lure out of the water and looking back at me was a fine Bass, her dark back contrasting nicely against the lightly colored rock. She seen me, turned and swam away.......good man Dan !!!!!

I flicked the lure out again to the same spot and this time engaged the brain, as the lure came back to me I scanned the water and spotted another Bass following the lure which shot off as soon as I raised the rod. Emmm somethings not right....

I changed lure to a black back x140and fired out to the same spot.... BANG !!! fish on , rod arched over and i let out an audible 'ha yes' even though I was on my own .. ....great satisfaction and buzzz !! Nice fight off the fish which posed for a quick picture before it was back on its way again.
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I cast out to the same spot again and I was in again after a few turns of the reel, If Carlsberg done fishing ! I played the fish in as it kited left and right in front of me. Another one on the bank ready for a quick picture before swimming off.
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The fishing was on, the tide pushed me off my spot so I had to move, second cast and I got nailed just under the rod tip as a flash of silver engulfed my lure... que line peeling and drag under pressure. I unhooked the fish in the water and off it went, the fish on, I dropped a good few due to hooks failing and had multiple follows on different lures just before I landed one more just on high water. As soon as high water hit the activity stopped, I tried 5 more locations along the the same stretch of coastline but nothing showed.

I gave the surface lures 30 mins of action but no return for my efforts.
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Short sessions are a lot easier on the back :lol:

Danny.
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#2 Post by chuckaroo »

happy days Danny M, great stuff this.. carlsberg. :P
fine fishing, fine bass

is that a fancy underwater camera there..??
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#3 Post by roger de dodger »

danny that sounds like pure magic 8) one thing i want to know was what hooks let you down???

p.s great pics as ever :wink:
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#4 Post by grady »

good report and underwater pictures are just great, well done
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#5 Post by gerryl »

cracin pictures m8 well done you... :D
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#6 Post by wishiniwasfishin »

Great session, those underwater camera shots look brilliant!
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#7 Post by fishy1987 »

:D magic lucky you made that tactical change great :D pics and report.lovley fish,ah sure we all talk to ourselves when fishing.but talking back to yourself and answering your own questions isn,t a good sign :? lol
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#8 Post by Stan »

Great report, lovely fish and fabulous pics.
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#9 Post by Davebouy »

Cracking fish and brilliant pictures. Well done. :D
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#10 Post by nicefish »

Great session Danny love the photos. 8) 8) 8)
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#11 Post by Eoghan »

Love it Dan. Smart thinking too.
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#12 Post by Stephen8wood »

Great pics there.
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#13 Post by tight lines »

super fishing danny and brillant photos is there any chance you would know and marks around carnsore point/rosslear that i might get bass on the plug as i am new to lure fishing for them if you could pm me if you know thanks
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#14 Post by FMCN »

Nice result Danny and some excellent photography.
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#15 Post by Danny M. »

chuckaroo wrote:happy days Danny M, great stuff this.. carlsberg. :P
fine fishing, fine Bass

is that a fancy underwater camera there..??
How ya,

Its a Fuji Film XP30, water proof and all that fancy jazzz :)
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#16 Post by Danny M. »

roger de dodger wrote:danny that sounds like pure magic 8) one thing i want to know was what hooks let you down???

p.s great pics as ever :wink:
Rodger the standard hooks are very soft, and bend out if you hit a quantity of fish. Owners have let me down too on them. Decoy are just about hanging in there but have had a couple of breaks on the bend of the shank.
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#17 Post by Danny M. »

tight lines wrote:super fishing danny and brillant photos is there any chance you would know and marks around carnsore point/rosslear that i might get Bass on the plug as i am new to lure fishing for them if you could pm me if you know thanks
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#18 Post by onur »

enjoy your drink ,you well deserv that
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#19 Post by Bassmania »

Danny, what a brillant report and some great info. There's the proof to keep changing the lures to see what's working on the day.

Has Henry been giving you some photo tips?? Some great shots!
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#20 Post by zeke »

superb session there mate nd class photos you've got there 8) .well done :)
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