NW donegal beach 22/10/11 BASS and flatties

[cortaz]

well done

[cortaz]

well bone lads

[nobuzz]

Nice fishing guys.

[grady]

great session lads, nice report and pictures, well done on new spesies for this year

[Al and Jordan]

Great fishing lads well done ,did any of them Bass have laytown accents,they all headed off for the summer somewhere?

Alot of the Bass headed off for the summer...!!
Great to see some Bass up north.

cheers man. we seem to get a bit of a run of them on the antrim/derry coastline during the winter months too. so it's not just the argos shoppers who head north around christmas time

That was a good nights fishing

cheers tom

Great report and fishing Al and Jordan.
It's great to fish a new spot and even better when it produces that well

thanks al. we usually have to fish our way through 3 or 4 poor marks before you hit gold (or silver ) like that when fishing blind. but a bit of stubborn determination goes a long way

excellent session, especially with the weather lately, well done guys!!!

thanks dave. we just have to get out there any time there is a break in this weather at the moment.

Great fishing - 4 Bass from NW Donegal now that's a surprise.

and believe me frank, there was no one more surprised than me . at first glance i thought the first one was a decent coalie breaking through the surf . so you can imagine how buzzed i was to see the spikey dorsal . the other 3 were just the icing on the cake

class report and fishing there guys wicked flatties and nice Bass and congrats on yet another species for this year! ferg

thanks man. it was one of my best sessions in quite a while

AL!!!!!!!!!
those boyos were supposed to make it round to me on north coast!!!!!
a big well done to you and jordan - despite my sour grapes!!!!!
dave

cheers dave. it's always the same story man. when we go to marks trying for bass we can't get them. but turn up blind at a mark not knowing what to expect and they show up . but i'll not complai too much

well done

cheers art, not as big as the ones you boys get. but i'll settle for them alright

Nice fishing guys.

thanks alan

great session lads, nice report and pictures, well done on new spesies for this year

cheers man. still time to squeeze a few more species in yet before the end of the year

[mickm]

great session lads and a few bass as icing on the cake. its great to find productive new mark and i'd say its gonna be an interesting holidays for you both keep up the good work

[weedave]

AL!!!!!!!!!
those boyos were supposed to make it round to me on north coast!!!!!
a big well done to you and jordan - despite my sour grapes!!!!!
dave

cheers dave. it's always the same story man. when we go to marks trying for Bass we can't get them. but turn up blind at a mark not knowing what to expect and they show up . but i'll not complain too much


oh i'm well versed in them not turning up this year!!!!

[tight lines]

super fishing lads bet the bass and brill were very welcome would love a session like that but the way the east coast is fishing it will most likey be a while keep up the good work well done

[saving private brian]

well done al and jordan,i reckon they were on route to derry for the halloween party

[lucky]

ha al any chance you could send one or two of those bass over the galway way.... nice going keep it up.......

[razor2]

Good stuff lads great to get a few

[FMCN]

Well done Al and Jordan. Some nice fish, especially Jordans Brill and the NW bass. Have to brush up on my fish ID. Don't think i could spot a brill from a turbot

[Al and Jordan]

great session lads and a few Bass as icing on the cake. its great to find productive new mark and i'd say its gonna be an interesting holidays for you both keep up the good work

thanks mick. althow i think i should put things into perspective with my report thow. i reckon that 4 out of every 5 new marks we try end up being a bit "run of the mill" with just the usual tiddly wee fish about them or even blanking . but then you get a mark like that one that makes all the poor sessions seem worth while . you just gotta keep the faith and hold out for that 1 good session and not jive up

AL!!!!!!!!!
those boyos were supposed to make it round to me on north coast!!!!!
a big well done to you and jordan - despite my sour grapes!!!!!
dave

cheers dave. it's always the same story man. when we go to marks trying for Bass we can't get them. but turn up blind at a mark not knowing what to expect and they show up . but i'll not complain too much
oh i'm well versed in them not turning up this year!!!!

lol. we headed them off on the west coast dave before they got to you

super fishing lads bet the Bass and brill were very welcome would love a session like that but the way the east coast is fishing it will most likey be a while keep up the good work well done

cheers man. i'm still waiting to get my brill this year. so hopefully next time jordan can get the bass and i'll get my brill

well done al and jordan,i reckon they were on route to derry for the halloween party

the party was deffo on the west coast that night brian . you should have seen me victory jig

ha al any chance you could send one or two of those Bass over the galway way.... nice going keep it up.......

cheers alan. well 3 of them went back so you just never know!

Good stuff lads great to get a few

thanks mate

Well done Al and Jordan. Some nice fish, especially Jordans Brill and the NW Bass. Have to brush up on my fish ID. Don't think i could spot a brill from a turbot

thanks francis. i was glad to see jordan get a brill and a turbot on the same rig as it was a good way to teach him the difference between the 2 when he had them both in front of him. i know a lot of the refrence books tell you of the very subtle differences between the 2. but by far the easiest way to tell them apart is just to give them a wee rub. a turbot has hard boney lumps on it's skin called tubercles. but a brill is completly smoothe. apart from that the 2 species are almost completely identicle. so it's a simple yet very handy way for telling them apart

[willie bendit]

great report and photos,just rewards for putting in the rod hours,

[Al and Jordan]

cheers man. we play the percentages. the more time you have on the shores, the better your chances of getting something decent
and a bit of luck helps too