Red Gill, Cork Harbour - 31st July

[Pat]

People:Me & the kids

Duration:6:00 - 9:30

Tide:HT 19:30

Weather:Hot, blue skies, light SW breeze

Bait:Plugs

Rigs:

Results:4 bass; 12 pollack

Report: First trip in ages on the boat. Brought the kids out to a favourite spot. The clarity of the water was spectacular. Crystal clear. We could see down 20 - 30 feet at least. This would put paid to catching bass I thought but I was proved wrong. For the first hour we had no fish but we had follows for nearly every cast. Everytime we retrieved a lure it was followed, or escorted should I say, by one or two bass. The bass swam parallel to the lures - almost as if in the crystal clear water they could see that it wasn't a fish but needed to get a close up view of what it was. Just when I thought it would be a lost cause one of the daughters connected. As she retrieved her plug there was a boil in the water behind it and before I could offer advice the bass hit the lure. Several minutes later after a bit of struggle she landed the best bass of the evening. A nice fish of 5lbs approx. After that herself and her sister landed three more smaller fish aswell as a dozen small pollack averaging between 1/2lb and 3/4lb. Some of the pollack were smaller in length than the plugs they were savaging. Despite consistent efforts on my part I failed to hook a fish all evening. Not for the first time, was I shown up by the kids!

[screeming reels]

Great picture,!!
the smile tells it all, the girls always get the biggest fish!!
regards
screeming

[MAC]

Great pictures Pat.... Always nice to see kids fishing.

Well done on the Bass, they can be really difficult in clear water like that.

Kev

[Pat]

Out with the kids again this Weds (8th August). Fishing was fairly slack. However, given that this was the smallest tide of the month, this was to be expected. Had a mixed bag of pollack, cod, tub gurnard, & mackeral.

[Pat]

Coughed up by the above codling:-