Duration: 2 hours
Tide: low water
Weather: sunny
Bait: lug and a few clams
Rigs: running leger
Results: 2 bass, 2 gilthead bream
Catch and Release:: Yes except for 1 GH
Report:
Made my way down to the burren pier last Saturday morning stopping off at Sandycove to dig a few lug. Hard work getting lug from this spot these days but I eventually scraped enough together. Hit the pier at low water, there was five other anglers fishing already so I thought I was a bit late although both anglers I spoke to hadn't caught anything. Set-up and had a g.h.b on first cast
of about 2.5lbs followed by 2 bass both about 2lbs. After that it went quiet except for 1 good good bite on the clam bait which I missed. Headed off to chat with another angler for 15mins and decided to have one more cast, got a bite which nearly pulled the rod rest over and struck into another g.h.b of over 3.5lbs...kept this one as it was deep hooked.Was going to try further down the estuary but I could feel the sunburn coming on already so headed off home happy out.
Everything I've heard about these fish is true...great fighters and great eating to. Thanks to the other members of this site (shambobala,sonaghan and blaker) for passing on the info. on another thread.
welcome to the club, 
pity you have eaten it though, would be very close to the irish record, was out today and had a few to 1.5lb. + bass to 5lb.
