Duration: 8.00 pm to 1.30 am
Tide: HW at 11.40 pm
Weather: Very calm, mild, dry, fog later
Bait: Lug, rag, razor, mussel, mackerel
Rigs: 4/0 pennel pulley, 2/0 two hook flapper, three hook flapper
Results: 2 Bass, 8 Flounder, 1 Five Bearded Rockling
Report: In the afternoon there was hardly a breeze when I was digging lug. I had been thinking of going to West Waterford but thought it too calm for bass fishing so opted to fish a Cork beach mark to target flounder.
When I arrived at the beach there was a better surf than I expected (although still fairly weak) so I thought I may as well have a try for bass.
I set up a extra rod, one with the small size three hook flapper in close, the second with the two hook flapper cast out about 40 m and the third with the 4/0 pennel cast out a bit further.
It was quite until after dark - then less than half an hour later there was a strong knock on the rod with the two hook flapper - it was putting up a good fight so I knew it was a bass - 46 cm, caught on lug on the lower hook
I rebaited and cast out about the same distance. About ten minutes later I had another bite - I struck but it was a slack line bite so I didn't set the hook and the fish was gone before I could reel in the extra line. I guess it was another bass.
Then the flounder came on the feed. I caught eight. They were all small, between 22 -27 cm. Most were taken on lug and some on rag. The first flounder, a mighty fish of 22 cm managed to get his mouth round the 4/0 hook and a large lug bait shortly after I caught the first bass.
When I finished taking a photo of the third flounder, I looked around and saw a strong knock on the rod with the two hook flapper but by the time I got to the rod the fish was gone
I presume it was a bass. After that I decided to switch the three hook flapper for another two hook flapper with 2/0 hooks.A got a few more small flounder. There was a good knock on the second rod with the two hook flapper but the fish wasn't hooked. I retrived and found that most of the lug was gone - something had a good bite out of it. I rebaited and added three or four mussels and cast out to about the same spot. Ten minutes later I got another good bite. This time I struck and hooked the fish. It was putting up a strong struggle, I thought it might be a bigger bass - but it turned out to be a very lively 42 cm bass
A little later I had another tap on one of the rods with the two hook flapper - this time it was double - a 23 cm flounder and a five bearded rockling.
As it was getting late I decided to pack up at that stage. So a pretty good night's fishing - I wasn't expecting to get a bass never mind two of them with the weak tides and poor surf.
.Hopefully will get out tonight but not looking forward to digging lug in the rain 
,but at least i have my smelly razor for a sneaky bass 
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and my first bass ever 
well done
