PART A: Time: 9pm-1am
Tide: flooding... High at bout 2am
Bait: Lug/razor/squid
Rigs: flappers , pennel and 1 up 1 down
result: 2 Bass, 1 a piece...
The report:
So this was my 3rd weekend in a row to venture to Lahinch or that neck of the woods, and finally, I got my first Bass!
My dad got his too, beat me to the post by a whisker, as I was unhooking his for him, I got an almighty wallop on my rod, but missed it by the time I had gotten to the rod... But got my fish bout 15 mins later...
Was by no means a monster, but It was a bass nonetheless.. had a few other good bites, lost 1 in close too.. Had to leave bout 1 am as the sea was trying to devour us, fairly rough weather...
My father had murder in his eyes when he landed his fish, but I explained the merits of catch and release and both fish went back to grow and fight another day..
PART B:
sunday 5th..
Had bait left over so went out to inagh estaury from 2pm- 4:30pm..
there were 2 other lads out but they had no luck,
After bout 30mins there I got a flounder on the Lug, 41cm, 1cm smaller than last weeks
He was not out of the water too long, and the hook didn;t appear to cause that much damage, came out fairly easy, despite the blood there, but the poor fish would not return, I tried to hold it there to get the water flowing, but was hard, again, very rough... Found it washed up 10 yards away 5 mins later, so dispatched it completely and brought it home, won;t go to waste, but prefer to C&R..
Off to Cork tomorrow, so going to try Youghal or cobh after work, or maybe ferrypoiint...
Anyone know where to get Crab/lug down in cork without havin to dig it, as time constraints do not allow for bait collection....
Also, is there an asian market down there? don't like to pay €4.50 for box of squid, when asia market does em for €1.95, same pack.
cheers,
Dáire
this one has the potential for a happy ending...
and respect on the C&R 