First proper bass on the Tiro...

I finally picked my first good sized fish on my new Tiro the other
day.

I was initially fishing soft plastics with a couple of taps which I put down
to small pollock after a half hour just coming into dark I noticed a
large swirl just outside the distance i could cast with the sp's so
on went my new illex chatterbeast in pink and white and cast beyond the swirl
and just as I was working the lure past where the initial swirl was a bass came crashing
up and nailed the lure. It went on a few nice runs and had plenty of power but at no time
did I feel out of control with the rod absorbing everything the fish threw at it.

A lovely fish landed weighing in at 7lb on the boga.

Very pleased with the fish and by the way the blood at the rear of the fish is mine I stupidly got
nailed by one of the trebles whilst lifting the fish from the water.
One thing I did notice was that this was one solid fish stuffed with food and in great condition it did take its time going back but back it went to grow and hopefully get caught again as a bigger fish some other day.

After returning home I took out the BASS tape and according to that it should have been a fish of between 5.5 and 6lb's which makes me think that maybe this tape isnt really applicable to fish in Irish waters.

A short but great session and really pleased to have my first decent Bass on the Tiro.

Tight lines,

Jay