Every cloud has a silver lining....

Got up at ridiculous'o'clock to catch first light coinciding with high tide so i arrived at the mark in total
darkness and the tide was still rising.
So I rigged up a weightless sluggo and fished this method until it began to brighten up. I could hear fish splashing and breaking the surface but couldnt hook up.
I rigged up a nice paddle tail on a swimbait hook and began to retrieve it nice and slowly just enough to
feel the tail working and it wasnt long maybe 4 or 5 casts and I was into my first fish I initially thought it was a pollock but the constant head shakes told me it was a bass and not a bad fish just touching 5lb in weight

I fished on and wasnt long before I got hit by another smaller bass

By now terns had started to work around me so i decided to swap lures to a try some topwater with my
favourite lure the pugachev cobra by IMA. I worked the lure over some submerged reefs and narrow gullies
in a real slow walk the dog pattern and with a nice swirl and then smash I had another fish on a lovely bass of about 2lb

Back she went and I fished on in the same general are as I had picked up the first fish and it wasnt long before the water erupted behind the lure again so I stopped the lure gave it a slight twitch and bang another
fish on!!

So I released this fish and went on again over another gully this time changing the retrieve to a sharp pull and
stop this makes the lure dart under and bob nicely

Bass off the top has to be ther most exciting and by far my facourite way to fish for these our most exciting 

sport fish.

I really love it when things just come nicely together as they did this morning and it has really wet my appetite to get back out again later today hopefully for some more silver.

On another note the first Irish Bass Festival gets up and running in a month and I understand there is
plenty of interest both at home and abroad in it.
Entry can be made through Absolute Fishings online shop and the full itinerary can be found on their blog
here I.B.F itinerary
I really hope this can be a great success as it will show our relevant governing bodies just how much tourism is generated through sport fishing in Ireland.

I've also been out at pollock recently and got my new personal best weighing in at just over 4lb I thought it was a bigger fish but they can be quite deceptive

I'll finish up with another few bass I had on a zonk gataride a lure i totally neglected due to its bib being so
fragile but seemingly to my own loss.....

All in all a cracking couple of sessions and I'm very happy to have finally opened my bass account for
2012.
Until next time....

Tight lines

Jay

A few early morning bass.....

Got out this morning to a local mark and to be honest
it has been blowing a gale the last few days so i didnt really
expect much but i decided to give it a go anyway no point
in wasting time travelling to another mark the tide was falling
and there was a nice surf  but it was still blowing in gusts of around
30mph i waded out and decided since there was a small bit of colour
a chartreuse wave worm might work but after 15- 20 casts nothing
so on with a 6inch sluggo and since there was a good rip a heavier
jig head to get down deep.
I cast out and bounced the sluggo on the bottom the line went slack and i wound
straight into my first fish of the day a nice fat 3.5lb bass

this one almost swallowed the whole sluggo, back she went and a few casts later i was into another fish

this one was about 3lb but fought much harder than the first had another two fish of around the same weight
and one just over the 5lb mark

I had waded out a fair bit by now and it was a good 30yrds or so back to dry land behind me I had another 4 fish but the swell and current made it difficult to take any decent pictures although I did try......

As you can see being on your own and underwater photos dont really mix
But all in all an enjoyable mornings fishing and heres hoping this afternoon or maybe
tonight can be as or maybe more productive

Tight Lines

Jay

New Toys

Havent got out much lately and when i have its been either time

or the weather has been against me i did manage a couple of fish

the best being just over 5lb on a chartreuse wave worm from

absolutefishing 

I recently purchased an IMA/Rbb floatation vest from basslures.co.uk and i have to say

first impressions are very good it seem very sturdy and well put together now it claims

to be designed for saltwater use (I'll see how that goes) it has plenty of space in the front pockets

and rear bag loads of d rings for line clips , fish grips etc... 

 

it claims to be capable of keeping you afloat but to be honest i dont ever plan on finding this out

all in all though an impressive piece of gear and it came with an IMA lure box and a IMA stuka 

lure 

I also picked up some decoy pluggin single hooks from absolutefishing which i put on some feed shallows and an IMA sf125 and some weedless hooks in various sizes

The change of hooks didnt seem to affect the feed shallows at all but i think that i'll be putting 

the trebles back on the sf125 because the weight difference seems to have affected the lures ability 

to bite into the water on the retrieve and its action doesnt seem to be the same 

Until next time 

Tight Lines

Jay