MainBassMan

4 DAYS of Easterlies - **** bad Easter fishing and I have 6 days off!!!!!!!!! Help any ideas?????

Works very well at up to 100 yds as casting a little swervy!!!!! Put absorbant dishcloth into container to allow the smell to permitate more slowly!!!

Try groundbaiting for Bass Works wonders and mistifies All other fishermen who dont catch!!!! The more gone off the rubbish you use the better - NO SKILL at all!!!!!

Been groundbaiting for Garfish and Bass for over 10 years.... Works wonders and mistifies All other fishermen who dont catch!!!! The more gone off the rubbish you use the better - NO SKILL at all!!!!!

Should be shittt hot this w/end wind temp easter mind ALL seem OK

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Boat trip pretty dead TOO (loads of wonderful Pout!!!!) - Help Fish required V soon or might take up roller blading!!!

MY EXACT SENTIMENT ENTIRELY!!!

This subject repeated several times a month!!!!!! Played out I think..........

License US the angler to fish demon OUR demon sea - GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!

Sould be up to 500 by 9.00pm

demon According to personal reports still as dead as a dodo demon - So doing Charter Boat Trip for Plaice on sunday instead!!!

Im packed when we leaving!

Wish I could catch fish this large!!!!!

demon Sorry dont understand the word fish - may have to look it up!!! demon

I simply put inch markings on my tackle box using an indelible pen - Took me 10 mins - Cost nothing!!!!!!!!!

Try at http://www.tacklebargains.co.uk/acatalog/M...cellaneous.html 1/3 way down page!!!

:mad: WARMED UP BUT STILL VERY FEW FISH ABOUT :mad: - :mad: AT LEAST DID NOT BLANK!!!!!

demon Also an old XR4x4 Sierra 4 when the going gets rough!!!!! demon Off the road having the engine uprated!!!

ACTUALLY ITS MY GIRLFRIENDS!! demon I drive an Aston Martin DBS 1971 6 cylinder in the week and a V6 406 estate to fish with!!!! demon

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From:- Mike Thrussell's Sea Log 1 22nd December 2003 SHRIMP RIGS FOR FLATTIES I was recently fishing inside Cork Harbour with Irish boat international Dermot O’Brien. Dermott showed me a neat little dodge that accounted for some quality dabs and plaice that I’d never seen before. Dermot sets up a sliding boom with a bead and swivel, then ties on a couple of feet of stiffish 40lb line, then adds a Mustad shrimp rig, the one with the four luminous shrimps on. You then bait the hooks with mackerel, lug or rag. Granted this rig might look a bit weird but it out fished my standard flattie rigs four to one until I changed over myself. When you think about it you realise that the long trace moves about in the tidal current and the flatties are drawn to the bait by the luminous shrimps working in the tide. When we got to talking about the rig it turns out that it’s won several big comps in Irish waters. One thing I’ve found though on the boat boom rig. If there are lots of small whiting and poor cod about add a small one-ounce weight to the loose end of the shrimp rig. Otherwise the small whiting will swim forward and ravel round each other creating one hell of a tangle. When I got back from Ireland I immediately tied up some shore rigs incorporating the shrimp bodies. The shrimps are tied on spade end hooks, so I prefer to cut up the traces and remove the shrimp bodies, sliding them on to the hook snoods and using small Aberdeen hooks like Kamasan or Mustad Match in sizes 2 or 4. I wanted to see if flounder were also more likely to take baits with a luminous shrimp above the bait. They do! This puts a whole new edge on night fishing for flatties as you can use a couple of float beads above the bait to give enough buoyancy to the bait to keep it moving in the tide. Even at night you then have both movement and scent working for you. If the seawater is slightly coloured but clearing after bad weather you may need to increase the visual area of luminescence. Add an inch of luminous tube above the shrimp body to increase the target area. Remember though, you need to charge the bodies by holding them in your lamp beam for about a minute before casting. If the bodies are not fully charged with light, then they are less effective. TIPS AND TRICKS When fishing in a good surf and you need to make sure that your baits stay tight to the sea bed, try adding a size 6 rolling swivel about 6 inches above the hook. The weight of the swivel is enough to keep the bait close to the seabed where the fish are feeding. Some match anglers prefer to use freshwater split shot in sizes BB and SSG for the same result. This can be really effective for flounders and dabs that are grubbing the bottom. This method works best if you use short hook snoods under 12-inches long. WINTER HARBOUR TACTICS Many anglers neglect harbours in the winter, but they offer good opportunities and often give refuge from the wild winter storms, which is when the harbours often produce their best catches. Aim to fish incoming tides in to and through darkness, though after storms even sunny days fish well. Harbours are less likely to be dependent on big tides. Smaller neap tides produce excellent fishing, as there is a more constant depth. You’ll notice in harbours where commercial boats unload catches that the fishing will suddenly come alive as boats approach the quay wall. Fish learn that this is a good time as they become used to occasional scraps of fish being washed in to the sea and associate the engines with food. Good areas to try are the deep shipping channels coming towards the quay walls. These are likely to hold codling, dabs and big whiting. Two-hook rigs fish well in these situations and mixing worm baits with mackerel and sandeel maximises the variety of fish caught. Once the water gets some depth the fish move out of the channels and right in around the base of the harbour walls. Expect coalfish to join the codling working the wall. Having an alternative natural wall living bait like mussel tends to improve the catch, especially for coalies, though worm will still fish. You’ll need to switch rigs though not the bait is almost fishing under your feet. A single hook off a snood tight behind the lead keeps the bait hard on the seabed and exactly where the fish expect to find food. Alternatively add another hook off a dropper about 18-inches above the first hook for the flatfish and whiting. demon

Hope U have fun - I fish a v similar area normally about 30 miles east though - Luv the place!!!! Interesting Article Mike Thrussell's Sea Log 4 22nd December 2003 IRISH ANGLE Have you noticed just how many “No Fishing” signs are appearing on piers, jetties, breakwaters and quays? More than a few, eh! I can understand anglers being restricted if there is a danger to either the anglers themselves for some reason, or maybe to the public, say due to limited casting space. Often though, there seems little justification for the ban. In contrast Ireland actually encourages anglers on to most public places. Ireland excels in having road type signs indicating where good fishing marks are and even detailing the most likely species on these venues to guide anglers. The Irish Central Fisheries Board does a fantastic job of promoting sea angling in Ireland and undertakes regular survey work on areas discovering and mapping out new marks. This information is turned in to maps and information brochures, which visiting anglers can buy allowing them to tap in to the local knowledge and immediately go out and catch themselves some fish. This attention to detail has a dramatic beneficial effect on the local and national income by encouraging anglers and their families over to the Emerald Isle. This ignorance of the importance of angling within the UK generates to the holiday trade too. Traditional and popular fishing areas like the southwest, Wales and Scotland that see a massive influx of visiting anglers should get better organised and be deliberately encouraging anglers in to their area by giving simple yet effective support by the use of those Irish style road signs and quality brochures. Few holiday brochures currently give angling even a paragraph and tourist board counter staff look at you as if you’ve just arrived from Mars if you enquire about the local fishing. I’m well aware of this as many potential visitors, prior to their holidays, e-mail me after drawing a blank with the tourist office. Fact is angling is badly served by the tourist industry within the UK and by many local councils too. Anglers spend money liberally and often more so than normal holidaymakers do when in these communities. How long then before the national and local tourist information infrastructure gears up to our needs? I’m not holding my breath! TIPS AND TRICKS You’ll often notice fish are concentrated within a very small area, say a depression on a beach where food gets washed in, or maybe they are running through a narrow gully between rocks. To make sure you cast to the same place every time carry a black marker pen and paint the reel line after you’ve judged and cast the correct distance. If you then slightly overcast each time, you can retrieve the line back until the mark appears at the reel and you know the bait is in the right place. BEACH GROYNE TACTICS Beach anglers tend to fish in the middle between wooden or stone groynes, but this can cost you fish. The groynes are natural food collectors and attract and hold fish. On flood tides always try to fish on the uptide side of groynes, the side the tide hits. Food washed along by the tidal current will collect against the base of the groyne and fish will gather here to feed. Flatfish and dogfish commonly do this. The ends of the groynes are the hotspots. The tide will deflect around these and tend to gouge out a depression or hole, sometimes leaving a big pool in the sand at the very end of the groyne. The passing tide again drops food in to this hole and fish like sole, bass, codling and whiting will take advantage. They sit on the inclines of the depression facing in to the tide and take food items as they wash in to the hole. You can also use a groyne to minimise weed problems after a storm. The weed will get pushed up against the side the tide is hitting, but if you fish the downtide side placing your casts very close to the end of the groynes the weed will be minimal here giving your bait time to attract nearby fish. On the ebb tide the fish are less likely to feed along the groynes edge as they become nervous of the shallowing water. They tend to stay just outside the groynes and you need to cast beyond the groynes to continue catching. Stone groynes are a feature on some beaches and are made from boulders just piled up. These fish similar to the wooden groynes with the depressions at the end, but because the boulders are good places for crabs to hide and the rocks hold mussels you’ll find that fish will work along the stones nearer towards the high water line searching for food. Bass, codling and flounder typically use this a feeding ploy.