John Quinlan, bass angling guide reports on bass fishing for clients at the Thatch Cottage near Cahersiveen in Co. Kerry.
13th May – Unseasonably cold conditions have prevailed which has made bass fishing very difficult at times. Luca Montanari, a regular visitor from Italy caught some very nice pollock on the fly. Nick Gough, Eddie Feakes and John Taylor fished very hard for several days in late April. The bitterly cold weather and 9 metre swells made bass fishing virtually impossible. We did however get some action with the brown trout on Derriana.
Graham Brooks and David Jervis fared a little better taking 9 bass on the fly even though the conditions hadn’t improved very much. They also fished Lough Namona and Lough Cloonaghlin and caught large numbers of brown trout in spectacular surroundings.
On Sunday 29th April I had the pleasure of taking out a film crew from ‘Anglers View Media’. Conditions were very difficult with biting easterly winds but we managed to catch a lovely bass of about 6lbs which was quite an achievement under the circumstances.
Julien Lajournade, Eric and Francois joined us for a few days bass fishing in early May. The bass fishing has picked up a bit and we caught about 25 bass with the best being 70cm (approx. 7.5lbs).
One of our regular visitors Nick Rowe was also with us for a few days. We had one very enjoyable session fly fishing for mullet where 6 were landed but many more were hooked and lost. We also had about 10 bass.
John Quinlan
Thatch Cottage Ireland
Kenneigh West
Cahersiveen
Co. Kerry
Tel: +353 (0)66 9474721
E-mail: [email protected]
