It’s back to the bass for the Cork Harbour Angling Hub…….

After a month of wet and windy weather, which suited more the surfcasting community targeting cod, the dedicated bunch of Cork Harbour lure anglers finally got the weather break they were looking for. Winds finally swung around to the North West quarter, the sea state flattened, and water clarity returned….and this all happened just as the tides just came right. Conditions were perfect!

Tomasz Kujawa with a fine winter lure caught bass!!!
Tomasz Kujawa with a fine winter lure caught bass!!!

Many of the seasoned bass anglers reported success over the weekend. Pat O’Shea fitted in two lure sessions before the Light Lines competition and had good success on soft plastics. On both sessions he had 4 fish with the best going 63cm and 64cm on both days. Clinton Rachman also managed 4 on an early morning session with all fish falling to Clinton’s own brand of soft plastics, the ‘Bass Bombs.’

 Andy Davies with his bass
Andy Davies with his bass

 

Young Turk, Darragh McCarthy, also scored!
Young Turk, Darragh McCarthy, also scored!

Andy Davies and the young turk, Darragh McCarthy, went a bit further east of the harbour and also had success with fish falling to soft plastics. Robert Fraczek and Tomasz Kujawa squeezed in a session before also competing in the Light Line competition and both managed fish. Robert had the bigger of the two with a fine bass of 64cm weighing 2.8kg.

Robert Frazcek with a 64cm bass
Robert Frazcek with a 64cm bass
Clinton Rachman had these bass on Bass Bombs!!!
Clinton Rachman had these bass on Bass Bombs!!!

There will be more opportunities to pick up fish if this settled weather spell continues. Some years bass can be caught right up to Christmas on the Cork Harbour outer marks if conditions are right. Let’s hope they stay right this year!

Pat O'Shea's fine 64cm bass
Pat O’Shea’s fine 64cm bass

Courtesy of Cork Harbour Angling Hub