2009 Bass Season
My Gift 9lb Bass of 2009
The 2009 bass season was marred by exceptionally difficult weather during July and August .The weather cleared for Sept and Oct.
I took this fish at a remote godforsaken spot that I was given by a good friend.When I arrived at the spot it looked as unlikely a lure hotspot as Ive ever seen with minimal features and lots of sand.
I could hardly believe it when I had a fish on my first cast and second cast the rod buckled over into this 9 pounder.The fight was what made this my favourite fish of the year.It behaved more like a tropical Jack than a bass with big long powerful runs and when the fish went back it swam away immediately which is unusual for a big fish as they normally need help.
Heres hoping for more of the same in 2010
Henry Lynam
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I HAVE BEEN SHORE ANGLING FOR BASS FOR BOUT TWELVE YEARS USING BAIT ONLY BUT HAVE RECENTLY MADE THE DECISION TO HUNT THEM USING LURES FOR THE COMING YEAR AHEAD. I USUALLY FISH THE BEACHES OF THE DINGLE PENINSULA SUCH AS BALLYHEIGE AND INCH STRAND WITH A FAIR SUCCESS RATE BUT COMING FROM DUBLIN I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY LURE ANGLERS OUT THERE THAT MIGHT BE USING THIS BLOG THAT COULD POINT ME TOWARDS ONE OR TWO MARKS IN DUBLIN I COULD TRY THIS SUMMER. I HAVE HEARD RUMOURS OF PORTRANE,SUTTON AND MALAHIDE TROWIN UP FISH TO LURES BUT NO REAL SOLID ADVICE. I HAVE CAUGHT BASS ON BAIT IN PORTMARNOCK A FEW YEARS BACK BUT REMAIN SCEPTICAL , ANY ADVICE ON THIS SUBJECT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANKS
Bloody hell, Henry! That is an absolute stonker! She looks in great condition too.
nice fish Henry i never collected that free feed shallow……
Congrats on the new blog. only stumbled upon it now. Did you forget you had it? cmon stick up a few posts, give us something to read while we wait on the season to start.
Tell us a few gambia stories.
Andy,
I cant let you have any more Feed Shallows.Docs orders.
Its true Ive been asleep on this blog.Probably something to do with the Artic winter we just had.
I’m kind of sorry that I didn’t make my annual November trip to Gambia in West Africa where its a scorching 35-40C every day with interesting fishing to be had and friendly helpful people everywhere there.
The interesting fishing comes in the form of lure fishing for African Toro or Horse Eye Jack which take mainly large fast worked topwater plugs.Hooking one of these Jacks for the first time in shallow water is an eye opener.Nothing prepares you for the vicious tackle smashing take then the sheer speed and power of the runs and the length of the fight relative to the fishes size.In the photo is a Jack circa 20lb which took 25 mins to land.I still have my sunglasses on because when I hooked the fish it was sunny but when it was landed it was dark.With me was Pat Daly and Paddy Cunningham of Sportscast Ireland both of whom added to the catch at the bottom of pic here:
http://www.henrystackleshop.com/tackletalk/wp-content/uploads/gambia-20lb-jack.jpg
Occasionally tarpon in the 30-60lb bracket are hooked but on these plugs the losses are as high as 90% and they really have to be targeted specifically.
Other fish that come to the topwaters are Red Snapper and Queenfish and which also are great scrappers not to mention the acrobatic Barracuda.
Bring on the Summer!