David Norman studies from West Cork, and East Cork too…
I haven’t carried out many Bass journeys up to now this 12 months and regardless of the tons of of them I’ve caught through the years it nonetheless blows me away to see these stunning creatures up shut and private, as with so many issues in life, images actually can’t do them justice.
I labored fairly exhausting for the few fish of varied sizes I received in stunning climate final week earlier than the low strain system arrived and made it unsuitable for kayak fishing.
Wanting ahead to getting again out as quickly because it clears…
Subsequent up was Gavin Fitzmaurice who was out with me for two days on the weekend. Day 1 we managed to get some preferrred situations for his first ever kayak fishing journey and located some high quality fish together with this stunning Ballan Wrasse, estimated at 4lbs+ that attacked a customized clear/glitter Pirate Lures Corsair Baitfish lure.
Day 2 we headed over to Richie Ryan in Cork Harbour for some boat/fly motion. Having by no means dealt with a fly rod earlier than and after some professional instruction from Richie, Gavin was on fireplace with 3 or 4 fish to the boat earlier than I’d received my first and the motion continued apace for the following 3 hrs regardless of the robust Northerly breeze. He even managed what we predict was a shock Scorpion Fish on the fly.