Holidays

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The Time has finally come to head East to Wexford and Jim Hendrick's award winning guiding service. I am under no illusion that its going to be tough tough tough and Jim, being the professional that he is, has all but cancelled me. 
I couldn’t imagine a summer of fishing without a trip to Jim’s as I have done for a few years now and despite the grim conditions due to the continued unsettled weather I’m well up for it and will relish the increased challenge. Stay tuned for the full story over the next few days folks... 

Here we go !!

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I got up this morning with the feel of a child on Christmas morning. The thought that I can finally get back to some bass fishing, with a reasonable chance of getting a few over the coming months, is hard even for me to get used to as the closed season is finally behind us. If I'm on honest I've actually enjoyed the break having fished pretty hard through the winter and up to the close, it's been no harm to give it a rest for a few weeks especially in the name of conservation. Even though the weather has been awful here for the last 48hrs I will be heading out to fish some areas new to me just to go through the motions, learn a bit about these unfmiliar places for a few hours and get a feel for the conditions without expecting too much in the way of results. Here we go and lets hope its a season like 2010 rather than 2011...

It's that time again!

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Good luck to all as the Irish season proper finally begins, have fun and stay safe.

A Good Read...

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During our closed season for Bass fishing of 15th May - 15th June I've Been getting a vicarious Bass fix by reading a few Striper fishing books on my wife's Kindle. I have to say the one I've enjoyed the most so far is "The Hunt for Big Stripers" by Zeno Hromin who also edits the  The Surfcasters Journal a fabulous online magazine devoted to all aspects of Striper fishing. Expressions like "Surf is the straw that stirs the drink" and others are so apt for explaining some aspects of our Bass fishing here as well. That said I'm in no hurry to go and join the massed ranks of the "Surf rats" just yet, I still prefer the beauty and solitude of our Irish coastline even if the fish are a lot smaller...

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