Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

December 15th, 2014| No Comments

Guest blogger Sean Jordan, of Bass Fishing Wexford in Ireland, reports on some tasty action from the tail-end of a challenging season 

The full moon tidal cycle towards the end of last week saw some good sport as decent conditions combined for a few days. With the sea temperature hovering around 13°c bass were still going to be very active – over 5 sessions, we encountered on every one, the best session was 14 fish for 2 anglers.

Fishipedia Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

The better sessions coincided with mild conditions prior, and during, fishing, in comparison to slower fishing during fresh NW winds cooling the shallower marks.

A long walk to a sandy beach mark saw a lot of sprat washed up along the HW mark, the paw tracks of a fox followed them along the beach, as it enjoyed its snack of “gritty sushi”  shortly after HW. On other marks sandeels of all sizes are still abundant, and I still see them daily.

Back to the fishing, we found bass all through the water columns (top, middle and bottom). Surface lures, ie Sammys, Spooks, and  the Sebile Splasher (which I’ve grown very fond of), all got smashed with gusto…

Fishipedia Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

Sub-surface too, the low angle of the winter sun highlighted our lures in almost 3D detail as they did their job. Soft and hard lures all caught, as did one of my favorite late-season hard lures, the  Illex Water Monitor.

Fishipedia Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

Fishipedia Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

Bucktails,(more on them another time), which I’ve been experimenting with this season, found decent numbers of bass that were lying deep in strong flows on the same days, on different marks.

Fishipedia Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

It’s always good to finish on a high. To finish the season in winter sunshine with a fish like this was special…

Fishipedia Report: Late-Season Bass Fishing in Wexford, Ireland

Those will be my last salt sessions of 2014 – the last hurrah if you like, in a challenging year, in challenging conditions, to say the least…

Sean specialises in guided fishing for bass along Ireland’s south-east coast. Visit Bass Fishing Wexford for more info.

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