Again its Febuary!,,kian is stuck into a nice fish his greys bze bucking and pulling !! special as i raced round the Bass was eased on to the beach a fish of 4/8oz what a great sight to see in the depths of a irish winter pure class on one of gees irish winter peeler crabs
Well the main man has done it again take a peek at this proud finned irish Bass again on a peeler a crabbie pattie as the jersey lads like to know them and a deep diver at that !! all i can say is what a place what fish in the winter months great guys and great fishing ,,,beat the winter blues come to SE Ireland
And can you believe this ,,Pats back ,, with the mother of all flounders,,what a man what a fish,,three species in the dead of winter and loads of mullet out there too,,what a great day thanks pat and kian you are the best 
Over here in Ireland we have tonnes of marks that produce all times of year just like the small report above,,
Bass are now a definate all year prospect in wexford and waterford not just schoolies but quality fish too, on bait and lures the Bass are a little pickier in the cooler months plucking and picking at baits presented to them,, but they are there if you get out there looking,, tight lines
Back to the crabbing,, went out to my traps today and hammered some fine irish winter male peeler crab about 7 dozen in all see below,i will be sorting the prime ones for my bait tommorow!!,but seriously this time of year in the south of ireland if you want serious bass,cod and flounder fishing crab is the only bait dont the ones below just make your mouth water
when going crabbing all of you out there that do it will know the correct gear is essential i have some breathables with neoprene legs with reinforced knees the were given to me by michele a dentist and bass lure freak from grenoble france he has been coming over to Ireland to stay with us for 4years now he gets some serious bass on lures in the summer and he was the first person to introduce me to the red rods 3 yrs ago anyway these waders are called venir they have a stocking foot so boots are needed and always wear gloves rubber gauntlets are ideal tape up around the arms and of course a big bucket to put the crab in always wash off the crab when finished and place in a polystyrene fish box with a damp towel over and under for storage
And here is kian just about to slot a superb 8lb bass back to the deep alive and kicking notice the boga grip for the safe handling and the left hand cradling the fish for a safe return this was back in november 2008
