Category Fishing conditions

Take them when you can

There has been a significantly likelihood of catching bass on the more southern coasts as of late. This likelihood is as ‘equal’, even if a little more timing is involved, as any time previous up to when the season began…

And now for tomorrows forecast

Seasonal Forecasting – science or pure speculation? Source – Met Eireann 15 November 2013 Over the past few weeks the media have carried many stories suggesting that the coming winter will be especially severe; that we should all buy in…

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

Its November already, October seems to have blown by in an early autumnal rush that I missed completely. Cedric from Switzerland was due on one of the tidal weeks but due to the obvious and early indications that it wasn’t…

For 2014 and beyond.

COASTAL DESTINATIONS Coastal destinations is the new bespoke adventure and saltwater guiding services available from Jim Hendrick during Spring 2014. After ten years of guiding on the southern coasts of Ireland I have changed the services to include a wider…

The summer of 2013 the pattern of (7’s) and some hope!

I smelt the smoke from a chimney for the first time in ages this evening, it got me thinking. If you had been bass lure fishing from the shore on a regular basis between the years 2000 and 2006 you…

Moving towards Autumn bass fishing

I’ve run out of litmus paper at this stage and I guess I have performed enough acid tests! From a shore based perspective, and I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you this, bass fishing remains difficult and extremely…