Saturday
Thanks to Johnny, Ronain, and Fergus for the great company and fun.
Sunday
Thanks to Michael, Mark and Bernard hope to see you again in April.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
The elastic begins to stretch
Are you getting ready for an Autumn Bass Bonanza? Wait for it - its on the way!
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Coming soon to Probassfisher
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Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Biting your nails...
Sometimes you have to call it like it is. Simple. Martin from Scotland had this week reserved with me to lure fish along the Wexford coast - 6 days bass fishing. After much deliberation and discussion with Martin I felt that spending a week in Wexford bass fishing under current conditions was not what the fishery was about and so we canceled his trip.
This is never an easy decision but based on experiences, forecasts and the current conditions I would not have felt comfortable to take Martin as a guided customer. It goes back to the quality of the experience, I'm sure Martin could have come here and battled through six days of wind, brown and green weedy water and very unsettled weather and maybe even managed a fish or two who knows? But gone away with what exactly?
Given the opportunity and information, if the customer can absorb minimal costs and work/home/life considerations, then he can weigh up the options and say - lets do it next year! This doesn't happen very often and its a difficult time when it does. There is always a niggling doubt as regards the right decision.It impacts on my bottom line and others too. Of course people say I'm mad, and a customer can hear of reports of fish caught - (bigger and more numbers than ever, naturally) reports magnified in dimensions by disappointment, when the reality is so different.
To relate my decision making to the current weather forecasts go to these links HERE and HERE from 2008
So a weeks guiding canceled, Saturdays and Sundays workshop liable to be canceled, it all makes it a very challenging and interesting work environment.
Looking forward to 2011 already and thanks too to Martin.
This is never an easy decision but based on experiences, forecasts and the current conditions I would not have felt comfortable to take Martin as a guided customer. It goes back to the quality of the experience, I'm sure Martin could have come here and battled through six days of wind, brown and green weedy water and very unsettled weather and maybe even managed a fish or two who knows? But gone away with what exactly?
Given the opportunity and information, if the customer can absorb minimal costs and work/home/life considerations, then he can weigh up the options and say - lets do it next year! This doesn't happen very often and its a difficult time when it does. There is always a niggling doubt as regards the right decision.It impacts on my bottom line and others too. Of course people say I'm mad, and a customer can hear of reports of fish caught - (bigger and more numbers than ever, naturally) reports magnified in dimensions by disappointment, when the reality is so different.
To relate my decision making to the current weather forecasts go to these links HERE and HERE from 2008
So a weeks guiding canceled, Saturdays and Sundays workshop liable to be canceled, it all makes it a very challenging and interesting work environment.
Looking forward to 2011 already and thanks too to Martin.
Saturday, 2 October 2010
September weather summary
September combined spells of relatively dry, settled conditions with periods of very wet weather, giving some record-breaking daily falls of rain at some stations.
Temperatures were around two degrees higher than normal for most of the month, but cooler weather developed during the final week, bringing ground frost in some areas.
Monthly rainfall totals were above normal except in parts of Munster, with around twice the September average recorded in places; Mullingar had its wettest September since 1962. The number of wetdays during the month (days with 1mm or more rainfall) was close to normal, however, with almost all stations falling within the normal range for September of between 12 and 18 wetdays. Heaviest falls were measured in the period 5th to 7th and on the 9th, 13th and 22nd. Widespread daily falls of between 20mm and 60mm on the 6th were the highest on record for September at some stations: Knock Airport’s fall of 86.5mm on this day was the highest daily fall at the station for any month since rainfall measurements began there in 1988.
Mean monthly air temperatures were around one degree higher than normal and it was a particularly warm month in western areas. The highest daily values were measured during the first four days of the month, when maxima of over 20°C were widely recorded. In contrast, temperatures fell well below normal at times during the final week, when some very low air and ground temperatures for September were measured in midland and eastern areas.
Sunshine totals for the month were close to or a little higher than normal, with most stations recording their sunniest days in the period 1st to 4th. Source met Eireann
Temperatures were around two degrees higher than normal for most of the month, but cooler weather developed during the final week, bringing ground frost in some areas.
Monthly rainfall totals were above normal except in parts of Munster, with around twice the September average recorded in places; Mullingar had its wettest September since 1962. The number of wetdays during the month (days with 1mm or more rainfall) was close to normal, however, with almost all stations falling within the normal range for September of between 12 and 18 wetdays. Heaviest falls were measured in the period 5th to 7th and on the 9th, 13th and 22nd. Widespread daily falls of between 20mm and 60mm on the 6th were the highest on record for September at some stations: Knock Airport’s fall of 86.5mm on this day was the highest daily fall at the station for any month since rainfall measurements began there in 1988.
Mean monthly air temperatures were around one degree higher than normal and it was a particularly warm month in western areas. The highest daily values were measured during the first four days of the month, when maxima of over 20°C were widely recorded. In contrast, temperatures fell well below normal at times during the final week, when some very low air and ground temperatures for September were measured in midland and eastern areas.
Sunshine totals for the month were close to or a little higher than normal, with most stations recording their sunniest days in the period 1st to 4th. Source met Eireann
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