The net photographed below in the South East was reported to the authorities by several people on 24th April. It's still there 11 days later on 5th May.

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What words would you use to describe your Bass angling in 2008? Mixed? Challenging? Difficult? Unusual? A bad run of weather for the second successive Summer tested the patience of most of us. Opportunistic anglers managed to make the most of the difficult conditions and spells of settled weather, especially towards the end of the season, were productive. Overall though, I would describe 2008 as "unpredictable". As an ordinary recreational angler, I can handle unpredictable. But how do you handle the unpredictable when you have a group of customers arriving tomorrow for a week of Bass fishing and the weather outside looks more like February than August?

IrishBass.org has asked two of Irelands best known Bass guides, John Quinlan from South Kerry (http://www.thatchcottageireland.co.uk) and Jim Hendrick from Wexford (http://www.bassfishing.ie), to review their year.

"We could have been on that mark for an hour of five hours - it was mind-blowing stuff. We may have 'only' got 4 fish between us but I think it's safe to say, if we never fished again, we could retire happily on the memories of that afternoon."

Pat Boyle, Gerry Friel and Andy Elliot on their three-day fly and lure expedition in the South East with Jim Hendrick.

"There was something about the Bass that appealed, it was silver, it grew big, it drew one to wild places, it was not easy to catch, it fought hard, and it could be caught by many different methods from a variety of locations. Above all the Bass was sexy. Here was a sea fish that could stand up alongside the recognised game fish of Trout, Sea Trout, and Salmon, and more than hold its own."

Ashley Hayden on the appeal of Bass to anglers through the years.