Five members of the St Marie Pike Association, Bornem, Belgium are presently in Shannonbridge for their annual pike fishing holiday staying with Eamon and Marie Mc Manus in Laurel Lodge guesthouse. They arrived on Saturday and using lake boats with outboard engines they caught and released 25 pike on Sunday, 42 pike on Monday, 17 pike on Tuesday and 44 pike yesterday totalling 128 fish to date. They still have two days fishing and they are hoping to beat last years total of 166 pike.
It is good to know that all the fish are being returned alive. Yesterday one of the pike caught was at the Hot Water Outlet area at the power plant and it weighed 18 lbs.