Shannonbridge Fishing Report dated 14^th May 2005

The weather has been fine for the past week with some wind blowing from changing directions and varying in strength. Over thirty visiting anglers from Britain chose to stay and fish the Shannonbridge area and most were quite pleased with the fishing

Again selecting a swim , baiting it and having patience paid dividends..

Peter Howes the Angling Correspondent led a party of twenty one anglers and has promised to share his report of the week’s trip with us later.

Her Glinsner from Austria used dead bait to catch a 6 Kg. Pike. Good fishing.

VInny Soane from Basingstoke fished the Hot Water with double red maggot and caught fifty roach and hybrid in the sun that weighed 33 Lbs.

Wesley Osborne from Basingstoke also fished the Hot Water on11th May and while trotting caster caught 30 roach and hybrid weighing 16 Lbs.

Adam Frauendenst from Austria fished the Shannon for pike on 12^th May and used dead bait to catch 15 Pike. The biggest measured 91 Cm.

Young 15 year old Edwards from Basingstoke recorded three more catches after catching the specimen pike on his first day. On 9^th May he used smelt to fish the Hot Water for pike and landed ten fish weighing from 6 Lbs to 10 Lbs. On 11^th May he also fished the Hot Water and had 11 Pike using dead bait. Best fish was 17 Lbs. All pike were returned alive.On 13^th May Edward went coarse fishing on the River Suck and caught 20 Lbs of roach and hybrid. Spot on was his comment.

Charles Kellett from Basingstoke fished Correen Ford on the 9^th May and used caster and ground bait in changeable winds to catch 30 Lbs of roach and hybrid..Lots of bites and a good day.

Dave Elliott fished the River Suck on 13^th May with stick float in windy and bright conditions and had a 50 Lb bag of roach and hybrid. Marvellous day.

Graham Shadmore from Tadloy fished the River Shannon on 12^th May with the feeder in windy and bright conditions and had 56 Lbs of roach and hybrid.

Jim Broadburn from Northhampton fished the River Shannon on the 11^th May and using red maggot and a feeder caught 34 Lbs of roach and hybrid.

Trevor Tarrant from Basingstoke fished the Shannon on the 10^th May and had 36 Lbs of roach and hybrid using feeder and assorted hook bait.

Gary and Ron Steven from Yorkshire used a boat from Laurel Lodge to take them to their swim on Long Island just upstream from Shannonbridge and used red maggot and feeder to catch a mixed bag weighing 250 Lbs. Their advice is to pre-bait the night before and stick with it. While plying a hybrid on a 5 Lb line and a 12 hook a pike weighing 15.5 Lbs attacked Gary Stevens catch and he succeeded in landing the fish.They did not want the pike in their swim so they took it across to the other side of the island and released it safely in the Back River.