Shannonbridge Fishing Report. Dated 23^rd May 2005.

The Hot Water from the power plant was not flowing for a few days last week but is now flowing once more Many of the visiting coarse anglers were expecting instant results and were not giving the fish enough time to find their groundbait..

Simon Preece and John Phillips from South Wales completed their holiday during which they mostly fished for pike. For thirteen days they caught a total of 39 Pike and nine of these were in double figures and all returned alive. They used dead bait to catch these pike and fished Devenish Island on the River Shannon, Correen Ford on the River Suck and at Correen Ford on the River Suck. On 15^th May they used maggot and worm on the pole and had 25 Lbs of bream.

Radoslals Podgorsui from Poland used a lure on the River Shannon to catch his first pike in his life that measured 73 Cm.

Steve Blatch and Paul Doughry from South Lincs fished the River Suck at Correen on the 15^th May and Steve had 12 Lbs of roach and one bream using hemp and worm while Paul had 8 Lbs of roach and one bream. Hard work was their summing up.

Herrbon Naign from Austria fished the River Suck on the 16^th May and caught a pike that weighed 24 Lbs and measured 111 Cm. while using dead bait.

Lock Groenwood from Amsterdam also used dead bait while fishing the River Suck to catch a pike that measured 104 Cm.

His friend Johan Bos also from Amsterdam also used dead bait while fishing the River Suck at Shannonbridge and caught three pike that measured 95 Cm. 85 Cm. and 65 Cm.

Young David Lennon fished the River Shannon on 17^th May and caught a 5 Lb pike when using a spinner which he described as “easy”.

Martin Ousterbaan and Noud Dirks from the Netherlands fished the River Suck at Shannonbridge in windy conditions. Martin caught a Tench that measured 54 Cm and Noud used a dead roach to catch a pike that measured 118 Cm which was over the Irish Specimen weight of 20 Lbs.

Shirley Barker from Lincolnshire fished on the River Shannon using a lure and dead bait to catch five pike. The best weighed over seven pounds.