Shannonbridge Fishing Report dated 19^th June 2005

The past week has brought fine weather and warmer days with some hot days

And others overcast. Some anglers had difficulty with the bright days and others

caught fish. The river level has dropped about twenty inches in a week and some think that this has had an effect on fish feeding. The temperature in still water off the flow rose from 14C at the beginning of the week to 20C on June 18^th.

Regular visitors Tony Allen and Tony Williams from Stockbridge fished the area for two weeks and were disappointed with their fishing. They fished on the Rivers Suck, Shannon and Brosna and some backwaters and the Relief channel at Meelick. They recorded some mixed bags weighing 15 Lb from a number of swims and they caught four tench to 5.5 Lb at Clonfert with some roach and hybrid.

Steve Fletcher from North Wales fished the area from 11^th to the 18^th June and had 10 Lb of rudd, roach, and perch from Clonfert on is first day using maggot worm and caster. Steve and his pal Andy Bullock used a boat and engine and a fish finder from their guesthouse Rachra House. The next day they fished Shannonharbour and Steve caught 20 Lbs mixed bag while Andy caught a few pound more. Steve blanked on the Finnamore Lake on June 13^th.He fished the bay at the tip of Long Island upstream from the village on June 14^th and caught 40 Lbs of excellent roach and hybrid from an anchored boat. Next day Steve fished Clonfert and caught 35 Lb of rudd, roach and hybrid and had lots of pike snatches. They located a number of shoals of fish but found that many of them were not interested in feeding.

Newly wed Fred Flannery from Ballinasloe caught a 15.5 Lb pike while fishing on the River Suck using dead bait which he took a picture of and returned the pike alive.

Richard Reeves is a regular visitor from Cane and he has fished his first three days at Meelick and caught mainly small fish that weighed 20 Lb, 17 Lb and 5 Lb. Richard believes that the water is too clear and the sunshine is not helping matters.

Dave Kemp from Bradford and Frank Short from Sheffield have been fishing the River Suck and Shannon and had a number of bags of roach and hybrid weighing about twenty pounds each with best bags of 25 Lb and 22 Lb. using feeder and maggot.

Russell Hinchcliffe from Northwick has just arrived and on his first day 19^th June he fished on the River Suck in warm conditions using red maggot and feeder and caught 20 Lb of a mixed bag. In the evening he fished the Hot Water Outlet and caught three tench that weighed 6 Lb, 5.5 Lb and 4 Lb.

Two regular visitors arrived on Saturday and they intend to do most of their fishing at night. I am looking forward to what they report next week..