Shannonbridge Fishery Report…dated 3^rd May 2006.

Peter Bucher from Hull fished Meelick on 23 rd April in sunshine trolling dead bait and caught and released nine pike in double figures. The best one weighed 21.9 Lb.

Sean Burke from York on 24^th April fished at Shannonharbour in sunshine and used a size 14 hook loaded with red maggot to catch a 45 Lb bag of roach.

Jon Barnes from York also used red maggot on a stick float when fishing the mouth of the River Brosna to catch 28 Lbs of roach and hybrids.

Uwe Bergmann from Frankfurt used a blinker on the River Shannon to catch a pike of 3.5 Kg that measured 75 Cm.Comment was good fish and soup.

Pat (Doody) Dunne from Balldon fished the River Brosna on 25^th April and on a fine day he used red maggot on a size 16 hook to catch 19 Lb of roach and perch. The next day he fished the same swim and caught 16 Lb of roach, perch and bream on a size 18 hook.

Roy Bolton from Yeadon fished the Brosna on the 26^th April and used maggot and caster to catch 15 Lbs of roach and perch.

Dave Kemp from Bradford fished the River Suck on the 27^th April in fine weather and used maggot, corn and worm with a feeder to catch 28 Lb of skimmers, hybrids and roach. The next day he set up a pike rod and had two pike that each weighed eleven pounds. He also had 17 Lb of roach and skimmers.

Steve Nell from Sheffield fished alongside Dave on April 28^th and used a feeder with maggot and corn to catch 12 Lb of hybrid and roach.

Daz Victory from Bury fished the Brosna in sunshine on April 29^th and used red maggot to catch a 20 Lb mixed bag of fish. On April 30^th he fished the Shannon using maggot and caster on a 16 hook to catch 16 Lb of roach. Daz noted that pike were showing.

Cliff Mynard from Halifax is back in Shannonbridge. On 29^th April he fished the Brosna in sunshine and used red maggot and feeder to land 25 Lb of roach and hybrid. On April 30^th Cliff fished the River Suck on a rainy day and used red maggot and feeder to catch 15 Lbs of roach. The next day he again fished the Brosna but only caught 8 Lbs of roach using a feeder.

Phil Ashton from Oldham fished the Brosna on 29^th April and caught an 18 Lbs mixed bag using caster. The next two days Phil tried fishing on the Shannon. He fished with a pole to catch mixed bags weighing 8 Lbs and 11 Lbs. He commented that he was plagued with pike.

Steve Griffith fished the River Suck on the 28^th April on a fine and windy day and used feeder, maggot and sweetcorn to catch 30 Lbs of good roach, the best weighing 2 Lbs. Steve also caught three pike that weighed 10 Lbs each. Tacun Griffiths fished alongside Steve and used the same methods to catch a net of 25 Lbs that included roach to a pound and one bream.

John Baylis from Banbury fished the Brosna on April 29^th in sunshine and used maggot and ledger to catch 35 Lbs of roach. The next day John fished the Suck on an overcast windy day and used float waggler and ledger with red maggot and corn to catch 12 Lbs of roach and bream. The bream were caught when using corn. He was plagued with pike attacks. His brother Michael also fished the Suck on 1^st May and caught 16 Lbs of roach and skimmers.

Mick Wykes from Bury fished the Shannon in the wind on April 30^th and used maggot and caster to catch 18 Lbs of roach. The next day he again fished Devenish and had 20 Lbs of fish, mainly roach. Mick also complained of too many pike attacks.

The river level settled down and is 2.58 Metres today. The Suck and Shannon are flowing slower than a week ago. Some heavy rain fell in the past few days and the level is up slightly today.