Shannonbridge Fishery Report dated 8^th May 2006.

On the 4^th May Max Hofmann from Cologne fished on the River Shannon for pike using a blinker and was very happy to catch six pike. The largest measured 88 Cm.

Trevor Griffith and Steve Griffith fished Peter Howes’ favourite backwater on the 2^nd 3^rd and 4^th May in windy conditions and used red maggot on size 14 hooks with a waggler. They also fished with a pole. Trevor had two bream weighing 3.5 Lbs each and 20 Lbs of skimmers on the first day. Next day he caught 40 Lbs of skimmers. On the third day he caught 65 Lbs of tench to 5 Lb and skimmers. No pike attacked over the three days.

On Steve’s first day he caught he caught 100 Lbs of tench to 5 Lb and bream to 4.5 Lbs. The next day Steve caught 50 Lbs of tench and skimmers and on the third day he caught 30 Lbs of tench and skimmers. They found the best fishing was in the afternoon and were surprised to have no pike attacks.

John Phillips and Simon Preece from Wales are here for two weeks mixed fishing. Last year they caught 64 pike during their holiday. This year they fished Correen Ford on 5^th May in very windy conditions and caught roach, bream and hybrids and also had many pike attacks. They set up pike rods and caught six pike to 9 Lbs. Yesterday they fished Devenish Island for pike using dead bait. Simon had two pike that weighed 6 Lb and 7 Lb each while John Phillips had a good fight with a pike that weighed 17.5 Lbs and measured 94 Cm. The pike won the battle as it bit John on the hand. The weather was windy but fine.

A trio from York – Stuart Barr, Terry Elsey and Tony Ross fished from 29^th April to the 6^th May on the Rivers Shannon, Suck and Brosna. They used red maggot and sweetcorn with stick float, pole and ledger to catch a total weight of 800 Lbs. Their best bag weighed 38 Lbs and they caught roach to 2.5 Lb, bream to 3 Lb and Hybrids to 1.5 Lbs.

They endured gale force winds and heavy rain showers and they plan to return again.

Paul Airem from Ahascragh fished on the River Suck on the 1^st May and caught three pike each over 15 Lbs weight while using dead bait. He also caught some bream on the feeder and had roach while pole fishing. Not a bad day’s work

Sven Fah from Germany is on a cruising holiday. Yesterday while fishing with a lure he caught a pike that measured 90 Cm which he returned alive.

The river level has risen slightly after some heavy rain last week but has been steady at 2.8 Metres on the scale at Shannonbridge. Winds have eased today with some light showers. Forecast is good until next Sunday. Temperature 133 C / 55F.

Anglers visiting the area are requested to record their catch and fishing methods and comments in the Anglers Log Book held in Killeens Bar so as to help compile this report.

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