Shannonbridge Fishing Report … Dated 12^th June 2006.

The weather was fine and sunny all week with a bit of a breeze Saturday and Sunday instead of the thunder showers forecast. The river level has continued to fall about four inches per day. On Tuesday it was 3.16Metres, Wednesday 3.1M, Thursday 3.0M, Friday 2.9M, Saturday 2.75Metres. My source Brian has gone away on his barge for a week but the level continues to drop.

Lesley Howard from Belmont fished near the Hot Water on 5^th June and caught two medium pike using mackerel bait.

Fred Flannery from Ballinasloe fished on the River Suck on 6^th June in warm weather and caught a pike over 10 lbs while using a dead roach as bait. Fred reported catching a 22 lbs pike while fishing the River Suck using a dead perch on 28^th May on a cloudy day.

Garry Moreland from Antrim went pike fishing on the River Shannon near the power plant on 5 to 7^th June. On the 5^th he used a smelt to catch a 14 lbs pike at 9pm. Next day Garry caught a 10.5 lbs pike at 8.00 am when fishing with a dead trout. On his last day he used a dead perch and hooked a 17 lbs pike at 7.00 am. Warm weather throughout.

Italian tackle dealer Foroni Luga fished on the River Shannon on 7^th June in warm weather and used a Martin lure to spin for pike. Hr caught two pike 80Cm and 90 Cm. Comment “fantastic Ireland”.

Bill Reeves from Bath fished the Grand Canal at Belmont on 6^th June at Belmont and used red maggot and caster to catch 20 lbs of tench. Best 5 lb.

Bill Reeves fished Belmont on 7^th June in the heat and caught two tench and two big eels to 4 lbs.

Mary Reeves fished the canal at Belmont on 7^th June and also used red maggot and caster to catch tench, eel, rudd and roach.

Malcolm Bailey and Gerry Wheeler from Maidenhead finished a week fishing the River Suck, Shannon and Grand Canal in hot weather and used red maggot and worm on the feeder with hook size 16.Best bags were 50 lbs of roach on the River Suck, 30 lbs of tench on the River Shannon and 40 lbs of roach from the canal. The best tench was 6 lbs 1 Ounce; roach to 1.5 lbs. Fishing was very good when river level dropped. They witnessed a Fairy Wind at work while fishing on the canal on 5^th June at 2.00 pm. The weather was dead calm and hot when a whirlwind lifted Malcolm’s Landing Net and Keep net and threw them into the canal. A minute later all was calm again. Now they believe in the power of the Fairies.

Terry Norris from Bathampton fished alongside The Reeves on the canal on 7^th June and used maggot to catch tench and one bream of 5 lbs along with plenty of small fish.

Aine Connaughton, aged 6, from Ballydangan fished for the first time ever on 10^th June. On a hot and breezy day Aine used worm and float to catch 3 perch which she returned alive. The wind caused her to lose her coat in the River Shannon at Shannonbridge.

Andy Clarke from Gainsborough arrived in Shannonbridge on Saturday night. On Sunday he went to prebait his favourite swim. While there he used a spinner to catch a 12 lbs pike. Then he used maggot to catch half a dozen rudd to a pound. Watch this space.

Newly arrived regular visitors Graham Ruck from West Sussex and Murry Swift from Kent on Sunday visited Devenish and Correen Ford but were bothered with the windy breeze. They found a sheltered place on the canal and enjoyed a nice days fishing, catching 6 tench, rudd, roach and bream. Guess where they are fishing on Monday? The same swims of course.