Shannonbridge Fishing Report …Dated 19^th June 2006.

The weather has been generally fine and warm last week with some light rain on Saturday night and more showers on Sunday.

The river levels recorded by substitute Brad Crawford and regular taker Brian O Meara

were Monday 12^th June – 2.54 M, Tuesday – 2.52 M, Thursday – 2.46 M, Friday – 2.44M

Saturday – 2.40 M, Sunday – 2.37 M, and Monday 19^th June – 2.36 M.

Andy Clarke from Gainsborough fished a backwater on 12^th June on a mild windy day and used sweetcorn and red maggot to catch 3 tench to 5 lbs and many rudd to 1.5 lbs.

Comment “good fun, more to come”.

On 14^th June Andy Clarke again fished the backwater on a mild day using worm and sweetcorn on the float. He landed one tench but lost eight more in the weeds. So when he finished Andy worked on clearing the swim of some weed.

Next day Andy used worm and sweetcorn on a 12 hook size and a float. He had a great day and was very happy to catch 8 tench to 5.5 lbs and lots of rudd and small bream.

Allen Harrison and Joan Foster from Golborne, Cheshire fished on the Grand Canal at Rahan on 11^th June in sunshine and wind using red maggot for a 20 lbs catch of roach, rudd and skimmers, which was an improvement on last year.

On June 13^th Joan and Allen fished below the point of the Brosna mouth in sunshine and used red maggot and caster to catch 35 lbs of roach, hybrid and skimmers which was their best catch for years from this swim.

On 14^th June they fished the morning in cloud and wind near the canal lock above Shannonharbour and used red maggot to catch one large bream and a few small fish.

In the afternoon they fished the Grand Canal at Ferbane and used red maggot and caster for a good afternoon’s fishing catching 50 assorted fish in a short session.

On 15^th June they visited Derrycahill to fish the River Suck. They tried everything and caught about 15 small fish which was their worst catch from this stretch in 15 years. Graham Ruck and Malcolm Swift from Sussex fished on the Grand Canal at Rahan on 15^th June in cloudy and sunny conditions and used maggot and caster with float and feeder to catch 12 fish of various species. Disappointed the fish were not awaiting.

David Feeley and 11 year old Kathleen Feeley from Bedfordshire fished Holywell on June 18^th in rain and strong winds. They used treble red maggot on a hook size 14 to catch 30 lbs of rudd varying between 6 oz and 1.5 lbs. Comment – fish a cast up until 2.00 pm, all taken on the drop.

Our website www.shannonbridge.net are hoping to add picture galleries that will let our viewers see catches, people, views of the rivers Shannon, Suck, Brosna and Blackwater, The Grand Canal and stocked bog lakes that anglers might fish. Approaches have been made for grants for this purpose and other items of interest in the area.

Anglers will be saddened to hear that the higher river levels in May drowned the first brood of about 14 families of the Corncrake birds that nest in the callow land between Athlone and Meelick. There is hope because they normally have two or three broods.