Monday, June 25, 2007

Shannonbridge Fishing Report Dated 25th June 2007.

Rain in recent times has added some 5 inches to the river level.

Richard Reeves tells us that the large rock at the Hot Water outlet

Now has about two inches showing.

- Mick Daulman of YTE anglers in Walsall fished the village marina

on 21st June in the rain and used red maggot and feeder to catch 25 lbs

of roach and hybrid.

- Mick Bradley from YTE anglers fished the Marina on the same day

and used red maggot and a pole to catch roach and perch for 20 lbs.

Mick Bradley assisted in rescuing a visitor from the river who had fallen

in accidentally. His total catch recorded was 20 lbs of fish and one German

weighing some 16 Stone.

- John Dear fished the canal at Ferbane on 23rd June in bad weather and used

a pole and red maggots to catch bream and roach. Early and late best he reckons.

- Kevin Peacock fished Mickie’s Backwater on 23rd June in the rain and used red

maggot and the waggler to catch roach, rudd and pike. Noticed many pike about.

- David Mills from Tullamore fished at Victoria Lock on 22nd June in fair weather

and used worms to catch two tench of 3 lb and 5 lb. Caught late at night.

- Mrs Mills also fished at Victoria using worms and had two good perch

of 2 lb and 2.5 lb. Caught between 6.00 and 7.00 pm.

- Andy Henry from North London fished on the River Suck on 24th June

in the rain and used maggot and sweetcorn to catch six bream to 2 lb each

and a dozen good hybrids in the late evening.

Martin Ritzgan from Harlow trolled on the Suck and Shannon on an overcast

25th June using plugs and spoon bait to catch 13 pike to 8 lbs. Fished all day

and had many baby pike. All returned alive.

- Sid Farmiloe from London fished the Shannon on a rainy 17th June and used

plugs to catch five pike of 6 lbs plus in the early evening.

- Brockmann Sozen from Wupperdal, Germany fished the Shannon on a sunny

24th June using a wobbler to catch a 24” pike which was a first pike for the 14 year old.

- Richard Reeves from Calne, Wiltshire fished the Hot Water stretch on 20th June

and used red maggot and feeder with hook size 14. on a wet and windy day.

His catch was 20 lbs of roach to 12 Oz and hybrids to 2 lbs.

-Next day Richard again fished the Hot Water stretch and had 21 lbs of roach

to a pound and hybrids to 1.5 lbs.

- On 22nd June Richard visited Correen Ford on the Suck and used maggot and

caster with a feeder and hook size 16. He caught 8 lb of roach to 12 Oz and

two tench that weighed 3.5 lbs and 5 lbs. His comment goes like this –

Oh Lord, grant that I may catch a fish so large,

That even I when speaking of it afterwards

Will have no cause to lie.

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