Shannonbridge Fishing Report 30^th July 2007.

A mixed week with rain sun cloud and mixed. Sunshine yesterday and today.

The river level has risen to 3.46 Metres on scale alongside the Shannonbridge

Bridge. Thanks to all that recorded their catches. Some people had phone cameras

and will try to share their catch with the wwww.shannon-fishery-board.ie site.

- Liam O Reilly from Foxford, Mayo fished Lough Ree from his cruiser on

24^th July using a medium size Toby lure with green markings to catch a brown

trout that weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and it tasted great he said.

- Glab Haley from Germany fished the Shannon on a warm 23^rd July and used

a spinner to catch a 90 cm. pike which he returned alive.

- Oliver Mc Kiernan from Rathcoole fished the Shannon on a windy 25^th July

and used a Voblex lure to catch a 4 lbs pike which he returned alive.

- Jim Gleeson from Birdhill, Tipperary fished on the Shannon on 25^th July.

He used worms, Mepps lures and jigs to catch 30 good perch.

- James Leaback from Southend planned to fish the Shannon on 26^th July

using worms. His catch remains T.B.A. ( still in pub ).

- Frank Flood from Dublin fished at the Marina on 27^th July for two hours.

He uses mixed maggots to catch 9 perch and 4 roach.

-Thomas Quinn from Omeath fished at Shannonbridge on a fine 27^th July

and used worms and float to catch 12 perch.

- Bob Hope from Portsmouth fished at Correen Ford on a wet and cloudy 23^rd July

and used feeder and yellow maggot for a 20 lbs mixed bag. Prebaiting required.

on the 24^th July Bob fished the Grand Canal at Belmont and used a pole with red

Maggot to catch 12 lbs mixed bag for a good day.

On 27^th July Bob Hope fished the Grand Canal near Shannonharbour on a good day

and used a feeder and red maggot to catch 15 lbs of roach and hybrids.

- Dave Gray from Portsmouth recorded fishing the canal at Belmont on 27^th July

on a sun / cloudy day. Using pole and red maggot and worm with a feeder he caught 20 lbs

of roach and hybrids. Dave found early morning and evening the best times.

- Barry Frappell from Portsmouth also fished the canal at Shannonharbour on 27^th July.

Using a feeder and red maggot Barry caught 15 lbs of roach and hybrids. All the fish

were caught on the far side next to the bushes.

- Chris Compton from Leicester fished near The Old Fort Restaurant in Shannonbridge

on 27^th July and used maggot and stick float to catch 16 lbs of roach and a 4.5 lbs pike.

- Chantelle Smith from Leicester fished alongside Chris and caught 3 lbs of bits and lots

and lots of weed.

-Kevin Boltz from Bristol used a boat to fish off the island upstream from the village bridge.

On 23^rd July using feeder and red maggot Kevin caught 20 lbs of roach. The next day from the

Same swim he caught 52 lbs of roach and hybrids up to one pound each. Bites all day.

On 27^th July Kevin fished the Grand Canal near Shannonharbour. Using worm and caster on the

pole he caught 28 lbs that included 6 tench and 6 bream. The water was coloured by the dredger

that was clearing weeds. All three days were wet. Kevin had put back his usual holiday to avoid

the warm sun of last year.

- Bob Tilley from Bristol fished on the canal on a wet 27^th July using pole sweetcorn and maggot to catch 19 lbs including 3 bream and 8 tench to 3 lbs. Bob claims that they are not the same 8 tench caught by Terry Norris. The next day Bob caught 4 tench from the same swim with the best fish weighing 4 lbs.

- Mike Gavin from Belmont went trolling a spinner on 29^th July on the Shannon and caught 2 pike to 67 cm. Returned alive.

- Molleus Kirt from Belgium fished the Shannon on a sunny 29^th July using a F-Z spinner.

He caught 5 pike which were all 30 cm. They were released alive.

- Schopf Uwe from Frankfurt fished the Shannon on a sunny 29^th July using a blinker

to catch one pike measuring 60 cm. Returned alive.

- Teenager Joshua Mulholland ( 13 ) from Dublin fished Lough Derg on an overcast28^th July and

caught a 15 lbs pike using a plug lure. The fish was returned alive.

- Fred Gledhill from Rush, County Dublin fished on the Such on a sunny 29^th July and used a feeder

with maggot and corn to catch 40 roach, hybrids and one skimmer all averaging one pound.

Next day Fred fished the same swim in the same conditions and it was dead. So he rigged up a dead bait

And in a few minutes he had hooked a 25 lbs pike approx. Fish was returned alive.