Shannonbridge Fishing Report dated 9^th July 2007

The river level at Shannonbridge is 2.57 metres on 9^th July.

Terry Dawson and some friends from Boston, England used a cruiser

for fishing last week and revisited some of the old Ballinasloe Gala stretches.

Terry told us that his father Herbie Dawson died on 27^th May 2007.May he rest in peace.

I feel that the old warrior must have been their guide as –

- Geoff Mottram, Boston had 100 lbs of bream while fishing on the Suck using worm and caster.

- Terry Dawson, Boston on 2^nd July had 50 lbs of bream and roach using worm and caster.

- Cyril Cater, Boston told us that it was wet and windy on the 2^nd but forgot to record his catch.

- Matthew Kearney, Dublin caught a 7 lbs pike at Shannonbridge on a wet 3^rd July.

- Cillian Quinlan, aged 14 years from Ennis used a lure to catch two pike at Shannonbridge

on 3^rd July weighing 2 lb and 5 lb.

- Rod Kent from Basingstoke fished Clonmacnois on a wet and windy 4^th July from 6.00 pm to 10.15pm

using a swimfeeder and two red maggot to catch 12 bream and one hybrid.

- Andy Henry, London fished the Suck on 6^th July in wind and showers using sweetcorn and maggot

to catch 25 lbs bream in early afternoon.

- Martin Regan, Harlow fished the River Suck on 6^th July in the evening and used dead bait

to catch four pike of 6 lbs plus. Great fun.

- Karl Cornnwood from Yorkshire fished the Shannon in the sun on 6^th July and used a lure

to catch one pike weighing 7 lbs in shallow water.

- Willie Fleming, Dublin fished on the River Brosna on 21^st June in bad weather and used a spinner

to catch four pike. ( 9 lb, 6.5 lb and two jacks ). Willie again fished the Brosna on 5^th July

and caught one pike of 5 lbs using a spinner.

- Mary Fleming, Lucan, Dublin fished the Brosna on 23^rd June in OK weather using a spinner

to catch two pike of 4.5 lbs and 5.5 lbs.

- Clive Barnes from Leeds fished at Correen Ford on 6^th July in showers and used dead bait to catch

one pike of 7.5 lbs. He reminded us that on a previous trip he caught a pike just one ounce short

of the 20 lbs Specimen Weight.

Clive fished on the Grand Canal on 8^th July in fine weather and used feeder and maggot to catch

12 lbs of roach and hybrids. Best hybrid was 2.5 lbs. Fishing was good in the morning.

- Alan Boreham, Loughrea, fishing on the Shannon on 7h July had a 3.5 lbs rudd using worm

and he took a picture of the fish and promised to forward it to Shannon Fishery Board.ie

- Mike Winrow, Preston fished a Backwater on a fine 8^th July and used corn/ worm/ caster to catch

38 lbs of bream and tench and hybrids. Mike lost a few tench besides. Howes That ?.

- Chris Mather from Preston also fished the Backwater on 8^th July and used the same tactics as Mike.

Cyril caught 23 lbs of bream, tench and hybrids.

East Anglicans David Saunders and Kevin Boyce fished on the Brosna and Shannon for a week.

Weather was windy and wet for five days with sunshine and dry for the last two days. They used

a feeder with caster, maggot and worm. Combined total weight was 178 lbs. They commented that

it was the worst weeks fishing in 20 years but they still enjoyed it.

- David Young, Leeds fished on the Grand Canal on 8^th July and used feeder, maggot and corn to catch

14 lbs of perch, roach and hybrid. Fished good in the morning.

- Paul Airey, Ahascragh fished at the Hot Water stretch at Shannonbridge on 7^th July and used

a feeder with a size 14 hook and single corn to catch 50 lbs + of hybrids in five hours fishing.

Yesterday Paul went pike fishing and caught just two single figure pike upstream.