Shannonbridge Fishing Report Dated 17^th September 2007.

The River Shannon level is 2.4 Metres today on the gauge upstream from the

Village bridge. There continues to be a strong flow on the river. The weather

has been fine and dry with sunshine for the first half of September.

Surprising the number of boating holidaymakers that say they are not fishing.

Brian is there a website where people can find a record of river levels ???

I am sorry that Dave Stedford and his three friends from Sutton –in- Ash did not

record their catch weights. They hired a Silverline Cruiser as usual and when they

arrived in Shannonbridge on Saturday 8^th September they started off by feeding their

favourite swim near the mouth of the River Suck. Dave got off to a cracking start

next day catching 60 lbs of roach bream and skimmers. Next day his grandson

hooked and landed a 6 lbs bream. Dave showed him how to hold the fish for a

photograph and as he passed it back to the boy the bream leaped to safety. They

continued feeding and fishing the same swims for the week and were happy with

their catches each day. They had an advantage as John, one the party sings very like

Johnny Cash and everyone knows that bream and roach and rudd and hybrids all love

Johnny Cash.

- Ales Svozoda from Czech Republic fished on the River Shannon on 1^st September

using maggot and caught one bream and one roach. Next day he fished on the River Suck

and caught two perch, three roach and one bream.

- George Byrne from the Clontarf Pikers used a Bulldog lure on 4^th September to catch

his first River Suck pike that weighed 5 lbs on his first try.

- Dariusz Gredski from Poland recorded catching ten bream to 45 Cm. while fishing with

sweetcorn at Clondra near Lanesboro.

- Koise Werner from Germany caught four pike on the River Shannon using a blinker.

The best fish measured 75 Cm.

- R. Feyoihn from Germany also had a 75 Cm Shannon pike on 9^th September.

- Kerber Berni from Germany caught a 65 Cm Shannon pike using a blinker.

-Cliff Mynard from Halifax W. Yorkshire recorded three days catches,

Cliff fished the same swim on the River Suck using feeder caster and maggot in sunshine.

On 3^rd September he had 28 lbs of roach and hybrids. One hybrid weighed 2 lbs.

On 6^th September he caught 12 lbs of roach and hybrids and on 7^th September he caught

14 lbs of roach and skimmers.

- Baumann Reinhard fished the Shannon on 10^th September using a lure to catch two pike

measuring 70 Cm and 60 Cm.

- Dave Kemp from Bradford was over to celebrate his marriage to Pauline in Ballinasloe

thirty years ago. He also fished around - fishing the Suck, Grand Canal and the Backriver.

Using maggot and worm he caught between 11 lbs and 30.5 lbs each day over six days.

- Steve Nell from Sheffield fished the River Suck on a hot 8^th September and used maggot

and sweetcorn to catch hybrids and skimmers.

- Paul Rochford from Dun Laoghaire fished the Shannon on 15^th September using a split

pike lure to catch two pike that weighed 5 lbs and 9.5 lbs. Returned alive.

- Philip Martin from Dublin fished with Paul on the 15^th September and also used a split

lure to catch six good perch and two six pounder pike. All returned alive

- Martin Handwell from Bristol fished the Shannon near Holy Ground on 16^th September

using worm and sweetcorn to catch 10 lbs of quality roach to a pound.

- Mike Tuck from Bristol fished the same methods alongside for a similar catch.

This was the first day so we await what will come from this virgin stretch.

- Graham Ruck from Ashford Kent fished near Meelick Church on a bright and sunny

15^th September using red maggot and sweetcorn to catch 20 lbs plus of roach.

“Nice place to fish” says Graham “as there are no boats”. He must be in a backwater

as boating holidays remain very popular.