Shannonbridge Fishing Report Dated 16^th June 2008

The river level at Shannonbridge is 2.14 metres on 16^th June. The weather last week was generally good with rain on one day. The catch of the week was a 10 lbs 5 oz brown trout caught by Dave Kemp while coarse fishing. Some canal anglers tell us that the weed cutting machine on the Grand Canal is now gone past Pullagh and heading for Shannonharbour.

The bright sunshine is affecting fishing and the early and late approach is working well.

-Sven Deschepper from Belgium fished the Suck on a sunny 10^th June and used Flying ‘C’ lures to catch 9 pike to 78 cm. Eight were returned alive. The day before he fished the Shannon and had two pike to 65cm also on Flying ‘C’s.

- Benny Beermont from Belgium fished the Suck on the 10^th June using Flying ‘C’ lures to catch two pike. Best was 67 cm. Benny fished the Shannon on the 9^th June and caught 5 pike to 68cm using Flying ‘C’s.

- Mark Edwards from Walsall and Spain fished the Hot Water at Lanesboro on a sunny 9^th June using worm and red maggots to catch 155 lbs of bream and hybrids. On 11^th June Mark fished the Shannonbridge Hot Water stretch in slight rain and overcast conditions using red maggot to catch a 20 lbs mixed bag that included two tench.

- Bill Clark from Essex fished the Shannon in fair weather on 12^th June using blue coloured plug bait to catch a 4 lb pike and a 1 lb perch.

- John Dix from Essex on the same day on the Shannon used maggot to catch 10 lbs mixed bag.

- Kevin Doorss from Essex used lures on the Shannon on 12^th June to catch two pike of 3 lbs each

- Heibert Hafelo from Switzerland fished the Shannon on 12^th June catching a 59cm pike while using a spinner.

- Paul Cox from Slough fished on the Brosna near Belmont on 10^th June in fair weather using worm to catch 15 perch for 10 lbs. Best perch weighed 1.75 lbs.

- Peter Holmes and Roger Capon from Cambridge fished at Shannonbridge on 11^th June using maggots to catch a good bag of roach, bream and hybrids. Best fish weighed 3 lbs.

-Darren Finn fished at the local Hot Water on a warm 12^th June and used spinners to catch two pike of 2to 3 lbs weight and six perch – the biggest weighing 1 lb. He missed a bigger pike.

- Darren’s pal, Lorcan Walshe from Belmont was also spinning and foul hooked a 6 lb bream in the tail. Eventually he landed it and released it back safely.

-Steve and Harry Johnson from Yorkshire fished at the Hot Water on 13^th June using sweetcorn catching over 100 lbs of mainly large tench.

- Young 12 year old Thomas Carty from Dublin took his grandfather also Thomas Carty fishing at the Hot Water on a sunny 13^th June. Both used float and worm. Young Thomas caught seven perch and his grandfather caught seven perch and a small trout.

- Joan Foster and Allen Harrison fished on the Grand Canal west of Pullagh on a sunny / overcast 13^th June using left over maggot and caster to catch 30 plus roach to 8 ounces , plus bream and hybrids. Very slow to start but improved over the day.

- Steve Nell from Sheffield fished the Grand Canal on a fine 12^th June and used corn and a pole to catch 5 tench and lots of bits.

-Dave Kemp from Bradford coarse fished on the Suck at the boathouse on a fine 13^th June. While reeling in a decent sized skimmer it was attacked and Dave landed the attacker – a whopping 10 – 5 lbs brown trout.

The trout was released back alive. ‘Nice change’ was Dave’s comment.

- Barry from Manchester fished from his cruiser near Portumna on a cloudy 11^th June using a Bronze Dagger lure to catch 7 pike, best one weighed 14 lbs.

- Stephen O Meara from Maynooth fished the Hot Water at Shannonbridge on a cloudy 15^th June using feeder and maggot and corn to catch 30 fish – bream, hybrids and two x 5 lbs tench. Fish biting all day. Good fishing.

- Marorali Arliadfull from Galway fished the Shannon on a dull 16^th June using a spinner to catch a pike measuring 95 cm.

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