Shannonbridge Fishing Report Dated 9^th June 2008

The level of the river at Shannonbridge was 2.2 metres on Friday and this evening.

Allen Harrison and Joan Foster have been fishing the Grand Canal at Pullagh for three days.

They told me that the weed cutting machine has now gone past Pullagh. Brad Crawford and I found the canal upstream of Clononey Bridge very weedy on Friday when looking around. The banks of the River Brosna upstream of bridge at Clononey have a mass of bushes growing on both banks. This was a very popular stretch used for brown trout fishing some years ago. A welcome service of boat trips running three times daily between Shannonbridge and Clonmacnois on Saturdays and Sundays might interest anglers having a look at the river before deciding where to fish. Service operated by Silverline Cruisers with their 50 seater River Queen.

-Steve Jenkins fished on the Shannon on pegs that had been fished every day the previous week by his mates from Sussex. Steve from Uckfield only recorded his first day’s catch on 3^rd June. Using maggot feeder he caught 19 lbs of hybrids in 3 hours in the early morning and from 9 to 10 that night he caught 9 lbs in an hour. His friends phoned him the information while he was on the ferry. What mobile phones are for, not to mention friends?

-Ivan Vandeuren from Belgium fished the Shannon on 3^rd June in good weather trolling dead bait and caught 3 pike weighing about 9 lbs each, and one brown trout of 0.5 lbs.

- His friend Etreme Goemere from Belgium fished alongside and used a rubber fish lure to catch 3 pike weighing 11, 10 and 10 lbs.

- On 4^th June the Belgians finished their holiday at the mouth of the River Brosna. On a wet and cloudy day Ivan used maggot and caster to catch 4 lbs of perch and one small trout. Etreme fished with red maggot and caught 7 lbs of perch, hybrid roach and one trout.

- Dietmar Girams from Germany fished the Shannon on a sunny 4^th June and commented very good but put down no catch record.

- Darren Cripps from London fished the Shannon on a sunny 5^th June using maggot bread sweetcorn ground-bait hemp and worms to catch perch and roach. Fish were spoiled for choice.

- Tony Murphy from Ballinasloe recorded fishing recorded a good day’s catch of perch bream and hybrids while fishing the Hot Water on 27^th May.

- Barry Crawford from Bromsgrove fished at Devenish on 2^nd June in sunshine using sweetcorn and hairres to catch roach to 1.5 lbs.

- Daniel Deschl from Germany fished the Shannon on a sunny 3^rd June using dead bait to catch his first fish in Ireland – two pike 75 cm and 65 cm.

- Wolfgang Lirch from Germany caught his first pike on the Shannon on a sunny 3^rd June using a wobbler. Two pike measuring 50 cm and 43 cm.

Jurgen Appel from Germany fished the Shannon on a sunny 4^th June using dead bait to catch a pike of 72 cm.

- Christian Hogel fished the Shannon on a sunny 3^rd June using a Mepps lure to catch a pike of 48 cm.

- Walter Ecker from Germany fished the Shannon on 5^th June in sunshine using dead bait to catch two pike measuring 72 and 60 cm.

Airel Dorstewite from Germany fished the Shannon on 5^th June using dead bait to land his first big fish – a pike measuring 80 cm.

- Bob Cronin from Suffolk fished the Shannon on 6^th June using a spinner and caught one pike of 2.5 lbs

Great day / poor fishing commented Bob.

- Cyril Cronin from Blythburgh fished the Brosna on a fine 6^th June using a Rapala trout lure to catch a pike of 1.75 lbs.

- Pat Dorrego from Harrow London also fished the Brosna on 6^th June using a plug bait to catch one pike of 40 cm. Lucky Day was his comment.

- Gerry Malcolm from Maidenhead fished the Suck and Shannon on a sunny 7^th June using maggot and worm t catch tench hybrids and a small pike. Good fishing all round says Gerry.

- Kevin Edwards from Walsall fished the Hot Water on a sunny 7^th June using float and maggot to catch 52 lbs of tench and roach. Tench to 5 lbs and roach to 1 lb.

- Mark Edwards also fished the Hot Water on 7^th June using float and maggot to catch 17 lbs of roach and hybrid and one tench.

- Sandra Firmstone from Walsall fished alongside the Edwards and used pole and maggot to catch a mixed bag of 90 fish that weighed 15 lbs. It was only Sandra’s third time ever fishing. Good girl.

- Allen Harrison and Joan Foster from Golborne fished the Grand Canal at Ferbane on a sunny / cloudy 8^th June using maggot and float to catch 60 fish variety of species.

- Young Thomas Carty from Dublin fished on the Shannon on a sunny 9^th June using a maggot and worm cocktail to catch a fine perch of 2 lbs which he returned alive.