Fishing Report dated 8th June 2009
River levels in metres taken by Barry Crawford at the gauge upstream of village bridge.
2nd June level 2.7, Saturday 6th June 2.6, Sunday 7th June 2.56, Monday 8th June level was 2.5 metres.
Lots of good sunny days since last report.
-Norman Davies, Birmingham on River Suck 1st Junehad 30lbs hybrids using a feeder.
-Norman had 16lbs of roach and hybrid on 31st May fishing pole and maggot. 'Suck keeps getting better'
- Norman had 25lbs of roach on the Inny on 25th May with float and maggot. They were gone next day.
-John Longstaff Manchester fished River Suck on 1st June and caught roach, bream, perch and roach/bream hybrid.
-E.D.Godbold,Ipswich fished a backwater using maggot and sweetcorn to catch 106lbs of five types of fish.
-Bernard Robinson fished the Hot Water on 3/6/09 using worm/caster to catch 60lbs of tench. Some over 6lbs.
-Eamon Maher,Athlone fished Long Island on 5/6/09 trolling dead perch to catch 3 pike of 4, 6.5 and 10lbs.
Eamon also caught a perch weighing 1.25lbs. All fish returned alive.
-Three visitors De Sutepper, Croughs and Beerneart fished the Shannon on 5/06/09 using Bulldog lures and
caught 12, 6, and 9 pike respectively. Many more were missed. Fish caught were returned alive.
-Keeth Perry, Mountshannon fished Lough Derg at end of May using spent gnat to catch 5 brown trout weighing
about 2lbs each. Fish were all caught before dark.
-Tom Carty Dublin/Shannonbridge used float and worm to catch 6 perch.
-Tom Carty Jnrbeat his grandfather by catching 7 perch on float and worm
-Their friend young Sam Mc Mahon, Dublin caught 6 perch using float and worm.
The 19 perch weighed 10.5 lbs.
-Ray Walshe, Clonlyon fished Lough Ree on 3/6/09 fly fishing a spent gnat to land a 3.5lbs brown trout.
-Yesterday 46 members of the Irish Pike Anglers ran a competition in Shannonbridge.
149 pike were caught and released. Best fish 16 lbs.Best bags 30-13, 30-12,27-12 and 21-10 in lbs/ounces.
- Yesterday the Athlone Pike Anglers had a competition based at Clonmacnois 4 miles upstream.
No news of results of that match.