Shannonbridge Fishing Report dated 7th June 2010.
Weather has been sunny and warm since last report with rain on
last Monday night and showers today.River has remained at good
summer levels and today's reading is 2.19 metres at the bridge.
>James Flynn caught two pike of 12 and 16 lbs on 23rd May.
>The Brighton Bunch fished Devenish Island using maggot and
groundbait to catch 700lbs of hybrids and roach in a week.
>Matthew Whiting Tuam fished near Hot Water on 28/May using
groundbait worm and corn on a size 6 hook catching four bream
to 7lbs and 40lbs of roach.Nothing until an hour into dark.
>Regular visitors Ivan Vandeuren and Willy Use from Belgium
were mostly pike fishing using a lakeboat for trolling.
Days catches were 25pike and 16pike. They coursed fished the
Brighton swims one day with feeder and red maggot catching
60 fish.Hybrids fed from 5.00pm.
>Norman Davies from Starlets England fished for eight days
on Inny,Meelick,Devenish and 4days on River Suck catching
bags 35lbs,2bags of 15lbs,two bags of 12lbs mostly roach.
>Mike Crompton Cheltenham recorded five catches from four
locations of 18 16 14 7 and 5lbs of roach rudd hybrids and
tench.
>Swiss angler atrickSpydier fished the Shannon on 30/5 using
a twister to catch three pike 60, 50 and 50cm.Returned alive.
>Local angler Aidan Kelly fished the Hot Water for pike
catching 4 pike weighing 12, 8, 4 and 3 lbs each.
Aidan Kelly went pike fishing on The Corrib using a dead bait
trolling deep down cathing a 28lb 10oz pike.Hoping for trout.
>Tim Collyer from Tuam fished the Hot Water on 29/5 using
maggot and worm cocktail to catch 2 bream 4/5 lbs andbits.
>Kevin Boltz Bristol fished a Backwater for three days using
maggot and worm on pole to catch 35lbs hybrids/roach on 31/5,
and 25lbs hybrids/roach and two tench over 5lbs each on
1st June.Next day he used maggot with feeder catching 30lbs of
hybrids and a 4lb tench.Bite every cast for 3hours then nothing
>Robert Tilley fished with Kevin catching 25lbs on 31/5
including 3 bream. On 2/6he caught two tench of 3.5lbs plus
hybrids roach and eels.
>Kevin Hennelly Caltra fished Derrycahill on 23/May using a
dead roach to catch a pike 19lbs 11ozs.Returned alive.
>Paul Airey Ahascragh fished the Hot Water on 7th June in rain
using maggot and float to catch rudd Roach bream and perch.
Best was a 2lbs rudd.
Footbridge taken away in the flood upstream from the bridge is
restricting access to fishing on Backwater behind the island.