Shannonbridge Fishing Report dated 10th August '10
Weather has been generally fine of late with the occassional drop of rain.Overcast
and late evening fishing is favoured.Prebaiting and preparing and fishing the same
swim is recommended.\\\\\\\\\\\\river levels remain at low summer levels and this has resulted in lots of light weed appearing in the rivers and canals.
A visitor from the Barrow told me his friend had caught a salmon on the barrow on
two successive days which he returned alive as stocks are being built up.
Local Gillie Aidan Kelly has recorded some of his recent catches.
>On 27th July Aidan caught 10 roach and one skimmer in two hours using red maggot.
>On 3rd August Aidan had 120 fish 7 bream to 2lbs,10 hybrids to 2lbs,30/40 rudd
and even more roach to 1lb and a 2lb pike on red maggot.Overcast dull day was good.
>On 9th August Aidan again fished for two hours on Shannon catching 3 bream to over 2lb
and twelve roach using red maggot.
>.Nick Price from Gort fished Shannon on 23/7 using worm/sweetcorn to catch 40lbs bream
and tench.All the fish fancied worm.
> Photo of Ryan and Aaron Mills from Clonfert showing their 3.65lbs perch 18 inches long
caught at at Shannonbridge on 26/7.
>Matthew Fleming Clara fished Shannon on 1/8 using a bronze and silver lure to catch
15 pike to 4lbs.Lots of Jack Pike.
>Chris Chambers Surrey fished Shannon on 26/7 using red maggot and sweetcorn to catch
3 hybrids and 12 qualith roach.
On 1/8 Chris again fished the Shannon using worm tipped with sweetcorn to catch 5 perch,
2 true bream,3 roach and 3 hybrids.
>Eddy Mullally Ballinasloe fished the Suck on 1/8 using dead bait to catch 2 pike
5.5lbs and 7lbs and 6 perch to 1lb.
>Andy Barton Birmingham fished Shannon on 1/8 using feeder and maggot catching 5lbs roach.
>Trevor Wilkes Taughmaconnell fished Suck on 30/7 with worms and caught two pike
weighing 5lbs and 10lbs.
>Lorcan Grooters Holland fished Lough Ree using a rubber lure to catch a 60cm pike.
>James Kearney Athlone fly fished Cloghan Lake catching 9 trout to 2lbs.All returned.
>Peter Attridge (9) Mallow first time fishing on 2/8 used a spinner on Shannon
to catch 2 perch and one pike measuring 16 inches long.
>Trevor Wykes Ballinasloe fished Shannon on 2/8 using maggot/worm to catch 6lbs roach.
>Young Mark Hughes Sligo fished Shannon on 8/8 using worm to catch 25 perch.
>Young Tiernan O Connell Athlone fished with Mark Hughes using worm to catch one perch.
Mark commented that he had a very good day while Tiernan reckoned it was an OK Day.
>Jeffrey Murray,(14) Cloghan fished Shannon on 9/8 using worms to catch 2 bream to 2.5lbs
and four perch.