Dated
Wednesday August 8th, 2007
Photo: Nigel Barnes from Preston with a
nice Bream catch, photo courtesy of Melview Lodge, Longford.
BREAM SHOWING AGAIN IN NUMBERS
AS WATER LEVELS GRADUALLY RECOVER FROM SEVERE FLOODING
Coarse angling has stepped up a gear as water levels
slowly recover from the bad flood conditions of previous weeks,
although there was a slight rise again following some heavy rain
over the bank holiday weekend. Drumbad Lake in the Upper
Shannon was a hotspot with quality Tench reported. Lough Allen is
still in the angling news with good weights coming off Heron's and
Barney's shores in the local competitions. The Bream fishing has
really improved in the last ten days on the Strokestown and north
Longford lakes with some of the catches reaching 100lbs. Some good
Bream catches were reported in the Suck Valley, despite the very
high water. The mid Shannon around Banagher has fished well, also
Rogers island at Portumna is throwing up good weights. The Lough
Derg island swims around Killaloe are starting to fish again and
worth a try. Login to our next report which will not be until the
end of August due to holidays. Meanwhile happy angling and TIGHT LINES!
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BIRD
WATCH IRELAND - ANGLERS PLEASE BE AWARE
Farmers of the Shannon Callows in conjunction with
the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and BirdWatch Ireland are
appealing to fishermen to only use surfaced tracks to gain vehicle
access to the waters edge when fishing the river along the Shannon
Callows (meadows in the immediate vicinity of the River Shannon from
Athlone to Portumna.)
UPPER SHANNON
ShRFB reports for Lanesboro
No anglers about other than transient boat traffic - little
to report, water levels are still high.
Mark Smith from Maynooth reports on his recent trip to
Drumbad Lake
" I camped on this lake for two nights, what a great venue.
I had 15 Tench all between 3lbs and 5lbs and one nice Bream of
6lbs, all in the first night and morning. My friend got 8
Tench and a load of Rudd. He stopped counting the Rudd after
his twentieth fish. The next night I had 10 Tench, the
heaviest weighing in just under 7lbs. My friend had four
more Tench and had over 50lbs of mainly Rudd. The successful
method was ledgering at thirty to forty metres, using three
or four red maggots as bait. If you are in the area make
sure to fish it.
Brian Bohan
CHAFLYNNS COTTAGE & GUIDING SERVICE MOHILL reports on angling in the upper
Shannon region around MOHILL and
CARRICK ON SHANNON
After some heavy pre-baiting, Lough Mc Hugh has started to fish okay with good
bags of Roach and Hybrids and some skimmer Bream. Mick and Terry from
Youghal County Cork fished it for 4 days straight, no Tench.
Only the 2 stands to the far left are fishable due to heavy weed growth. Some
Dublin anglers have fished it over last weekend through the night ,They had 4-5
Tench , hybrids and Roach.
Photo: Pat and Pete had a nice bag of Roach
and hybrids.
Photo:
Conor Mc Grath fished Black lake and had some nice Bream and
Tench in a late evening session.
Lough Rynn is still very high on the sheep walk. I fished
Clonbonny one of the evenings last week and had some nice Roach
and hybrids and three Tench.
Barneys shore and Heron's shore on Lough Allen are producing some good weights on
match days and for the pleasure anglers.
The Sluice gates on Lough Allen produced some 60-120lb bags of Bream for
visiting English anglers when the water is high.
Upper Shannon Results
Wednesday 25/07/2007 venue Kiltybarden
1st R. Lightbourne 20.06
2nd C. Allen 12.08
3rd T. Allen 11.11
Thursday 26/07/2007 venue lock 16
1st: R. Lightbourne 3.14
2nd: C Liffyboy 3.11
3rd B. Jennings 3.06
Sunday 29/07/20007 venue Heron's shore
1st: T. Allen 44.05
2nd: A. Turton 22.08
3rd: D . Oddy 13.12
Wednesday 01/08/2007 venue Heron's shore
1st: T. Allen 31.08
2nd: B. Swift 19.08
3rd C. West 15.08
Thursday 02/08/2007 lock 16
1st: R. Carpenter 5.08
2nd: A. Foster 4.02
3rd: C. Liffyboy 3.08
Sunday 05/08/207 Heron's shore Lough Allen
1st: C. West 20.08
2nd: R. Lightbourne 18.00
3rd: D. Oddy 16.00
Next match Wednesday on Garadice, then Thursday evening Barnies shore Lough
Allen.
Kevin Lyons, MELVIEW
LODGE GUESTHOUSE, Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Co
Longford Tel : 003534345061 Mob: Email:
info@melviewlodge.com Web:
http://www.melviewlodge.com covering fisheries
in the
LONGFORD AREA and the
STROKESTOWN LAKES
Photo: Stan from the West Midlands with
some good Bream
The Bream fishing has really improved in the last
ten days with some of the catches over the 100lbs. In some lakes
the water has started to return to more normal levels. However
some lakes in and around the Strokestown area are still high and
waiting to recover from the floods. Lakes around the north Longford areas have
been producing some good fish. Pre-baiting every evening has
proved to play a major part in the size of the catches and mix of
species. On our next report which will be the end of August there
will be pictures of some big Bream catches from guests of Melview
Lodge in Longford.
Photo: Richard from the West Midlands in
the UK with some fine Bream.
Richard and Stan from the West Midlands who were
on a return trip produced some good nets of fish. Kevin commented
that they stuck to just two venues all week. Each evening they
pre-baited before leaving and it paid off for them with some great
catches of Bream and some big Roach ( well done lads ).
Nigel Barns from Preston repeated his catches of 2006 with some
cracking nets of Bream, Hybrids and Roach. Nigel who last year had
good catches of big Tench to 6lbs and Rudd to 3lb-4oz was unable
to fish his favourite lake due to flooding. Kevin stated that some
of the venues need pre-baiting a few times before attracting the
better fish, it's worth the effort though! More Bream pictures
from Nigel in our next report.
MID SHANNON AREA
The ShRFB reports for Ray Duthie Old Forge Banagher, Bait
Stockist, Tackle and
ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER
Tel: 057 9151504.
BANAGHER area this
week.
Fishing is good in the mid Shannon, although angling numbers are
low. Meelick match stretch is producing skimmer Bream, adult Bream,
Roach and hybrids. The Banagher town stretch is fishing but river
flows are very fast due to the high water. The grand canal at
Ferbane, Pollough and Rahan. Tench catches are better than last year
on the canal. The Sheebeen and Salmon run are also fishing well as
is the Rogers Island at Portumna.
ShRFB reports for the
RIVER SUCK VALLEY - Mid River Suck
The river was starting to recover well but the heavy weekend rain
brought levels back up again and is presently very high. However,
water levels have receded enough to allow fishing from the stands
on the fisheries which were recently submerged. Coarse angling on most
of the lakes other than Stoneham's are producing fish. An English
visitor had some great Bream catches in the area. A three day
competition was fished at Donamon and Glinsk,
over the holiday weekend - Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 14 - 16
anglers took part each day. The Saturday event was won by Rory Dunne from
Roscommon. He had 6kgs 700g. His brother Shane was 2nd with only a
few grams less in weight. Third place was Bob Gilbraith, Co
Roscommon. On Sunday the winner was Bill Cassidy, he had 16.5kg,
lots of nice skimmer Bream in the catch. Rory Dunne was second with
7.5kg. 3rd: Shane Dunne. On Monday the winner was Shane Dunne with
7kgs. Rory Dunne was 2nd with 4kg. Third was Bill Cassidy with
2kgs. Anglers were pleased with the results.
Further local info contact Mr John Ryan, Assistant Fisheries
Inspector Tel: 094 96 40103 Mob: 087 2536064 and
John Devaney, Assistant Fisheries Inspector,
Roscommon for the lower River Suck 087 2266735
ShRFB reports for Mark Egan Athlone Bait Stockist, Accommodation Provider Email:
info@shannonsidehouse.com Website
www.shannonsidehouse.com
Tel: 090 64 94773 Mob 087 8517299 - the
River Shannon and Inny
ATHLONE area.
River levels are high but dropping a little as we write. Very few
anglers about, little to report.
ShRFB reports for
INNY BAY B&B - fishing at
TOM FOXES ANGLING STRETCH
and lower RIVER INNY Tom Foxe Mob: 087 9960173 for
enquiries and boat hire
Not many anglers about. A few fish, mainly hybrids are being
caught some evenings along Tom Foxes stretch by local anglers.
Dermot Killeen Shannonbridge Tel 090 96 74112 Email:
derry.killeen@gmail.com
reports for
SHANNONBRIDGE area.
No angling report received this week from Shannonbridge.
Mick Flanagan, Angling
Correspondent for the Westmeath Topic and Sunday
World Newspaper Tel: 087 2797270:
mick@midlandangling.com
reports on Midland Lakes & Rivers.
No reports from the Mullingar CAC this week.
LOWER SHANNON AREA
TJ O'Brien,
TJ's ANGLING CENTRE KILLALOE Tel: 061 376009 Mob 087
8108225 reports for
the Lower Shannon and East Clare Lakes
Angling guests of TJ O'Brien are fishing on the island swims
presently. A party last week had 320lbs mixed bags, mainly
Bream. Best individual bag was 175lbs. Anglers are
encouraged to fish the island swims. If conditions are very
bright try a late evening or early morning session for
best results. The East Clare lakes are fishing also with
Tench reported in morning sessions.
