Brian Bohan has just returned from his trip with the Irish team to the European Coarse Angling Championships in Serbia. On arriving back in Ireland Brian had one thing on his mind – tench.
As for the fishing at the moment with the bright sunny days morning and late evenning are best. The Shannon has being producing some fine nets of bream on prebaited swims, fished from 2 am until 8 am. The Mudflats in Carrick on Shannon being one of the areas of the upper Shannon is producing good roach, hybrids and some bream in the late evenings. As a general rule some of the best places to fish during the daytime in the conditions we have at the moment are very deep water venues, eg under bridges, over hanging trees etc as the fish are looking for any sort of shade…
While Brian was away his 9 year old daughter Roisin was busy baiting up a swim every evening for when he got back. Brian firmly believes that you can’t pre-bait too much and his catch certainly testifies to that… over 200 lb of tench!
Brian Bohan
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Irish Dreams
Brian Bohan is author of Irish Dreams, an anglers guide to 420 Locations covering Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Roscommon, Longford and Westmeath. 350 Colour Photographs; 40 Detailed Maps; Directions to every Location.
The main agent for the book in Dublin is C and J Angling, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.