Emma Stanley of IFI reports on the angling in the Birr and Lower Shannon area…
Monday through to Wednesday had fine, sunny days, with evenings remaining close and humid. Thursday was a wet day for the most part with much needed rain for rivers in the district. Bank holiday Saturday was mixed with sunshine and showers with Sunday evening weather very wet and unsuitable for angling unfortunately this followed through to Monday with very wet conditions overall. Unfortunately, the wet weather over the bank holiday weekend hampered fishing expeditions in the region.
The Portumna area has seen a steady rise in Irish anglers in recent months and reports show that Irish angling is on the rise.
Plenty of Roach available in and around Portumna Bridge. Plentiful supplies of Pike with sizes of 25lbs being caught on the deep pools just off Portumna Bridge near the children’s swimming pool by kayak anglers.
On the 2nd of June, we spoke to 2 anglers from Derby who were coarse fishing on Rogers Island, both were happy with catches and reported 30 kilograms caught that day.
Other Anglers in Shannon Harbour provided positive feedback in terms of catches reporting 45cm – 55cm catches of Roach and Bream.
Perch fishing is reported to be good overall and catches Roach up to 1lb were reported for this area also.
Mr Alan Bromyard from Derby relayed positive feedback regarding his previous weeks fishing in and around Shannon Harbour stating that he caught 5 Bream up to 5lbs with 80lbs of fish caught on Friday of that week.
Meelick Fishing is continuing to do well and evening fishing around Shannon Harbour is proving to be more successful with good size Tench being caught along the canal stretch.
