Coarse angling reports for the Midlands

John Devanney and Dermot Broughan report on coarse fishing in the midlands. Lanesborough The hot water stretch at Lanesboro fishing ok for Tench and Hybrids...
Killian McCormack and a new personal best bream of 7lb 15oz

Big bags and big fish possible at Lanesborough despite cold

It was a busy weekend at Lanesborough with a number of anglers settled in for the long haul. Some like Paul Waghorne had the...
Dessie O'Connor with his 5lb 5oz Bream caught near the gusher

Weekend’s cold weather takes toll on the coarse angling at Lanesborough

Friday 13th April: It is amazing how many anglers are doing overnight sessions this early in the year. Each night there is someone different....

Superb catches of Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Perch and Hybrids reported from the Upper...

Kevin Lyons from Melview Lodge reports on some good coarse fishing reports from the Upper Shannon area. Course fishing in the upper Shannon area...
John Stroud with the best Lanesborough Roach

Early April produces Roach and Tench in Lanesborough

Sat April 7th: Last nights anglers had mixed fortunes. Roy and Flano recorded very little on the gusher but John Stroud claimed about 80lbs...

Big bream early spawning roach at Lanesborough

Monday April 2nd The very brave souls who spent the night on the stretch were rewarded with some good fish. Chris Ganley amassed around 50lbs...
Male Tench for Derek Keenan 3lb 8oz

Tench, big roach and specimen bream reported in good catches in the hot water...

Tuesday 27th March I arrived at 07.43, a full eight minutes ahead of schedule and made my first river inspection. I really didn't like...
Lanesborough

Fish bite when baits are right at the hot water section at Lanesborough in...

Leigh Maitland had another very good day on Fri 30th March in Lanesborough... He set off early on Friday morning so he could be ready to fish...

Coarse angling improves at Lanesborough

Very good coarse fishing was enjoyed by most anglers at Lanesborough over the past nine days. At a recent competition run by coarseandmatch.com Paddy Smullen...