Ray Geraghty fished the  the River Shannon,south of Athlone, last Saturday. The best of the day was this fine pike of  15lb 8oz which Ray estimates would have been closer to 20lb if she was caught a few weeks previously. The fish was returned safely to the water. Ray was fishing alone for teh day and had one other smaller pike of 6lb 8oz on the day.

pike
Ray’s pike would have been considerably bigger a couple of weeks ago prior to spawning