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June 09
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1st / 9th June
We got 3/4days of Searing Heat then temperatures plummeted to 7 /8 degrees and the Easterly Winds were next to Gale Force, not good for anything outdoors.
One trip to Abbyshrule on the Canal produced a small array of Roach, Perch and Rudd; the Tench were there, only circling around our swims with no intentions of feeding. Another amazing episode from the Fishery Boffins is to stock the Canal with Trout (which we saw many leaping come the evening) around the 2 lbs mark. On our returning journey back along the canal it was littered with The Lidl Bag Brigade, Men, Women and Children, in the Dark with an array of Telescopic Rods and Plastic Bags doing their best to eradicate yet another species from our waters days after being released in to (THE CANAL) what ever next!!!!
On a brighter note (There's not many of them at the moment) Chris and I visited The Shannon around Shannon Bridge after two lads from Nottingham, Bernie and Phillip had an amazing session at this venue with the best catch of 60lbs, 19 Tench for Bernie and Phillip managed 4 with a smattering of Rudd and Roach, worms provided the best result.
We found that at the same spot there were plenty of fish to be had on maggots mostly on the small side but there were good size fish taking Sweetcorn, Rudd and Bream ( these were of what I term as The New Bream) all in all it was a good session. We will take worms next time!!!
Three lads that were rained off on Lough Gowna, turned to the River Inny at Tom Foxes to try the their luck with a spot of Pike Fishing on the 7th June. 7 Pike was their tally with fish around the 8lb mark, Glen landed 5 fish Paul and Dave secured 1 each with Paul loosing the winner of the day, a fish in the double figure bracket. Glen using a Jointed Plug, was announced the winner, and was awarded the prize of a weekend on Gowna??. All fish were returned alive to the river. Thank you Lads….
Our local area has been inundated with a new pest called the Tent Caterpiller ( Malacosoma neustrium ) which hatches into the Lackey Moth, these invaders from North America are eating large patches of the local hedgerows:
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