This week’s episode is a fascinating look at the famous Castleconnell Fishery on the River Shannon in Limerick with Pat O’Connor who is chair of the Castleconnell River Association.
N.K. Robertson's book, Thrifty Salmon Fishing, published 1940s, has an interesting chapter on 'The Shannon Fisheries', offering a view on the effects of the Ardnacrusha scheme, along with attempted remedial action.
N.K. Robertson's book, Thrifty Salmon Fishing, published 1940s, has an interesting chapter on 'The Shannon Fisheries', offering a view on the effects of the Ardnacrusha scheme, along with attempted remedial action.
Around 1994, I met an angler who swore he hooked & lost a salmon on Lough key; perhaps an odd salmon continues to make its way there.
There are salmon up that way, Leitrim, roscommon, longford , Westmeath and Offaly. There's small numbers in tributaries of the shannon.