any one know what is the river suck in balyforan like?

MarcinG · 04-10-2012 11:54PM #1

don't want to travel all the way from dublin and find it way flooded

dvae · 05-10-2012 11:10AM

it was up slightly over the bank yesterday, but we have had a lot of
heavy rain last night. mount talbot up the road is usually fishable when ballyforan is in flood.
i might be going to ballyforan later. ill keep an eye out if I'm there, and
give a report.

MarcinG · 05-10-2012 05:48PM

thank you. we decided to go tomorrow morning and take our chance - and i'll keep other place in mind (i actually thing been there before - there is like little stream flowing into suck and couple of shallow sections...).

AstraOwner · 06-10-2012 12:18PM

The fisheries board should really look into installing a webcam on the Suck.

MarcinG · 06-10-2012 07:09PM

way flooded...
Ballyforan we couldn't even get close to normal bank in chest waders. athleague way too fast, that other place up the river flooded - walkable to the bank, but entire bank about foot under water - no dry spot for all your tackle.
Finally we ended up in shannon bridge and scored nice blank

nice trip of 200miles+ ;/

dodderangler · 07-10-2012 07:08PM

I was gonna head there yesterday but was thinkin to myself after little rain this week it'd be flooded so went to the barrow instead

AstraOwner · 16-10-2012 04:15PM

How's the Suck now? Rain can't be helping.

Is the Shannon around Shannonbridge very high?

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 16-10-2012 05:36PM

it was high at ballyforan on sunday, probably still to high to fish

AstraOwner · 16-10-2012 05:49PM

Otto Attractive Weeknight wrote: »

it was high at ballyforan on sunday, probably still to high to fish

Thanks Frank. Lot of rain due this week too.

Would the Shannon be as high at the moment?

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 16-10-2012 06:52PM

its probably flooded as well

dvae · 16-10-2012 08:07PM

river suck is currently flooded. if it didn't rain before the weekend it would still be in flood.

MarcinG · 24-10-2012 03:21PM

is it still in flood? anyone?

dodderangler · 24-10-2012 03:35PM

Still flooded my mate told me there
And at the rate this rain is coming down lately it'll be after Xmas by the time it's ok to fish
Try around athleague area
Usually ok to fish with decent pike bein pulled out regularly

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 24-10-2012 07:07PM

its dropped over a foot since say, but its still way too flooded to fish

MarcinG · 25-10-2012 08:32AM

thx. nice weekend - suck flooded and high winds (just like you want go out with boat

AstraOwner · 25-10-2012 12:59PM

Is the Suck more prone to flooding than the Shannon?

Anybody know if the Shannon is fishable now up around Shannonbridge?

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 25-10-2012 04:08PM

the suck floods very easily. the banks of the river are very flat, so in may places if the river rises 1 foot, its can come out 20 feet on the bank. It has been a disaster for the last few winters, being unfishable most of the time between oct and feb

AstraOwner · 30-10-2012 11:51AM

Hi lads how was it over the weekend? Was up Thursday and it was pretty much unfishable. Has it gone down much since?

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 30-10-2012 01:40PM

I think its ok at the moment, might be a bit high, but should be fishable

AstraOwner · 30-10-2012 02:15PM

Thanks again Frank. Appreciated.

MarcinG · 03-11-2012 06:50PM

in case someone interested: little bit high but fishable. 1 fish on shad, 0 fish on deadbait (4 rods).
I would say quite poor. Watch your umbrellas....

AstraOwner · 03-11-2012 06:56PM

MarcinG wrote: »

in case someone interested: little bit high but fishable. 1 fish on shad, 0 fish on deadbait (4 rods).
I would say quite poor. Watch your umbrellas....

Thanks for posting MarcinG.

Shame about the catch. Were ye out for long?

MarcinG · 03-11-2012 08:07PM

well i got used to it ;P
I'm mostly collecting stuff and talking about catching fish

Oh yes and i'm also buying fuel and traveling all those miles to see where is the worst place to try catch something...

My guess is we started around 8am and left at around 2-3pm.
2 guys with deadbaits and 1 with spinning.

surly joe · 30-11-2012 05:05PM

Has the suck dropped much this week?

dvae · 30-11-2012 10:22PM

i passed over the suck in ballyforan last tuesday and it was very high. (out as far as the car park)
given that it hasn't stopped raining here all day, i say its still badly flooded.

surly joe · 30-11-2012 11:00PM

Thanks.

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 01-12-2012 06:11PM

Its not too bad, a bit high but most places will be fishable.

Keep an eye on the ballyfroran club's facebook page, we try to upload a pic of the river every weekend.

www.facebook.com/ballyforanangling

any one know what is the river suck in balyforan like?

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