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  • 01-06-2011 1:23am
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    ap1986
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭


    sorry folks im new to this but im goin away to the shannon for the weekend not necessary to fish but if we end up fishing do we need a licence and whats the ends and outs of it


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    dvae
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭dvae


    ap1986 wrote: »
    sorry folks im new to this but im goin away to the shannon for the weekend not necessary to fish but if we end up fishing do we need a licence and whats the ends and outs of it

    I'm not quite sure but i know you do need a permit to fish the river suck which is a tributary of the Shannon.
    Ive been buying the Shannon regional fishery permit for the last 16 years and Ive fished the Shannon area (not the Shannon) literally thousands of times and have only been asked twice.


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    ap1986
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭ap1986


    dvae wrote: »
    I'm not quite sure but i know you do need a permit to fish the river suck which is a tributary of the Shannon.
    Ive been buying the Shannon regional fishery permit for the last 16 years and Ive fished the Shannon area (not the Shannon) literally thousands of times and have only been asked twice.
    and what did ya say to whoever asked ya for the permit


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    dvae
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭dvae


    ap1986 wrote: »
    and what did ya say to whoever asked ya for the permit

    To make a long story short,
    although i new the lad asking me for my permit was a fishery officer, i made him walk back to his car (about 1/2 mile) to get his i.d. before i would show it to him.
    probably not a nice thing to do.
    The fishery board are very much under staffed and you cant blame the bailiffs. I'm sure they wouldn't mind if there were more people hired to police the rivers and lakes with them.
    I have noticed since the recession there are more and more anglers turning up at the rivers. (me included)
    If the fishery boards were to take on more bailiffs perhaps more people would purchase a license/permit and this would probably go some way to paying the bailiffs salary or allowance or whatever they get.


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    bayliner
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭bayliner


    no permit required for the river shannon! or lough ree.. there was a share cert required for game fishing, but that seems to be gone now!


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