The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was called to assist a fisherman who got into difficulty on the lake yesterday afternoon.
His 18 foot lake boat ran aground by the Goat Road on the north eastern shore.
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As the area at Russell Cabin is particularly rocky and shallow a, RNLI volunteer waded in to the lake boat and helped the fisherman free the vessel.
The fisherman was unharmed.