angling donegal

There is a lot to see and do off the rugged west coast of Donegal from fishing, to sight seeing, visitng the islands and diving. Hiring "The Lionnir " from Neil Gallagher Charter Vessels is one way of availing these acitivies.

Neil is an experienced skipper, and has been sailing and angling for years....

The Glenties in Donegal has an abundance of Lakes offering unrestricted fishing for trout. The season opens April 1st and continues to the 30th September. In addition, there are a number of controlled lakes where licences can be aquired at McDevitt's Tackle Shop. The principal waters are Lough Kip, Lough Finn, and the rivers Owenea and the Gweebara estuary enquire locally for directions....

This is a large, shallow expanse of water between Inch Island in Lough Swilly and the mainland at Burnfoot. The water is brackish and the level is maintained by means of floodgates in the dam wall. It now holds occasional salmon and sea trout but was once noted as one of the greatest sea trout fisheries in Donegal. The trout are mainly taken on sand eels and by spinning, through you many still chance to get one on a Teal Blue and Silver or Peter Ross off the cormer of the dam. Permission: Not u...

Donegal has a spectacular rugged coastline which is ideal for fishing and sight-seeing.

Hiring "The Catlin Mara", from Saoire Mara is one way of availing of these activities.

The skipper Paul is a fully quailifed and experience boat man. He is also a native of Kincasslagh and has very good knowledge of all the best  fishing grounds and the senic areas.

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These loughs are referred to locally as the Twin Loughs and lie to either side of the Buncrana-Cardonagh road. Fad is the larger of the two with a road running along the north and east shores. It is very deep and hold only small brownies and you will do well if you get one of a half lb. It holds a large population of small char and they can sometimes be taken on fly off shore in May. The most popular fly patterns are Peter Ross, Mallard and Claret, Black Spider and Wickham's Fancy. Lough Namina...

These two loughs lie to the west of the T73 Quigley's Point-Moville Road. To get to Lough Inn, take the mountain road up the side of Glencaw Hill:the loughs is to the right after 3 and a half miles. It can also be approached from Cardonagh. Lough Inn holds small brown trout and you might be lucky to get an occasional sea trout from August on. Lough Inn lies to the north east on the northern side of Tawash Hill. It is reported to hold only char that average 6oz. They are sometimes taken on fly i...

Lough Deele is the source of the Deele River which flows east towards Raphoe. It lies deep in the mountains 6 miles south west of Letterkenny and is best approached via a small road from the east. This is a difficult walk through forest and across bog and will take at least one and a half hours to complete. The effort of getting there and back - is generally well rewarded- the trout average nearly three quarters pounds and some excellent catches have been reported. An average catch should produc...

This lough is to the east of and adjacent to the T73 Buncrana-Clonmany road. It is a lough on which you need a boat because of the reeds. It hold a big stock of small brown trout and is best fished on summer evenings with small flies. If you are careful you can fish in shallow water between the reedbeds and the shore. You must hold your fish tight when yu hook them to prevent them escaping into the reeds. Expect to get up to a dozen, a couple of which should weigh between a half and 1km. Small s...