angling donegal

The Letterkenny and District Anglers' Association exercises rights on that part of the lough to which it has title and the rest of the lough is free fishing. This was one of the great spring salmon loughs until its stocks were hit by UDN in the 1960s, a disaster from which it never recovered. It is now fished for its brown trout and can give superb sport. The trout average a half lb and fish up to 1lb are encountered fairly frequently and you may even get on over 2lb. It is a shallow lough, nerl...

This lough lies less than one mile due east of Milford and is approached off a by road that links the L78 Milford-Carrowkeel road with the T72 Milford-Rathmelton road. The lough is only one field away from the road and access is opposite the little pond on the roadside. The trout average about three quarters lbs and in the past the lough is known to have produced trout of over 4lb. The north and west sides are easily fished while the east side is unfishable. There is another little lough a few h...

We provide detailed information about lake and river angling for trout and salmon in the Sheephaven Bay area....

Killybegs Angling Charters offeres full day and half days trips around the bay of Killybegs and further afield. Trips for fishing and diving groups are also looked after.

All of the trips are carried out on a boat named the "Meridian" which is owned by Brian McGilloway.

Brian has over 30 years in the charter angling business and is the operator of the Killbegs Angling Charters. He has an excellent knowlege...

Irelands newest charter vessel An Shannen Alainn launched in February 2004 is based between Teelin bay and Killybegs bay in south west Donegal, which has justifiably earned its reputation of being one of the premier Angling and Marine tourism destinations in Ireland.
Whatever your interest be it Angling Charters, Marine tourism Charters, Commercial Charters or Corporate Charters we at Bluefin Chartering will endeavour to satisfy our customers requirements....

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 lough of some 40 acres, 2 miles form Belleek on the A47 Pettigo road. It is stocked annually with brown and rainbow trout and being a limestone lough has a good stock of natural trout too. The season runs from 1 March to 30 September and there is a 4 trout bag limit and a 10 inch size limit. Only orthodox fly fishing is allowed. Boats may be hired from Mr John McGauran, Bally-megaghran, Leggs Post Office, or from the Carlton Hotel, Belleek. The avergae size of the trout here is over 1...

These Loughs are on the Fanad Peninsula near Fanad Head. Shannagh used to hold a small stock of good brown trout that were mainly taken on worms, but now holds mainly escapee rainbows. The trout in Kinny Lough are small, averaging about a half lb, and it can be fished all round. Kindrum holds some nice trout that are mainly taken spinning. The trout in this area arelarge finned, take with great force and fight strongly. Permission....

This lough is also on the Fermangh-Donegal border. Most of it is in Co. Fermanagh, but the best access is off a by road on the Donegal side. It has a nice stock of trout ranging in size from a half to one and a half lbs. Recent reports indicate that the fishing is not as good as it used to be and that the trout are smaller. There are good hatches of duckfly, olives, sedges and even mayfly. Lough Rushen is easy to fish from the shore and seems to fish best in the evening. An unusual feature of th...

Gartan Lough is nearly two and a half miles long and lies off the L82 road near Church Hill. It holds small brown trout, averaging about 4oz, and occasional salmon. It is in a very scenic and attractive area and while there is not jetty, access is good and it is relatively easy to launch a boat. Permission...