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The 23rd Annual Rosslare small boat festival is an open 'bring your own boat' fishing festival, which has been held at Rosslare for the past 23yrs, bringing together anglers from all parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Open to anyone the festival is a week of sea fishing sponsored by sea angler magazine and Diawa fishing tackle, and organised and run with the assistance of members of the Irish central, and eastern regional fisheries board.

This festival normally takes place...

This is another artificial sea water lough on the shores of Lough Swilly, where the level is controlled by floodgate. It holds occassional salmon and sea trout and fishes best in July. It can be fished from the shore and July is the best month for sea trout. Permission...

This lake of some 40 acres, situated in Hillsbourough Forest, is stocked with brown and rainbow trout. Hillsborough Forest is a country park offering a wide variety of activities in lovely surroundings.
The park is rich in wildlife and the scenic parkland is a favourite walking area. Fishing is only one of the interests catered for the anglers should be careful to observe the notices where fishing is prohibited.
The season is from 1 March to 31 October. There is a 4 trout dai...

The Foyle has four main tributaries; the Mourne, Derg, Strule and Finn, all fast flowing rocky rivers, and while the best time is mid-June to October there are sping fish to be caught from March to April. The upper reaches of these rivers and also the owenkillew and Glenelly in particular, provide classic spate river fishing from mid-July, similar to many waters in the west of Ireland and Scottish highlands. The nearby Roe and Faughan are also fine spate rivers....

The Sharon Michele is a purpose build Aquastar 33 with a 320 HP turbo charged engine. Speed is in excess of 24 Knots and she is built to Department of Trade specifications. Skipper, Oliver Finnegan has many years seafaring and diving experience around the lough and the north east coast of Ireland....

Kilkeel River & White Water River.
Sea & Brown Trout
Fishing permits available from Kilkeel Post Office and J. Graham & Sons.  Luers, flies and bait are premitted, purchased at  J. Graham & Sons, Greencastle St. and McConnell & Hanna, Newcastle St....

The River Ilen is a medium sized spate river about 21 miles (33kms.) long and flows through some of the most beautiful scenery in West Cork....

County Wicklow, The Garden of Ireland, is renowned for its magnificent landscape, dramatic Loughs, mountainous terrain and long sandy beaches. With a large range of rivers, lakes and sea fishing opportunities to choose from your angling holiday in Co. Wicklow will certainly be and enjoyable one. Only 12 miles from Dublin, Ireland's capital city, the county is easily accessible from the ports of Dun Laoghaire and Rosslare, Co. Wexford or from Dublin Airport. Co. Wicklow has some of the best ri...