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The Killarney Lakes are a very popular destination for both Salmon and Trout fishing. Nestled in the idylic counrtyside of Killarney with breath-taking scenery from every side, anglers are sure to depart with very fond  memories of their stay. River fishing can be done on both the River Laune and Flesk which are renowned for trout and salmon, (permits may be required)....

Donegal's coastline is perferct for angling and sight-seeing. Hiring a chatered boat is the best way of availing of these activities.

An Duanai Mara Chaters is a company that offers this facility. The boat departs three habours in the region; Teelin pier, Creevy Habour and Killybegs Harbour.

The skipper of the boat is Smith Campbell, whom has many years of experience of charter vessles. He has a very good knowledge of the waters, and knows all the p...

For lake and river fishing, there are over 130 lakes in The Rosses, great for fishing Brown, Sea and Rainbow trout. We issue Permits and Licenses and tackle can also be purchased from our shop....

This is a small narrow lough just over a mile south west of Creeslough village. Access is gained by the farmhouse on the north west shore and approximately half of the bank is fishable. The average size of the trout is over 1lb though the lough used to hold trout of 2-5lb before stocks were reduced by gross over fishing. The fishing is now very dour but a small stock of good trout still survives. There are hatches of duckfly in spring, murroughs in Jume, and Green Peter in late July and August....

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...

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...

Fishing available: Salmon and Brown Trout. The River Derry rises near Knockananna village (7 miles north of Tinahely) and flows southwards through Tinahely, Shillelagh and Clonegal to meet the River Slaney near Kildavin. It holds occasional salmon and small brown trout and is an important spawning and nursery river for the River Slaney salmon. The controlling club is the Derry and District Angling Club. The Derry Water river is a separate tributary which rises near Tinahely and flows north-eastw...

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...

Lough Mourne is an impressive looking stretch of water by the N15 road between Ballybofey and Donegal. You may be tempted to fish, but don't bother because the trout are very small indeed. Permission: Not usually required...

Lough Carra which is situated south of Ballintubber is a limestone lake of around 4003 acres. The lake is a haven for the angler. It has a good stock of trout and it has one of the earliest and heaviest rises of May-fly in Western Europe. The lake is also of great historical interest. Along its shores stands Moore Hall, the historic home of the Moores and Castleburke, the ruins of the 15th century Norman de Burgo castle. Doon Archaeological Nature peninsula is a site of National importan...