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Welcome to an anglers paradise. Sligo boasts a maze of premium fishing rivers and lakes ranging in location from just outside Sligo City to the peripherals of the county. The waters of the county offer a vast array of fish from Cod to Conger, Tope to Turbot, Salmon, Pike, Trout and Coarse Fish....

Throughout our beautiful County there is always a warm and friendly welcome for the visiting Angler. Enriched by natural Drumlin Landscape, the County an it's surrounding neighbours Cavan, Fermanagh, Armagh, Tyrone and Louth provide easy access to rich fishing, glorious sightseeing, historical sites and lively day and night entertainment....

The Suir provides excellent Trout fishing throughout the season which starts in March and ends in September. Average Weight: 1/2 lb, 3/4lb, 2, 3 and 4 lb. Trout are recorded each season, but not in any great numbers. Mostly Fly Fishing is best, any legal method is allowed on most stretches. Best months are from April on when the evening Rise starts. Trout will start to feed about an hour and a half before dusk and continue to rise until about an hour after dark. SALMON Salmon fishi...

This is another small lough to the west of Lough Corry in Lisnaskea Forest. It holds a very good stock of brown trout up to a half lb and usually fishes best in the evening. There are forest roads all around it and it is fishable from the bankand stands. Permission required....

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...

Ireland is renowned as one of the finest game angling holiday resorts in Europe. The quality of angling here is superb. A wonderful array of wild salmon and wild brown trout can be found in almost every stream and lake. Ireland's wild sea trout are also renowned for their fighting qualities so even the smaller ones will satisfy most sport anglers. As most areas of sea trout fishing are among undisturbed scenic beauty spots fly fishing prevails. The open angling season is longer than anywher...

The River Suck in Ballinasloe is deep and slow - it is probably Ireland's most productive coarse fishing river. There are great shoals of bream to 8Ibs everywhere and throughout the summer bags in excess of 100Ibs are common.

The stretch south of the town near Coreen ford has an excellent stock of tench to 6Ibs and rudd to 2Ibs are common. There is good road access at Coulagh and access at Dalysgrove north of Ballinasloe is over private property and permission should be sought.
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Dungonnell Reservoir is a long, narrow stretch of water covering some 70 acres on a windswept moor to the south of Craignamaddy. It is approached off the A43 Ballymena-Cushendall road. Turn off at Cargan and the rest of the way is signposted. This water holds a stock of native trout which is supplemented with stocked fish on a regular basis. The west and south shores are firm and well suited to bank fishing but care should be exercided along the north side. The trout average nearly 1lb and there...

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...

There is good angling from the pier which enjoys commanding views of Donegal Bay. A memorial, left, is dedicated to three men who were drowned in Creevy on the 21 August 1988....