angling donegal

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....

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...

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...

Lough Derg is a large, shallow lough of over 2,000 acres, 4 miles north of Pettigo. This is the lough with the famous island known as St Patrick's Purgatory, with its basilica and penitential exercises, where pilgrims flock every year from June to August. What is less well known is that it holds a stock of nice trout averaging just under a pound and some much better ones too-trout to 4lb have been reported. The fish are pink fleshed and their diet consists mainly of Gammarus-freshwater shrimp. O...

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....

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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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...

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...

Donegal has many wide bay and inlets waiting to be discovered. Activites such as fishing, diving, sight-seeing, whale watching can all be  undertaken with the help of a chartered boat.

Richard Timony offers this service on board his "F/V Smoothound". The Smoothound operates from Donegal town but is also stops at Mullinasloe, Mountcharles and Killybegs.

Richard has many years experience as a boat charter and as a diver. He has a  very...

Deep sea angling competition open to all club members overseas.This is held every weekend for the month of July....