angling donegal

This lough lies to the west of the L82 about 2 miles north of Church Hill. It is set in a very scenic location and it has a reputation for restoring the confidence of disheartened anlgers. It holds a large stock of trout averaging 9 inches in length and weighing approximately 6oz. There aretwo small woods, one on the east and the other on the west bank;otherwise three quarters of the bank is fishable and a selection of small traditional flies will suffice. Permission...

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...

There are three other fishery owner on the Lough, but day tickets are only let on the Letterkenny Association water. Three boats are available for hire and outboards are allowed but not supplied so anglers are advised to bring their own. This used to be one of the great spring salmon loughs, but it never really recovered from the effects of UDN. Occasional salmon are now taken in April and May and a 28lb fish was taken in 1985. The brown trout are small but the lough produces a few from 3-4lb ev...

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....

Lough Beach is a large lough of volcanic origin, nearly 4 miles long by about a half mile wide. It can be approached from Letterkenny by taking the N56 and turning left on the L77 Gweedore road, or by taking the L82 road from Gweedore. As well as a good stock of brown trout the lough holds occasional salmon, and the sea trout arrive in August. The brown trout fishing can vary greatly. One day your catch will only average 6oz, while another day the trout will run from a half lb to 1lb with the ch...

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....

As you approach Falcarragh you will se New Lake, right and Port Lake is signposted , left. these two lakes are excellent brown trout waters....

This small lough lies to the north of Gartan Lough and there is good access to it from the south via secondary roads, one of which runs by the shore on the west side. The average size of the trout is a half lb. It holds an excellent stock and ona summer evening trout can be seen rising all over the lough. There is no shore fishing due to the reeds and it is too deep for wading. It is well worth fishing from a boat but keep a lookout for submerged tree stumps. Permission....

We provide fishing licenses and permits for all of the Northern regions, both Northern and Southern Ireland. We also provide detailed up to date information on the best fishing spots in the North....

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....