Your Essential Guide To Salmon and Sea Trout Angling In Ireland

If you’ve ever dreamt about catching a salmon or sea trout in Ireland and wondered how to turn your dream into reality then the answer is at your finger tips. Start planning your trip now with this easy to use guide providing information on where to go and who to contact to help you get the most out of your visit. With a huge network of rivers and loughs, Ireland is the one of the few last refuges for wild salmon and sea trout attracting anglers back year after year. This useful guide provides information on the variety of waters Ireland has to offer, the best times to fish and suggested methods to help in the pursuit of this noble quarry. Salmon and sea trout anglers can use a wide range of methods including, bait, spinning and fly fishing to pursue their quarry. On rivers, the fishing is normally divided into beats managed by Inland Fisheries Ireland, private fisheries or local angling clubs. Lake fishing is normally from a boat in the company of a guide or ghillie

When to go

Salmon fishing opens on January 1 on a handful of rivers and after that the remainder of rivers open on various dates in February, March, April and May. The majority of rivers close on September 30th but some rivers remain open for sea trout fishing to October 12.

Essential information for salmon anglers

Latest Salmon Fishing Reports

Ireland on the Fly: The River Slaney, queen of Irish Rivers

slaney salmon
This week on Ireland on the Fly, Daire & Tom turn their attention to the famous River Slaney... The river that was once the doyen...

Rough week on Currane but another springer reported

Lough Currane
Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane… 8/3/2024 Local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there was just two boats out this morning...

High water levels make for difficult salmon fishing in the southwest

Going fishing
Salmon reports from the southwest have been scarce so far this year. High water levels impacted on salmon angling on the Laune and Killarney...

Inland Fisheries Ireland opens second draw for Cork salmon anglers for...

Kingsley Weir - River Lee, Cork
Brown tag conservation regulations in force on Lower River Lee Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has today opened the second draw for anglers wishing to...

Another good springer on Lough Currane this week

Copal
Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane… 29/2/2024 The Lonesome boatman reports that the Currane waters were all quiet on all fronts. Wind...

Emmet Brown catches first salmon of the season on the Glenmore...

Jarlath Winters  reports from the Glenmore Rivers Estate Fishery on the River Finn... Up and running! A happy man, Emmet Brown with the Glenmore Cup for...

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