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    ASSAROE LAKE

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    ASSAROE LAKE

    • Assaroe is closed for salmon (and sea trout over 40cm) fishing

    Assaroe Lake is a 578 acre artificial lake created by the Cathleen falls and Cliff Hydro schemes and is controlled by the ESB. Fishing is restricted in parts of the lake and shore areas. The lake has a low density but high average size of brown trout with fish up to 7lb caught in recent years. Salmon also run into the lake and are usually taken up at Cliff off the shore (no boating is allowed near the Hydro Stations). Brown trout fishing is usually at its best during the mayfly and productive areas include the old river course where the lake is constricted (Edenagor), Patsy Quinn’s shore and from this shore to the small headland to the west. The bay inside this shore is very shallow. Shore fishing is permitted along the North shore only and is best fished with fly, spinner or worm.

    Assaroe Lake is also a very under-fished but superb coarse fishery with very good bream, roach and hybrid fishing. 100lb+ of bream is a distinct possibility if pre-baiting with good quantities of ground bait. There are also some good roach. One local angler caught 11 roach recently, all between 2 and 2¼lb! Assaroe holds some very big pike (a 46lb pike was caught in 1997, one of 42lb in 2000 and a 41lb fish in 2001!). The E.S.B. have carried out bank development at Cliff and installed fishing stands on the back lough to facilitate angling.

    Season

    The season for Salmon & Trout is from 1st March to 30th September inclusive.

    Permits

    One of the following permits is required to fish Assaroe.

    Season:

    €50 Adult season,

    €25 OAP season permit.

    Weekly:

    €20 adult week permit,

    €10 OAP weekly permit.

    Day Permit:

    €5 adult day permit.

    These are available from:

    • ESB Generating Station, Cathleen’s Falls, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Tel: (071) 9851200.
    • Carty’s Land & Sea Sports, West End, Bundoran, Co. Donegal Tel: (086) 3903655.
    • O’Neill’s Newsagents, Bridgend, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.
      Tel: +353 (0) 71 9851159.
    • Michael McGraw, The Thatch Tackle Shop, Main Street, Belleek, Co. Fermanagh. Tel: +44 (0) 28 686 58181.

    Boat Permit:

    To launch a boat on the fishery you will require a seasonal boat permit at €60.(Only available at the ESB station)