You do not need a licence to do coarse angling in Leitrim.
FISH TYPES: Tench, bream, pike
Mohill is a lively market town surrounded by a number of important and productive coarse lakes making it an ideal location for the holidaying angler.
Lough Rinn, Creenagh Lake, Lough McHugh, Cloonboniagh Lake and Lough Erril have been well developed and are easily accessible. There have been recorded catches of tench up to 6lbs, with bream averaging 3lbs and there is plentiful Pike.
All lakes are well sign posted and fishing stands are provided where it is not possible to fish from the shore.
FISH TYPES: Bream, roach, tench, rudd, hybrids, perch, pike
Drumshanbo is a picturesque town situated on the Upper Shannon at the southern tip of Lough Allen, one of Ireland’s premier pike waters. Pike in excess of 30lbs have been taken from Lough Allen.
There are several shore venues around Lough Allen, each having popular local names such as Heron’s Shore and Barney’s Point and there are also a number of lakes within the immediate vicinity of Drumshanbo. Other lakes in the area include; Lustia Lake, Drumgorman Lake, Acres Lake, Flynns Lake and Blackrock Pond.
Holly Island and Corlough have access to roadways and carparks with good bank access.
FISH TYPES: Bream, roach, tench, rudd, hybrids, perch, pike
Dromod is a well known angling centre.
The River Shannon and its tributaries, the Rinn and Eslin rivers, together with Pigeon Island Bay, Bog, Gortinty and Cloonboniagh are the most popular waters in the area around the village of Dromod.
FISH TYPES: Bream, roach, rudd, pike, perch, eels, tench
Carrigallen is located on the Shannon-Erne waterway system there are a number of lakes that are easily accessible.
Gulladoo Lake is the largest lake in the Carrigallen area and is divided into two halves with a short connecting river channel. The Upper and Lower Lakes produce consistent fishing for bream, roach, rudd, pike, perch, and eels. Tench have begun to appear regularly in some swims in the Upper Lake. Both the upper and lower lakes are now regular venues for the King of Clubs.
The Town Lake is easily accessible with a lakeside car park. It holds bream, roach, rudd, tench, pike, perch and eels.
Gangin & Mosey Lakes are on the outskirts of Carrigallen town. It has fishing from stands for bream, roach, rudd, pike, perch and eels.
Rudd/bream hybrids reaching up to 5lbs in weight are a feature in the twin lakes of Tully and Beaghmore Lakes. Tully also yields significant catches of bream and roach.
Cullies Lake has easy access to the lakeside car park. Fishing from bank for, bream, roach, rudd, pike, perch, and eels.
Access to Glasshouse Lake Glasshouse Lake is via private and forestry road with waterside car parking to a 30-peg match length. Bank fishing for bream, roach, hybrids, perch, pike and some tench.
FISH TYPES: Roach, hybrid, rudd, perch
Carrick on Shannon, in the Upper Shannon Region in County Leitrim, is a major angling centre and is very well serviced.
It is a very extensive coarse angling area with an abundance of fishing hotspots available both on the main River Shannon and on the 41 lakes within a 10km radius.
Inland Fisheries Ireland have angling structures on many of these waters to facilitate anglers, including some wheelchair friendly access and facilities.
Certain waters are on private land and we ask you to seek permission to access these fisheries.
FISH TYPES: Bream, roach, hybrids, rudd, perch, pike
Ballinamore is a well developed course angling centre which regularly hosts both national and international angling competitions including World Pairs.
Bream and roach are the speciality catch in this area – bream averaging 2.5lbs, going up to 7lb specimens. Roach runs at 8 – 10 ounces, going up to 1.5lbs. Lake Bolganard a short distance from the town produced the current Irish record bream weighing 12lbs. 3ozs in 1997.
This water is one of a chain of lakes, the others being Corgar Lake and Drumlonan Lake. Garadice Lake, 1200 acres in size, is one of Ireland’s premier waters with big shoals of bream. It also holds roach, hybrids, rudd, perch and pike. Kiltybardon Lake and St John’s Lake hold bream of 1 – 2lbs with roach and hybrids also.
Specimen tench and occasional bream can be found in the small developed lakes in the area e.g. Drumlonan, Corgar and Bolganard Lakes. Other waters include Ardameean, Corduff and Willowfield Lakes and Lough Awaddy.
Access to the waters has been well developed with fishing stands, stiles, lakeshore drives and car parks well provided. Most of the waters can be fished from the shore, however for those who wish to explore further, boats are available locally for hire.
FISH TYPES: Coarse
Between the villages of Kiltyclogher in north Leitrim and Blacklion in west Cavan is the 644 hectare Lough McNean Upper. Fishing on the Leitrim side is mainly accessed from the Blacklion to Manorhamilton road (N16) and further along through Glenfarne Forest and towards Kiltyclogher. Parking, boat launch facilities and a number of fishing stands are available.
There is an abundance of coarse fish in this lightly fished water including good quality bream; more hybrids than are found in many other Erne lakes and good catches of roach are regularly taken.
There are extensive areas of shoreline that may be fished from the bank and up to 20 pegs are available for match angling.
This is joint jurisdictional water that straddles the border with Northern Ireland and anglers should acquaint themselves with the legislative requirements for fishing in Northern Ireland.
