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.Latest Salmon Fishing Reports
No salmon to report from Currane but Duckfly up for trout...
Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane…
21/3/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in the Salmon department, be it fly or lure....
Magic number 7, a memorable morning of spring salmon fishing
Regular contributor Andrew McGall was in touch with us and wanted to share a magical birthday morning back in May of 2023. Andrew had...
Inland Fisheries Ireland opens second draw for Kerry salmon anglers for...
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has today opened the second draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Kerry’s Roughty River catchment.
‘Brown tag’...
A mix of weather and 3 springers for Currane anglers
Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane…
15/3/2024. wwwfishingwithdom.com reports that there were 4 boats out and all quiet on all fronts. Wind North...
Ireland on the Fly: The River Slaney, queen of Irish Rivers
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
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...
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