angling donegal

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

Donegal has a spectacular rugged coastline which is ideal for fishing and sight-seeing.

Hiring "The Catlin Mara", from Saoire Mara is one way of availing of these activities.

The skipper Paul is a fully quailifed and experience boat man. He is also a native of Kincasslagh and has very good knowledge of all the best  fishing grounds and the senic areas.

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Lough Mourne is an impressive looking stretch of water by the N15 road between Ballybofey and Donegal. You may be tempted to fish, but don't bother because the trout are very small indeed. Permission: Not usually required...

Irelands newest charter vessel An Shannen Alainn launched in February 2004 is based between Teelin bay and Killybegs bay in south west Donegal, which has justifiably earned its reputation of being one of the premier Angling and Marine tourism destinations in Ireland.
Whatever your interest be it Angling Charters, Marine tourism Charters, Commercial Charters or Corporate Charters we at Bluefin Chartering will endeavour to satisfy our customers requirements....

Trusk Lough Trusk is 3 miles south of Ballybofey. The trout there average half pound and you might be lucky and get one up to three quarter pound. This lough is used a lot by speedboats, which can make the fishing very uncomfortable. Permission:Not usually required....

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....

Access to these three loughs is either off the small mountain road to the north and in by the west side of Lough Boyle or by taking another small road from the west and coming in past Lough Keeran. Either way, it is difficult going and will take well over an hour. Golagh has an nice stock of good trout averaging three quarter pound, with some to nearly 3 pounds. The banks are difficult to fish in places, but at some points it is possible to wade. One of the best areas is the long, sometimes very...

Killybegs Angling Charters offeres full day and half days trips around the bay of Killybegs and further afield. Trips for fishing and diving groups are also looked after.

All of the trips are carried out on a boat named the "Meridian" which is owned by Brian McGilloway.

Brian has over 30 years in the charter angling business and is the operator of the Killbegs Angling Charters. He has an excellent knowlege...

This is another artificial sea water lough on the shores of Lough Swilly, where the level is controlled by floodgate. It holds occassional salmon and sea trout and fishes best in July. It can be fished from the shore and July is the best month for sea trout. Permission...

The Letterkenny and District Anglers' Association exercises rights on that part of the lough to which it has title and the rest of the lough is free fishing. This was one of the great spring salmon loughs until its stocks were hit by UDN in the 1960s, a disaster from which it never recovered. It is now fished for its brown trout and can give superb sport. The trout average a half lb and fish up to 1lb are encountered fairly frequently and you may even get on over 2lb. It is a shallow lough, nerl...