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or habitat management; nature provides the ideal environment for COARSE ANGLING FESTIVALS AND COMPETITIONS REGULATIONS each without interference. Angling pressure in Ireland is also low so Ireland has seen a resurgence in the popularity of coarse angling festivals and internation- The majority of coarse angling in Ireland does not require a licence/permit. Coarse even the best fisheries are not overcrowded and it is quite possible to al competitions in recent years with up to 60 being held annually across the country. Irish fish species are protected by law and there are restrictions as to what/how many spend a day fishing on a wild fishery in Ireland without even seeing angling festivals are unlike those held in other countries in that entry is open to anglers of fish an angler may take. As these regulations are subject to change, we advise all another angler. On the other hand, if you enjoy the hustle, bustle and all abilities, and there is no requirement to go through a qualifying process; this means that anglers to consult the latest regulations using the following link prior to fishing: banter of competition fishing, there’s a full calendar of matches and all entrants are in with a chance of claiming top prize. Irish festivals generally consist of http://fishinginireland.info/regulations.htm festivals from March through to October, enabling you to test your 3 to 5 days of competition fishing, with good hospitality and great banter, making them angling skills against the best of the rest... the ideal angling holiday for the high numbers of UK and continental anglers who return CATCH & RELEASE Of course, it’s not all about the fishing. Ireland is a beautiful country annually to participate. The festivals are usually run voluntarily by coarse angling clubs We all have a responsibility to protect and conserve our fisheries so that they can be and the scenery of the Irish countryside can be breath-taking, making and local communities across Ireland; All sponsored money and prizes, pools and section enjoyed by future generations. Most fisheries face multiple threats including pollution, it a fantastic place to spend some time enjoying the natural environ- pools are 100% paid out. water abstraction and illegal fishing, all of which have a negative impact on fish stocks. ment. Then, after a long day fishing (and maybe even a keepnet Favoured methods for festival anglers depend on conditions and venue, but anglers usu- For that reason, we would ask that all anglers consider practicing Catch & Release full of big bronze bream, tench and hybrids), where better to go to ally prefer pole or waggler to target silvers (which are present in very large numbers for the majority of fish they catch. Record any trophy fish with a quick photo and then celebrate than to a genuine Irish pub where you can share your fishing and make up the bulk of most bags) or feeder at distance with a long hook-length to carefully return to the water. Remember: #CPRsavesfish stories over a pint or two… try and pick off a few larger bream or hybrids; favoured baits include maggot, caster This brochure contains some basic information to help you get started and chopped worm but bring corn, bread and pellet to cover all the angles. Top venues on your Irish coarse angling trip. There is a short description of coarse for coarse angling events in Ireland include Inniscarra Reservoir in county Cork, Lough fishing in Ireland and a brief introduction to some of the fisheries Muckno in Monaghan, Loughs Oughter and Gowna in Cavan, Lough Garadice that consistently produce quality fish. The map on the flip side of this in Leitrim, Templehouse Lake in Sligo and the Erne system near Enniskillen. brochure highlights these fisheries and the key towns in which you These venues have all undergone infrastructural improvements to allow an- could base yourself. glers much better access to swims with drive-to-peg access available for many of the larger events. For more information on Irish festivals see here: There is much more detailed information on the http://www.fishinginireland.info/coarse/coarseevents.htm www.fishinginireland.info website and on the ANGLING GUIDES, SERVICE PROVIDERS & BOAT HIRE accompanying Google map: There are a small number of guides and service providers operating in Ireland https://goo.gl/NCxRte INTRODUCTION who specialise in coarse fishing and it is a good idea for an angler visiting Ireland is one of the top coarse angling destinations in Europe and every year anglers a venue for the first time to contact one of these. This is particularly the case SEASONS come to the Emerald Isle from around the UK and Europe to try and catch that elusive with the larger loughs as a guide will have the local knowledge of the water 100lbs+ bag of wild Irish coarse fish. With over 12,000 lakes or loughs on the island, Ireland has a mild climate and no closed season for coarse fishing which means that it is and the fish holding areas which will greatly increase chances of hooking up. Ireland has a wealth of wild coarse fisheries which are both widespread in number and possible to fish for coarse species all year round. However, the best fishing can be had from You will need to contact and make your own arrangements with guides and wide-ranging in diversity, from large loughs with huge shoals of bream and hybrids April to June before and after spawning and, then again, from mid-August through to the to help with this, there is a list of angling guides available at: to intimate ponds containing tench and rudd. As well as these, there are the myriad end of October. The long days of summer can be rewarding for those who are willing to www.fishinginireland.info/guides/index.htm of medium sized loughs, a number of rivers and over 300km of canals running across fish into the night or from first light in the morning. Whatever the season there is always a Fishing on the large sized loughs in Ireland can be very productive using a Ireland; these fisheries provide a variety of options for the match angler, the pleasure good chance of rain so come prepared; the good news is that big bream and hybrids love boat and fish finder to locate the large shoals of fish, and there is a list of angler, the specialist and the specimen hunter alike. dull days and choppy water so don’t let the forecast put you off. If you do find yourself boat hire locations available here: fishing a warm, still, summer’s evening, then try a waggler fished close to the lilies for some The most popular coarse angling target species include bream, roach, roach/bream www.fishinginireland.info/boathire/lakes.htm hybrids, perch, tench and rudd. Dace and carp are also present in some fisheries but hard fighting Irish tench or a pinch of breadflake on light tackle for a beautiful Irish rudd. they are not widespread. The Irish freshwater environment is so rich, and the climate so temperate that none of these species need any help from man in terms of stocking #CPRSavesfish

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Grand canals in recent years meaning that that meaning years recent in canals Grand

clarity has improved greatly on the Royal & & Royal the on greatly improved has clarity

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stocks of most of the key species. Water Water species. key the of most of stocks

are easily accessible and have good good have and accessible easily are

canals (including the Barrow Navigation) Navigation) Barrow the (including canals

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short drive of Dublin, the Royal and Grand Grand and Royal the Dublin, of drive short

cess and is well worth a trip. Also, within a a within Also, trip. a worth well is and cess

is an excellent coarse fishery with easy ac- easy with fishery coarse excellent an is The document includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi OSi under reproduced data Ireland Survey Ordnance includes document The

Erne Waterway in Leitrim and Fermanagh, Fermanagh, and Leitrim in Waterway Erne

number of options available: The Shannon- The available: options of number

Canal fishing can be very productive with a a with productive very be can fishing Canal Photos courtesy of: IFI, Shane O’Reilly & Kevin Lyons. Lyons. Kevin & O’Reilly Shane IFI, of: courtesy Photos

Fermoy.

and dace as does the River Blackwater at at Blackwater River the does as dace and

3lbs in weight, also has big shoals of roach roach of shoals big has also weight, in 3lbs

a reputation for producing perch to over over to perch producing for reputation a

Kildare and Carlow, which has always had had always has which Carlow, and Kildare

beautiful golden rudd. The river Barrow in in Barrow river The rudd. golden beautiful Acknowledgements

excellent stocks of tench and, in places, places, in and, tench of stocks excellent

specialist angler the Shannon also holds holds also Shannon the angler specialist

started to muscle in on the action; for the the for action; the on in muscle to started

bream and hybrids but other species have have species other but hybrids and bream

Ireland has long been famous for its its for famous been long has Ireland level of cover carried. cover of level

permit is required to fish it. it. fish to required is permit

Ballaghadereen the same species as the Shannon itself but a a but itself Shannon the as species same the

always advisable to check with the establishment or operator concerned as to the the to as concerned operator or establishment the with check to advisable always

for much of its course. The Suck holds all of of all holds Suck The course. its of much for

ing the counties of Galway and Roscommon Roscommon and Galway of counties the ing

- border Shannon the of tributary major a is

accident insurance. While many operators would have public liability insurance it is is it insurance liability public have would operators many While insurance. accident

The River Suck also deserves a mention as it it as mention a deserves also Suck River The

lose some sleep for the fish of your dreams! dreams! your of fish the for sleep some lose

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are your preferred quarry be prepared to to prepared be quarry preferred your are

be hazardous and involve risk. It is recommended in such cases to take out personal personal out take to cases such in recommended is It risk. involve and hazardous be

fish come on the feed, so if these ‘bin-lids’ ‘bin-lids’ these if so feed, the on come fish

[email protected] emailing by Update

www.leavenotraceireland.org/ of darkness, the time when the really big big really the when time the darkness, of

cialist anglers target big bream in the hours hours the in bream big target anglers cialist sibility for errors or omissions therein. Some sporting activities may by their nature nature their by may activities sporting Some therein. omissions or errors for sibility

- spe many seen has system Shannon the on people are catching and where. You can sign up to be emailed the weekly Angling Angling weekly the emailed be to up sign can You where. and catching are people

parts of its length. Improved water clarity clarity water Improved length. its of parts

barbless hooks and practice no-weight, “in the water” catch and release. and catch water” the “in no-weight, practice and hooks barbless

and associated maps and web pages. Inland Fisheries Ireland cannot accept respon accept cannot Ireland Fisheries Inland pages. web and maps associated and - is free and access is very good for large large for good very is access and free is

Coarse Angling Centre Angling Coarse

Fishing on the main stem of the Shannon Shannon the of stem main the on Fishing IFI also produces a weekly Angling Update which provides up-to-date reports on what what on reports up-to-date provides which Update Angling weekly a produces also IFI

are what gives the river its reputation. reputation. its river the gives what are

Anglers should fish responsibly and sustainably – where possible use single single use possible where – sustainably and responsibly fish should Anglers

Every effort has been taken to ensure accuracy in the compilation of this publication publication this of compilation the in accuracy ensure to taken been has effort Every fish species although its big bronze bream bream bronze big its although species fish

has abundant stocks of all the major coarse coarse major the all of stocks abundant has

www.ufishireland.org/ 18 metres in the first 250km of its course. It It course. its of 250km first the in metres 18

cause obstruction. obstruction. cause

Shannon is a slow, wide river, only dropping dropping only river, wide slow, a is Shannon

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Shannon which runs over 360km long. The The long. 360km over runs which Shannon

and Ireland is also the longest; the mighty River River mighty the longest; the also is Ireland

Vehicles should be parked in designated areas and in such a manner that they do not not do they that manner a such in and areas designated in parked be should Vehicles

The most famous coarse angling river in in river angling coarse famous most The

Rivers and Canals and Rivers

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Be considerate of other visitors. other of considerate Be stands provided on the most popular ones. ones. popular most the on provided stands

good with ample car parking and fishing fishing and parking car ample with good

to ask. Access on these fisheries is normally normally is fisheries these on Access ask. to

Or via Invasive Species Ireland at Ireland Species Invasive via Or

on either side of the border you should consult: should you border the of side either on two are combined...) can be the best place place best the be can combined...) are two

Leave what you find; Minimise campfire impacts (be careful with fire); Respect wildlife; Respect fire); with careful (be impacts campfire Minimise find; you what Leave

local pub or tackle shop (sometimes the the (sometimes shop tackle or pub local

advice on the best locations. As ever, the the ever, As locations. best the on advice

If you are planning on fishing in Northern Ireland or on the Foyle and Carlingford area area Carlingford and Foyle the on or Ireland Northern in fishing on planning are you If festivals so it is wise to check locally for for locally check to wise is it so festivals www.fisheriesireland.ie/Research/invasive-species.html

Plan ahead and prepare; Travel and camp on durable surfaces; Dispose of waste properly; properly; waste of Dispose surfaces; durable on camp and Travel prepare; and ahead Plan in, using a pole or waggler setup. These areas are popular venues for competitions and and competitions for venues popular are areas These setup. waggler or pole a using in,

loughs are easier to tackle than the larger loughs and you can usually fish relatively close close relatively fish usually can you and loughs larger the than tackle to easier are loughs

dozens of quality fisheries to choose from, all within a twenty minute drive. The smaller smaller The drive. minute twenty a within all from, choose to fisheries quality of dozens www.fishinginireland.info www.fishinginireland.info at: providers service and

Full information on prevention of invasive species is available on our website at: website our on available is species invasive of prevention on information Full

like Cavan, Leitrim, Monaghan, Roscommon, Longford, Fermanagh or Clare, there can be be can there Clare, or Fermanagh Longford, Roscommon, Monaghan, Leitrim, Cavan, like

Please adhere to the seven principles of Leave No Trace Ireland: Ireland: Trace No Leave of principles seven the to adhere Please

probably never been caught before. If the angler chooses the right base, in counties counties in base, right the chooses angler the If before. caught been never probably

dedicated angling website which has more detailed information on individual fisheries fisheries individual on information detailed more has which website angling dedicated uncommon for the visitor to be the only angler fishing one of these for fish that have have that fish for these of one fishing angler only the be to visitor the for uncommon

to fish. to There are thousands of smaller sized coarse loughs to choose from and it would not be be not would it and from choose to loughs coarse sized smaller of thousands are There

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Medium and Small Loughs Small and Medium where you can find more detailed and up-to-date angling information. Firstly, there is a a is there Firstly, information. angling up-to-date and detailed more find can you where

would ask that all anglers inspect and clean their gear prior to travelling to Ireland Ireland to travelling to prior gear their clean and inspect anglers all that ask would www.fishinginireland.info/guides/index.htm

the necessary arrangements are made. Information on this type of service is available at: at: available is service of type this on Information made. are arrangements necessary the

mary of some of the key angling hotspots. However, there are a number of resources resources of number a are there However, hotspots. angling key the of some of mary

Angling service providers in some areas will pre-bait a venue in advance of your visit once once visit your of advance in venue a pre-bait will areas some in providers service Angling

of bait! If possible, pre-baiting your swim in advance of fishing can lead to quicker results. results. quicker to lead can fishing of advance in swim your pre-baiting possible, If bait! of

down in your swim. One piece of advice you often hear from the experts is to bring plenty plenty bring to is experts the from hear often you advice of piece One swim. your in down

This guide provides a basic introduction to coarse angling in Ireland and gives a sum a gives and Ireland in angling coarse to introduction basic a provides guide This -

have to offer and plenty of groundbait and loose-feed may be required to keep their heads heads their keep to required be may loose-feed and groundbait of plenty and offer to have course to another on angling tackle, boats and protective clothing. These can be very very be can These clothing. protective and boats tackle, angling on another to course trip to Ireland. It provides a wealth of information on travel and accommodation as well as as well as accommodation and travel on information of wealth a provides It Ireland. to trip

shoals find the bait. A big shoal of bream or hybrids will make short work of whatever you you whatever of work short make will hybrids or bream of shoal big A bait. the find shoals

a long term approach is called for: It often takes a few days of quiet waiting before the the before waiting quiet of days few a takes often It for: called is approach term long a

Angling Information Angling

or waggler fished at depth are the preferred methods here and patience, perseverance and and perseverance patience, and here methods preferred the are depth at fished waggler or Aquatic Invasive Species and fish pathogens are readily transferred from one water one from transferred readily are pathogens fish and Species Invasive Aquatic - Ireland also has a general tourism website website tourism general a has also Ireland that will help you plan your your plan you help will that www.ireland.com

can be daunting for any angler not used to fishing large venues. Long range feeder fishing fishing feeder range Long venues. large fishing to used not angler any for daunting be can

bream, so the angler has to work hard to get trophy bags of fish. These loughs are huge and and huge are loughs These fish. of bags trophy get to hard work to has angler the so bream,

these days due to a number of factors, including improving water quality and hybridisation of of hybridisation and quality water improving including factors, of number a to due days these

Biosecurity Tourism General FURTHER INFORMATION FURTHER

system are the places to explore. It must be said that large 100lb+ catches are less frequent frequent less are catches 100lb+ large that said be must It explore. to places the are system

really large loughs of the Shannon system such as Ree, Derg and Allen, or venues on the Erne Erne the on venues or Allen, and Derg Ree, as such system Shannon the of loughs large really

For the truly massive shoals of bream & hybrids that Ireland has long been famous for, the the for, famous been long has Ireland that hybrids & bream of shoals massive truly the For

Large Loughs Large FISHERIES FISHERIES