forestry road with waterside car parking Lough Inchin: Limited roadside parking. Lough Garrow: Private road access to some stands from the north and south weighing. to the second week in June. If weather to a 30-peg match length. Common Common species and some tench. chalet with stands provided by owner. shores. conditions are favourable there can be species and some tench. Fishing for good pike best by boat. Permission to fish is required from On larger waters, boats and in some some great sport on the spent gnat. owner on this lovely fishery which has Steepleton’s Lake: Roadside car parking cases the hiring of a ghillie, can ensure In June, July and August the best fly Killykeen (Cavan side): Good access BAIT, BOATS AND GUIDE fishing for specimen bream, specimen with fishing from stands and bank. successful pike fishing. Supplies of fishing is in the evenings fishing big through Killykeen Forest Park to several Castlehamilton Angling Centre of roach bream hybrids, roach, good perch deadbaits are readily available in tackle sedge patterns, which have produced parking areas. There is a 60 peg match Milltown Lake: Roadside car parking. shops at various angling centres. Excellence, Killeshandra. and big pike. Bank fishing. huge trout in recent seasons. length where annual competitions are T: 087 207 5013. Anglers are requested to observe the held. Boats required for access to pegs E: [email protected] Drumlaney Lake: Limited car parking. Bantagrow Lake: Lakeside car park and pike conservation laws. In September, there are fair hatches of on Inch Island. Fishing is good on the Fishing from stands. roadside car parking. Fishing from a olives and a team of general wet flies match length and elsewhere for bream, BAIT AND GUIDE developed bank. can produce good sport if the weather roach, hybrids, perch and good pike. Donal Kelly, The Bait Shop, Killeshandra. Drumgorry Lake: Parking along Clones- conditions are favourable. Roach fishing is very good in the river T: 086 197 0626. Cavan road. Corraneary Lake (Church Lake): Very between the lakes. E: [email protected] limited roadside car parking. There is There is public access with piers BAIT also car parking at the Church. and jetties at the Inny Bridge, Finea, Sally Lake: In Killykeen Forest Park BOATS Catherine Smith, Fortview House, Rusheen Bay, Crover Pier, Kilnahard Pier, with roadside parking with fishing from Pat Tiernan, Lakeside Cottages, Church Drumbran, Cloverhill, Belturbet. Roosky Lake: Roadside car parking. Sailors Garden and Ross Shore. stands for carp (up to over 10 lbs.). Street, Killeshandra. T: 049 433 4431. T: 049 433 8185. Fishing from stands. Common species and some tench. PERMITS GUIDES BOATS Armaghieran Lake: Roadside car An Inland Fisheries Ireland permit Trinity: Limited car parking. Fishing in Kieran McCormack, Killeshandra. Michael Tully, Clonandra Cottages, parking. is required and is available from shallow swims. T: 086 172 1810. Redhills, Belturbet. T: 047 55 292. Lough Tacker: Road access to car park. www.fishinginireland.info and at TROUT FISHING several major outlets around the lake. Innisconnell (Rann): Good access with Paul O’Dowd, Killeshandra. Killyrue Lake: Limited car parking. IN COUNTY CAVAN car parking. Fishing from good bank. T: 049 433 4885. T: 049 433 6144. A comprehensive set The game angling lakes in the county The short river stretch provides good E: [email protected] of regulations is given with every permit. SHERCOCK TACKLE SHOP AND BOATS are Lough Sheelin, Annagh Lake, roach, perch and some tench. Joe Mulligan, t/a Duffy Brothers, Joel Carson, Killeshandra. A small market town on the shores of Creenagh Lake, Holy Lake and Lough GUIDES Main Street, Shercock. Flynn’s Pass: Access road and car park T: 049 433 4486. Lough Sillan, offering good facilities for Acurry (Grousehall). The main rivers are Gary McKiernan, T: 042 966 9184. with fishing from good banks. Common E: [email protected] the visiting angler. the River Erne near Belturbet, the River [email protected] species and some tench. Land owner LOCAL INFORMATION Annalee, with its tributaries the Bunnoe T: 087 124 5927. Norbert Renaud, Killeshandra. Lough Sillan: Access to the top of this permission required. Carol Greenan, Annesley Heights, and Laragh and the Kells Blackwater. T: 085 215 0590. big lake at Annaghafarney with car park Kenneth O’Keeffe, Grey Duster Guiding Carrickmacross Road, Shercock. Innismuck Lake (Caratraw Bridge): E: [email protected] and slipway and at the caravan park Lough Sheelin: A little over four E: [email protected] T: 086 898 4172. T: 042 966 9667. Access below bridge to the right hand on the Cavan-Cootehill road. Fishing miles long and more than one mile LOCAL INFORMATION John Mulvany side of lake and access to the Milltown from bank at both locations for bream, wide, Lough Sheelin has an area of Geraldine O’Reilly, Eonish Lodge. E: [email protected] side of the lake via a causeway to the particularly at Annaghfarney along with approximately 4,500 acres (1,800 T: 049 433 4487. T: 086 249 0076. island to a good clean bank. good roach, hybrids, perch and good hectares). This lake is one of the best pike. Boats are available, which are VIRGINIA wild brown trout fisheries in Europe. David Connor, DC Angling & Guiding Killygoan Lake: Roadside access to recommended to tackle this big water. Situated on the N3 from Dublin to Cavan There are good hatches of various Services. T: 087 394 6989. some swims with better fishing from far Muddy Lake: Roadside car parking with on the lakeside of Lough Ramor. species of chironomid (duckfly) along bank accessed by boat only. Common KILNALECK fishing from stands. with some olives in the early season. Richie Johnston, Lough Ramor: Various access points species and some tench. Small village southeast of Gowna near There is a good hatch of mayfly from the E: [email protected] including car park and slipway in the the source of the River Erne. Lough Moyduff Lake: Bank fishing only with middle of May, which lasts sometimes T: 087 193 9145. Sheelin Trout Fishery is within three MOUNTNUGENT town. Roadside car parking near the Kells Blackwater: Below Lough Ramor, Michael Farrell Lough Acurry (Grousehall): On the The taking and killing by any person Note: Anglers, please do not litter football pitch and Foxes Point on the there is some coarse fishing available E: [email protected] Cavan to Bailieborough Road, this of more than one pike on any day is shorelines. (Access to fisheries depends miles. There are two important lakes LOUGH SHEELIN (See Trout Fishing Virginia side. Car parking in the caravan near the lake but generally a trout T: 087 419 4156. fishery is managed by the Laragh prohibited. on your co-operation) near the village. Section) park with permission. fishery down to O’Daly’s bridge with day Anglers. There is a stock of good wild For more information on Lough Sheelin, It is prohibited for any person having Corglass Lake: Boat access and car Bracklagh Lake: Bream, pike, tench, permits required from the Kells Anglers brown trout which is supplemented CONSERVATION On the western side of the lake there is visit www.loughsheelinanglers.ie, or in his possession more than one dead parking. Bank fishing for bream, roach, hybrid, perch and pike. The Flying Sportsman, Carrick Street, annually with some hatchery-reared All fish should be handled with care. Do a very narrow road to small grassy car whole pike less than 50cm in length hybrids, perch and pike. Kells, Co. Meath. T: 046 924 1743. contact Thomas Lynch T: 087 913 fish. Fishing is from a good bank. The not retain bream, roach or tench for park at Knocknagartan. Pre-baiting is or alternatively, more than 0.75 Kilos The River Inny: The river at and from the 2033. For information on Boat Hire, best of the fishing is in the summer a long period in a net. Return the fish Kill Lake: Access from west (Pump necessary to attract bream at all venues weight of pike flesh or parts. A person bridge at Finea has a moderate to fast see Mountnugent in the Course Angling evenings where sedge patterns include gently to the water. house) side with bank fishing for bream, on the lake. Bank fishing for bream, shall not take and kill more than four flow and holds a big stock of roach and FISHING TIPS section of this brochure. the Murrough. Trout to over 5 lbs are roach, hybrids, perch and pike. hybrids. The river holds roach along its roach, hybrids, perch and big pike. Boat coarse fish on any one day. Pike: All pike should be returned ALIVE FOR COARSE ANGLING Annagh Lake: This fine lake near reported annually. stretch from Kinale by Carnagh Bridge, or ghilly needed for access for pike to the water. Be a good sport! Concentrate on a few carefully selected Butlersbridge is managed by the Season: 1 March to 30 September. The above mentioned prohibitions do ANGLING CONTACT Float Bridge and Coolnagun Bridge. The fishing particularly in the upper deep swims. Many waters produce their best Butlersbridge Trout Angling Co-op Ltd. It not apply to specimen pike (as defined Biosecurity: Invasive species are Peter Galligan, Kilnaleck. depth of this river varies and there are end of the lake around the islands. Angling Methods: Fly fishing only. after two or three days pre-baiting. is stocked annually, mainly with rainbow by the bye-law) provided only one such hugely damaging to fish stocks and T: 087 230 4800. some fast, shallow and weedy stretches. Roadside car parking. pike is taken and killed by any person on the environment, and can be easily Lisgrey Lake: Some hotels and guesthouses have log trout.