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Inishowen, the hidden jewel of the North-West, surrounded
on three sides by the waters of the Swilly (to the west), the Foyle (to the
east), and of course the Atlantic to the north, as well as being criss-crossed
by a plethora of rivers and small loughs, is the ideal location to spend a
fishing holiday.
Inishowen is unique in the opportunities that it offers
to anglers and sporting fishermen of all levels, no matter their particular
fishing fancy. Whether its casting from a boat, off the beach and rocks, or from
the banks of a river the whole spectrum of fishing delights are available to you
in some of the most beautiful settings in Ireland.
A number of different licences, dependant on where you plan to
fish, are needed in Inishowen. Lough Foyle and the Culdaff
River require a Foyle Fisheries licence. The Crana River which
is private has it's own special permits and licences, whilst the Swilly
and the rest of Inishowen's rivers are covered by a Southern or
local Donegal licence. Always make sure that you have whatever licence or
permit is required as these regulations are strictly enforced.
Inishowen is an undiscovered angler's paradise. Nature
has conspired to situate the peninsula between two of the most important Salmon
River systems in Europe, the Foyle and the Swilly. With six salmon
and sea trout bearing rivers within a 20-mile radius, the largest peninsular
coastline in Ireland and a wealth of wrecks and rock shelves, Inishowen
is unique in its suitability for game angling, rock and shore fishing and sea
angling.
Game Fishing
The Culdaff and Clonmany Rivers are noted for substantial
runs of spring salmon and early sea trout are caught from March onwards. The Crana,
Glenagannon, Donagh and Straths rivers yield good numbers of salmon
and sea trout from May onwards.
Wily brown trout are plentiful in all the rivers and streams of Inishowen
and on the Mintiagh Loughs, Lough Fad and Lough Inn.
Lough Fad is believed to be the only place outside Iceland where arctic
charr are found.
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Fishing in Inishowen
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Fishing
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Fish Type
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Location
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| Game Fishing |
Spring Salmon
Early Brown Trout
Wily Brown Trout |
Crana River
Glenagannon/Inishowen
Meentiagh
Lough fad
Lough Inn |
| Rock and Shore Fishing |
Conger Eels, Bream,Gurnard
Cod Fish
Ubiquitous
Mackerel
Sea Trout |
Moville Pier/Buncrana
Culdaff
Five Fingers/ Lagg
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| Sea Angling |
Whiting, Cod,
Haddock, Conger
Mackerel, Plaice
Dog Fish, etc. |
Culdaff
Inishowen Boating Co
Carrowmore
Malin (074) 93 70605 |
Inishowen Peninsula Shore Angling
- Fahan: Ray, dogfish and occasional flounder from the
beach. Fishing into channel on first two hours of the flood tide is best.
- Buncrana Pier: Float fishing for mackerel (in
season). Bottom for ray, dogfish, whiting and dabs. Sea trout occasionally
fall to spinners. High water is best.
- Dunree Head: Rock fishing from various locations on
southern side for wrasse, Pollack, coalfish, dogfish and occasional conger.
- Leenan Pier: Float fishing for coalfish, wrasse and
Pollack (close to pier). Distance casting from head of pier, onto sand for
ray, dogfish, codling. Flood tide to high water best.
- Leenan Head (North side): Spinning for Pollack,
float fishing for wrasse and coalfish from various rocky outcrops.
- Dunaff Head: Rock fishing on southern side for
wrasse, Pollack, coalfish and conger.
- Tullagh Strand: beach fishing for dab, flounder,
eels and whiting. Night tides are best.
- Binnion: Spinning for Pollack and mackerel (in
summer). Float and bottom fishing for coalfish, wrasse and dogfish.
- Pollan Bay: Beach fishing for flounder, dab, small
turbot, occasional bass and sea trout. Flood tides in the evenings provide
the best opportunities.
- Isle of Doagh (Bar Mouth or Lagg): Spinning or
freelining sand eel from both sides of the channel for sea trout. First two
hours of the flood tide best. Bottom fishing for flounder and eel on a
flooding tide and for dogfish at high water.
- Five Finger Strand: Surf fishing for sea trout,
flounder and occasional bass.
- Malin Head: Access to several outcrops on Northern
Shore. Fishing for Pollack, coalfish, wrasse, and occasional conger. Should
not be approached in northerly winds.
- Malin Head Pier (Portmór): Spinning and float
fishing for coalfish, Pollack and mackerel in season. Bottom fishing for
occasional conger, dogfish and dab.
- Glengad Head: Spinning for Pollack and mackerel (in
season). Float fishing for wrasse and coalfish.
- Bunagee Pier and adjacent rocks: Spinning for
Pollack and mackerel (in season) and occasional sea trout. Float fishing for
coalfish, wrasse and mullet.
- Culdaff Bay: Beach fishing (night tides best) for
dogfish, dabs, flounder, sea trout and occasional bass. Rock fishing below
Dunmore Head (east of beach) for Pollack, coalfish and wrasse.
- Tremone Bay: Rock fishing at western end for Pollack
and wrasse. Beach fishing for dogfish, flounder, dab, plaice and occasional
bass and sea trout.
- Kinnagoe Bay: Rock fishing at either end of the bay
for Pollack and wrasse. Beach fishing for flounder, dabs, plaice and
occasional sole, bass and sea trout. Dogfish and spurdog in autumn.
- Moville Pier: Mackerel and mullet occasionally in
summer. Bottom fishing for conger. Specimen fish recorded.
- Pilot Pier: Spinning for mackerel in summer. Bottom
fishing for flounder, dab, dogfish and occasional ray. Ground baiting will
attract mullet.
Note: A State License is required for
sea trout fishing.
Bait
- Stragill: Lugworm plentiful but mainly small. Larger
worms taken by single digging.
- Tullagh: Lugworm particularly at eastern end. Some
crab in weed margins.
- Doagh Island (Trawbreaga Bay): Lugworm plentiful
particularly on banks of channel. Trench digging is most productive just to
the south of the road bridge at Malin. Lugworm plentiful, but ground muddy.
- Culdaff Bay: Lugworm in estuary behind beach. Sand
eel in banks of river. Trench digging is most productive.
- Coast Road (Lough Foyle) North of Muff: Lugworm in
patches, ragworm (small) in mud and crab in weedy margins.
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"BOATS MOORED AT
MOVILLE PIER"
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