River Foyle and Tributaries Conditions today are very difficult indeed with gale force winds and rising floods on all our rivers. Wednesday looks like the start of favourable conditions and we should have some good fishing as we get towards the weekend. Thursday 15th September will bring to an end another seasons fishing on the [...]

30 Anglers 25 Senior    5 Junior SENIOR 1st        Liam O’Connor        Culdaff      SAC 2nd       Barry Platt             East Antrin SAC 3rd       David Burnside        Lough Foyle SAC JUNIOR 1st       Ryan Blair              2nd      Matthew Williamson 3rd      Calvin Blair Longest fish , Ryan Blair & Nicholas McNeill       flounder  33cm Fish caught           189. Carlingford Lough Fishing remains steady around the Lough [...]

Upper Mourne Report 1st August R. Hill 4.5lb and G. McClure 3lb grilse caught in the Snaa, 2nd August D. Fulton 3.5lb in the Snaa and 1.5lb in the Half Water. 3 August P. Hannan, 7.5lb in Half Water, following day W. Ross, Limavady caught 5lb in Blackstone, and a further 5lb in the Snaa, [...]

Fine weather all last week led to quite a few fishing trips on and around the Lough with visitors from as far away as Dubai. Fishing remains steady and some nice ling and cod being caught. Pollock tend to be small and not so plentiful this week and mackerel are right into the beach at [...]

Check out the Angling Fair blog at – http://www.anglingfair.blogspot.com/ Change to usual show opening time on the Saturday Sat 21st 12pm-9pm & Sun 22nd 10am – 4pm Mourne No rain, no water, no fish and no hope. The only word of advice for salmon anglers on the Mourne is “Prey”. The past week has seen [...]

River Mourne The river Mourne and its tributaries are opening tomorrow Friday 1st April. At the beginning of season, anglers are likely on occasions to catch spent fish (Kelts), fish that have spawned and are moving out to sea. I ask all anglers to handle all fish with care and return them back to the [...]

New 20lbs plus Specimen Trout Fishery opens St Patrick’s Day in Donemana Moyagh Trout Fishery located close to the village of Donemana, easily accessed from the main A5 Strabane to L’Derry road are pleased to announce the opening of a new Specimen Lake  on St Patricks day. The specimen lake will complement the existing lake [...]

River Finn Water Levels continue to fall with the temperature. Local angler Paddy Harkin has got his fly fishing season off to a great start this morning, catching and releasing 2 sealiced spring salmon this morning below the Ivy Bridge beat. I have received other unconfirmed reports and believe reports will increase as we move [...]

The rivers Foyle and Finn and our remaining still water trout fisheries open tomorrow the 1st March. Anglers should take care as water temperatures remain low and advise you wear a buoyancy aid / lifejacket when fishing and take extra care as many streams / pools may have changed during the winter floods. Go prepared [...]

In common with much of north west Europe, The Foyle and Carlingford areas are experiencing very cold conditions at present! Dr Paddy Boylan of the Loughs Agency reflects on last season when similar conditions were experienced around this time. He points out that field survey on the River Roe late 2009 / early 2010 demonstrated [...]