Fishing near Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow

Bagenalstown sits on the River Barrow in County Carlow, one of Ireland's great lowland rivers and the centrepiece of angling in this part of Leinster. The Barrow through and below the town is well known for coarse fishing, with bream, roach, dace, hybrids and perch all present, while the wider area also draws salmon and trout anglers. Bagenalstown Lock itself is a popular and accessible spot on the Barrow Canal.

Top waters to fish near Bagenalstown

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Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Common Bream

Abramis brama

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Dace

Leuciscus leuciscus

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

Eurasian Minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Sea Trout

Salmo trutta

Twaite Shad

Alosa fallax

Common Sole

Solea solea

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