Fishing near Gweedore, Co. Donegal

Gweedore sits in the heart of northwest Donegal, where fast-flowing spate rivers drain wild moorland into the Atlantic. The area is best known for its salmon and sea trout fishing, centred on the Clady and Crolly (Gweedore) rivers, with additional sport on nearby loughs and along a rugged coastline that produces shore and boat fishing from Bunbeg and surrounding points.

Top waters to fish near Gweedore

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Scyliorhinus canicula

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Sea Trout

Salmo trutta

Spotted Ray

Raja montagui

Corkwing Wrasse

Symphodus melops

European Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

Turbot

Scophthalmus maximus

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