Fishing near Galway, Co. Galway

Galway sits at the meeting point of some of Ireland's most productive fishing country. The River Corrib runs through the city itself, and Lough Corrib — Ireland's second largest lake and one of Europe's finest limestone loughs — lies just to the north. Beyond the freshwater, Galway Bay and the waters out toward the Aran Islands draw sea anglers after shark, cod, ling, pollock, and ray. County Galway also holds three of Europe's most important brown trout fisheries, alongside prolific Atlantic salmon and sea trout rivers throughout Connemara.