Fishing near Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Kenmare sits at the head of Kenmare Bay in south County Kerry, where the Roughty and Sheen rivers meet tidal water before the bay opens toward the Atlantic. The area draws anglers for both saltwater fishing on the bay — where spurdog, bull huss, ray, conger, pollack, wrasse, and flatfish are all taken — and freshwater fishing on the surrounding rivers and loughs, with the Roughty, Sheen, and Cloonee lakes among the most accessible local waters for salmon and trout.