Fishing near Kilcock, Co. Kildare

Kilcock sits on the Kildare–Meath border where the Rye Water meets the Royal Canal, putting coarse fishing right on the doorstep. The Royal Canal towpath stretches in both directions from Fern's Lock, and the canal is the centrepiece of local angling — big bream, roach, rudd, tench, perch and pike all present in numbers. Kilcock Harbour itself is a compact 0.6-hectare coarse fishery holding the same mixed species, with pike growing large on the resident bream and roach populations.