Fishing near Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Maynooth sits in north County Kildare, flanked by the River Liffey and the Rye Water barely a kilometre away. The Royal Canal runs through the town itself, giving anglers on foot or public transport a ready coarse fishery. The wider county is threaded by the Liffey, Rye, Barrow and the Grand and Royal canals, making it one of the more accessible freshwater fishing areas in Leinster, with wild brown trout on the rivers and solid coarse fishing on the canals and the Barrow.

Top waters to fish near Maynooth

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

Eurasian Minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Atlantic Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

Coalfish

Pollachius virens

Common Sole

Solea solea

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