Fishing near Portarlington, Co. Laois

Portarlington sits in County Laois in the Irish Midlands, with the River Barrow running through the town and the Derryounce Lakes just two kilometres out on the Edenderry road. The area is known for wild brown trout fishing on carefully maintained river stretches and for the fly-only trout fishery at Derryounce, two bogland lakes run by Portarlington Angling Club. Coarse anglers also find good sport on the Barrow and surrounding Midland waters.

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Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Common Bream

Abramis brama

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Dace

Leuciscus leuciscus

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

Eurasian Minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Atlantic Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

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