Fishing near Kinlough, Co. Leitrim

Kinlough sits in north County Leitrim on the southern shore of Lough Melvin, one of Ireland's most celebrated salmonid lakes. The area is best known for Melvin's unique wild trout — gillaroo, sonaghan and ferox found nowhere else at this scale in the British Isles — alongside salmon and the Drowes, a renowned spring salmon and grilse river flowing from Lareen Bay to the sea at Tullaghan.

Top waters to fish near Kinlough

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Kinlough, Co. Leitrim and what's needed to catch them.

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Common Bream

Abramis brama

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Angler

Lophius piscatorius

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

Atlantic Herring

Clupea harengus

Atlantic Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Blonde Ray

Raja brachyura

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