Fishing near Carlingford, Co. Louth

Carlingford sits on the southern shore of Carlingford Lough, a sea lough dividing County Louth from County Down. The lough has a strong reputation for tope fishing, and the broader Co. Louth coastline stretching south toward the Boyne Estuary is regarded as a centre of excellence for sea angling, with shore, rock, and boat fishing all accessible.

Top waters to fish near Carlingford

Carlingford Lough

Tolka

Co. Dublin, Co. Meath

Inny [Shannon]

Co. Cavan, Co. Longford, Co. Meath, Co. Westmeath

Mourne Coast

Co. Louth

Blackwater [Kells]

Co. Cavan, Co. Meath

Species & education

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

Eurasian Minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Scyliorhinus canicula

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Bull Huss

Scyliorhinus stellaris

Conger Eel

Conger conger

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