Fishing near Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Ballybay sits on the shores of Lough Major in County Monaghan, at the headwaters of the Dromore river system. The town is well regarded among coarse anglers, with a cluster of accessible lakes on its doorstep holding bream, tench, roach, pike and carp. Lough Egish, a large pike-rich water, lies a short distance to the south-east.

Top waters to fish near Ballybay

Carlingford Lough

Laragh 36

Co. Cavan, Co. Monaghan

Species & education

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

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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

European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Scyliorhinus canicula

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

Black Seabream

Spondyliosoma cantharus

European Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Thornback Ray

Raja clavata

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

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