Fishing near Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan

Carrickmacross in County Monaghan sits at the heart of a drumlin lake district that has long drawn coarse anglers from across Ireland and beyond. The town is ringed by a cluster of productive lakes — Monalty, Lough na Glack, Lisanisk, Capragh, Coracrin, Lough Fea and several others — making it one of the better-known coarse fishing centres in the Ulster border region.

Top waters to fish near Carrickmacross

Carlingford Lough

Tolka

Co. Dublin, Co. Meath

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Carrickmacross, 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

Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Scyliorhinus canicula

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

Black Seabream

Spondyliosoma cantharus

European Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Thornback Ray

Raja clavata

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Common Bream

Abramis brama

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