Fishing near Ballina, Co. Tipperary

Ballina sits on the southern tip of Lough Derg in County Tipperary, directly across the River Shannon from Killaloe. The twin villages share one of Ireland's most celebrated coarse and game fisheries — a 130 km² limestone lough renowned for wild brown trout, pike, bream and salmon, fed by the full length of the Shannon system.

Top waters to fish near Ballina

Species & education

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

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Houting

Coregonus oxyrinchus

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Angler

Lophius piscatorius

Atlantic Herring

Clupea harengus

Atlantic Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Blonde Ray

Raja brachyura

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

Bull Huss

Scyliorhinus stellaris

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