Fishing near Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath

Kinnegad sits in County Westmeath, in Ireland's midlands, where the landscape is threaded with lowland rivers and within reach of some of the country's most productive coarse and pike fisheries. The Kinnegad River runs through the town itself — a small, accessible lowland river holding pike, bream, roach, perch, rudd, tench and eel. Nearby, Derrymore Springs rainbow trout fishery in Killucan is just minutes away, and the wider region connects anglers to the River Boyne, the Shannon system and Lough Ree.

Top waters to fish near Kinnegad

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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

Common Bream

Abramis brama

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Atlantic Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

Coalfish

Pollachius virens

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