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The Ballinderry River flows into Lough Neagh at Ballinderry. The river has formed the border between the two counties of Londonderry and Tyrone since the creation of the former. It is regarded by anglers as one of the best trout rivers in Ulster, and is also good for salmon. One variety of trout, known as dollaghan, is native to the Lough Neagh ...
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The lake is popular for its trout fishing. The World Cup Trout Fly Fishing Championship takes place annually on Lough Mask at Cushlough Bay near Ballinrobe. [8] Petersburg Outdoor Education Center is situated on the shore of the lough, close to Bly Island. The center uses the lake for numerous water sports including kayaking, canoeing and sailing.
Many anglers regard them as an elusive species and call them 'sea trout of Lough Neagh'. Their weight varies greatly - from small fish of around 1/2 lb to large specimens of around 20 lb. There are three other strains of brown trout in Ireland: Gillaroo, Sonaghen and Ferox. The Dollaghan is thought to have evolved from sea trout which were land ...
The Little Brosna is a historic and popular angling river, particularly known for its brown trout. [14] An electric fishing survey of the river at Riverstown was conducted in September 2012 by Inland Fisheries Ireland. Species noted here were brown trout (87), lamprey (1), salmon (38) and stone loach (7). [15]
The River Brosna (Irish: An Bhrosnach) is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, flowing through County Westmeath and County Offaly. The river rises in Lough Owel north of Mullingar [3] and is a tributary of the River Shannon. It meets the Shannon at Shannon Harbour. The River Brosna is 49.25 miles (79 km) in length. [4]
Fishing is a pastime enjoyed along the river and at Lough Gara where the most bountiful fish are roach, followed by roach/bream hybrids, perch, pike, bream, eels and brown trout. [ 12 ] "The Power House" of Ballaghaderreen generated electricity for the town from 1906 until 1933 though the first water powered turbine was installed in 1912 to ...
It has been argued that only nine species of freshwater fish are truly native to Ireland — five char species, pollan, eel, brown trout and Atlantic salmon — as Ireland's fresh water was entirely frozen during the last glacial period, only diadromous fish could repopulate Irish waters after the Ice Age. All other freshwater species were ...