RSSIreland's lakes and rivers have preserved their character in a landscape which has changed very little over the centuries. The pike is one of the most widespread of Irish fish and pike fishing is as old as angling itself.
The variety in landscape offers unlimited opportunities to the sea angler, who can find somewhere to fish all year round. The Irish landscape is one of small fields and wild peat bogs, littered with loughs of all sizes and drained by many rivers; there are over 7,000 miles of riverbank for the coarse angler.
Game Fishing
The essence of game angling is the pursuit of native fish in wild places and Ireland offers a unique opportunity for the same. Salmon, trout and sea-trout are native species.
Ireland's loughs and rivers have preserved their character in a landscape, which has changed very little over the centuries. The angler on lough Mask, one of the great western limestone loughs, witnesses a timeless scene looking across the waves to mountain ranges, which ripple into infinity on the skyline.
This sense of place, which is one of the pleasures of fishing in Ireland can be experienced in different ways on the many types of Irish river and lough. Lough Mask is like an inland sea, but there are also countless small loughs where the lone angler can fish in sheltered solitude.
Major rivers like the Munster Blackwater in the south offer sport with salmon and scenery on a grand scale while a more intimate experience can be enjoyed on the minor limestone trout streams, like the green pastures of County Meath.
