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2023 fish stocking figures

Fisheries in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Public Angling Estate are stocked with fish from Movanagher Fish Farm. The fish stocking table below is updated when monthly stocking has been confirmed.

Fish stock size and weight

Public Angling Estate fisheries are stocked on a regular basis but can't always be stocked in summer months in line with fish welfare policy.

These waters will be stocked with takeable fish larger than 25.4 centimetres and an average weight greater than 300 grams.

DAERA Inland Fisheries tries to make sure that these waters are stocked regularly depending on their quota, however they are not stocked on a monthly basis.

Contact DAERA Inland Fisheries by phone or email if you have stocking queries. 

Information on future stocking is not available.

2023 fish stocking figures

BT= Brown Trout
RBT = Rainbow Trout 

Fishery

Feb March Apr May

Achork (one of the Navar Lakes)

 

1,000

BT

   

Altnahinch Reservoir

1,000 
BT

 

1,500

BT

1,000

RBT

1,000 BT

Ballykeel Lough Erne

1,000 
BT

 

1,000

BT

1,000 BT

Ballymoney Burn stretch on Ballymoney River

 

250

BT

  250 BT

Binevenagh Lake

 

750

RBT

   

Brantry Lough

1,500
BT

1,000

BT

  1,500 BT

Castlewellan Lake

1,500
BT

1,000

BT

  1,500 BT

Copeland (Marshallstown)

1,000

BT

 

1,000

BT

1,000 RBT

Corranny Lough

 

1,000

RBT

  500 RBT

Craigavon City Park Lake North

 

1,000

RBT

  1,000 RBT

Glencreawan (one of the Navar Lakes)

1,000 
BT
     

Hillsborough Lake

   

1,000

RBT

1,000 RBT

Killylane Reservoir

1,500

BT

 

1,500

BT

 

Lough Bradan 

 

500

BT

   

Loughbrickland Lake

1,000 
BT
 

1,000

BT

 

Lough Corry

1,500

BT

     

Lough Cowey

1,000 
BT

    1,000 BT

Lough Keenaghan

1,500

BT

 

1,500

BT

 

Lough Money

 

1,000

RBT

  1,000 RBT

Lough Mourne 

       

Lower South Woodburn

2,000 
BT
 

1,000

RBT

 

Meenameen (one of the Navar Lakes)

1,500

BT

    1,000 BT

Middle South Woodburn

1,000 
BT
    1,000 RBT

Mill Lough Bellanaleck 

1,500

BT

 

1,300

RBT

1,500 BT

Moor Lough

 

1,000

BT

  1,000 BT

North Woodburn

650

RBT

1,000

BT

1,000

RBT

1,000 RBT

Stoneyford Reservoir

1,500

BT

 

1,500

BT

 

White Lough

 

1,000

RBT

1,000

RBT

 
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