Permits and day tickets
To have permission to fish the private waters listed below, you need to buy a permit or day ticket from the fishery owner. A private fishery owner can be a person, company or angling club.
You cannot buy a permit or day ticket without a rod licence.
Catch and release for salmon
Anglers must use catch and release for all salmon and sea trout angling in the DAERA rod licensing area. This means all salmon and sea trout must be returned immediately, alive and unharmed, to the water.
Open seasons for rod and line
The open seasons in the DAERA Public Angling Estate (PAE) licensing area are:
- 1 February to 30 September - Lough Melvin
- 1 March to 31 October - all other waters
Buy rod licences, permits and River Bush day tickets
Rainbow trout open season for rod and line
There is no close season for rainbow trout on waters (outside the Public Angling Estate) which have been designated by DAERA as rainbow trout waters.
The open season for coarse fishing is all year.
Rainbow trout fisheries
Unless indicated, these private fisheries are not part of the DAERA Public Angling Estate. Before fishing in any of these fisheries, anglers must have permission from the fishery owner:
County Antrim
- Beechgrove Fisheries, Cullybackey
- Cairn Farm Fly Fishery, Carrickfergus
- Cornmill Fishery
- Craigmore Fishery, Randalstown
- Cranogue Fishery
- Dalways Lake
- Green Road, Mill Ponds, Ballyclare
- Kilgad Fishery
- McCutcheon's Lake, Aghalee
- Murloc Angling Centre, Aghalee
- North Woodburn Reservoir (Public Angling Estate water)
- Potterswall Reservoir
- Quoilie Reservoirs, Broughshane
- Raloo Fishery
- Springwater Meadow Lakes one and two
- Straid Lake
- Tildarg Fishery
- Turnagrove Fishery
- Upper Pond, The Waterworks, Cavehill Road, Belfast
- Woodford Farm Fishery
County Armagh
- Craigavon City Park North Lake (Public Angling Estate water)
- Drummanbeg Lake, Lurgan
- Islandderry Lake, Dromore Road, Lurgan
- Lisanoe Lake
County Down
- Altnadue Lough
- Ash Cottage Fishery Ballydugan, Lake
- Ballygrangee Fishery
- Ballywillwill Lake, Annsborough
- Bridgewater Fishery
- Carrickmannon Lake
- Cleland's Lake, Crossgar
- Corbet Lake
- Creevy Lough (Public Angling Estate water)
- Dairy Fishery Pond
- Derryleckagh Lake
- Donaldson's Lake, Holywood
- Drum Lough
- Finnebrogue Fisheries
- Gibson's Lough
- Gilford Fishery
- Gills Lough, Tullywest
- Hazelwood Rainbow Trout Fishery
- High Dam, Newtownards
- Hillsborough Lake (Public Angling Estate water)
- Hoggs Lough, Tullywest
- Kernan Lake
- Lower Ballysallagh Reservoir
- Lower Conlig Reservoir
- Magheralagan Lake
- Marybrook Fisheries
- Lough Money (Public Angling Estate water)
- Montalto Lake
- Movilla Lake
- Portavoe Reservoir (Public Angling Estate water)
- Shane's Lough, Dundrum
- The Egg Cup, Dundrum
- Tonaghmore Reservoir
- Trench Farm Pond
- Waterfall Lodge, Trout Fishery
County Fermanagh
- Castlehume Lough
- Lough Coolyermer
- Lough Corrany (Public Angling Estate water)
County Derry/ Londonderry
- Ballylagan Lake
- Ballyrashane Reservoir
- Cashel Lake View Trout Fishery
- Cromore Road, Portstewart
- Dunalis Reservoir
- Gauger's Inn Fishery Lake
- Loughinsholin Put and Take Fishery
- Moorbrook Lodge, Castlerock
- Springwell Fishery
- Stonefalls Trout Fishery, Castlerock
- Turnaface Fishery
- Washing Lough of Manor Golf and Fishing Club
County Tyrone
- Altmore Fishery
- Annaginney Stillwater Trout Fishery
- Aughadarragh Fishery
- Ballagh Lake
- Dungannon Park Lake
- Eskragh Lough
- Glenkeen Fishery, Caledon Road, Aughnacloy
- Hazelden Fishery
- Martray Lough
- Rectory Lodge Trout Fishery
- Termon Trout Fishery
- White Lough (Public Angling Estate water)
Loughs Agency
For more information on fisheries under Loughs Agency control, visit their website:
Game angling clubs
For information on game angling clubs in Northern Ireland, contact the Ulster Angling Federation Ltd.
Coarse fishing
For information on coarse fishing in Northern Ireland, email Jack Tisdall at Ulster Coarse Fishing Federation:
Email: jacktisdall@btinternet.com
Pike fishing
For information on pike fishing, contact the Northern Ireland Pike Society.
Tench fishing
For information on tench fishing, contact The Tench Fishers.
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