Central Fisheries Board
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Ireland is recognised as being the outstanding angling destination in Europe. The vast variety and quality of fishing in Ireland has given the country a reputation of which we are justly proud.
Angeln in Irland
Catch of the Week 10th August
This week's Catch of the Week goes to Mark Gannon, Skipper of Lady Louise, out of Courtmacsherry. Fishing with a jelly shad over a wreck off the south west coast Mark took this super specimen coalfish of 24lbs. The anglers aboard caught 6 other specimens, but Mark's was the largest. This is the sixth Catch of the Week this year taken by an angler on one of his boats. If you catch a big fish in the next few weeks and have a good photograph of your catch, please submit it to Paul Bourke at 01 8842674 or e-mail paul.bourke@cfb.ie.
Want to see more? Visit the Catch of the Week Archive.
Irish Angling Update
Regular fishing reports from all around Ireland, featuring coarse, sea, pike, trout and salmon fishing reports, competition results. Find out where is fishing best now. [Updated 10 August 2007]
Catch and Release for Atlantic Salmon
Land-locked sea lamprey:
We need your help! The lamprey species are an elongate, eel-like fish but have no true jaws. Instead they have a sucker-like mouth that they use to attach to host fish. [more]
Additional Fishing Resources
Irish Fishing Tackle
Shops
A definitive list of all the fishing tackle shops in the Ireland. Arranged by county, details what each shop sells, an invaluable resource.
Fishing Guides and Ghillies
Here you will find contact details of all the ghillies, Irish fishing guides and casting instructors for flyfishing, coarse and sea angling in Ireland.
Fishing Charter Boats
A list of all registered and insured angling charter boats in Ireland.
Irish Angling Regulations
A complete guide to all bye laws and regulations governing angling in Ireland.
Online angling guide for anglers with a disablity
An online angling guide for anglers with a disablity or restricted mobility featuring those fisheresi which offer accessible angling.
Regional Fisheries Boards
An introduction to and contact information for the Regional Fisheries Boards.
Free Fishing Books
Trout Flies for Irish Waters
In the 1970's the Inland Fisheries Trust published this slim volume for sale at 2/6d (2 shillings and six pence). Now, through the medium of the world wide web, we are proud to offer you this book again. Download the 'Trout Flies for Irish Waters'.
Irish Sport Fishes - A guide to their identification
In the 1980's the CFB produced this slim volume for sale at a not unreasonable 50p. Now, through the medium of the world wide web, we are proud to offer you this book again. Download 'Irish Sport Fishes - A guide to their identification'.
