Upper Lough Erne offers some of the best and rarest boat and bank angling in Europe. Coolbeg’s private shore and boat (if hired at time of booking) offers guests fishing on the doorstep. Catches of pike, bream and roach can be prolific. A short drive takes you to Lough Melvin renowned for salmon, gillaroo, sonaghan and fernox trout, nearby the pristine Colebrook River has excellent fly fishing for brown trout from May to September.
Pike Fishing
The Pike on Upper Lough Erne have provided great sport for fishermen from all over the world. Normally caught on dead bait or by trolling lures, fly fishing for Pike has proved to be a great hit with fly anglers looking for sport during the closed Trout Fishing season. Although not a new method by any means, fly fishing for Pike has remained virtually unchanged for years but is now receiving the attention it deserves.
This is where fishing from a boat proves much more successful than bank fishing with access to Pike hot-spots more readily available. Any area where the water suddenly drops off to deeper levels is likely to hold good sized Pike. Pike are especially prolific in waters holding shoals of fodder fish like bream, roach, hybrids etc with mature pike eating approximately five times its own weight of fodder fish per year.
There is no closed season for Pike fishing but there is a bag limit of 2 fish per angler per day and all those over 4kg weight must be returned to the water, alive.
In October 2013 the world boat fishing with lures championship took place between national teams. Also in mid October the world pike classic is held with £15,000 prize fund attracting over 400 anglers to Lough Erne each year.
We are happy to organise fishing packages, baits or local ghillies and guides. Rod licences and fishing permits are required which we can arrange or may be purchased on line. Click here for downloadable fishing guide.
Where to fish
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Lough/River
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Species
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Mill Lough, Bellanaleck
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Rainbow and Brown Trout
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Lough Keenaghan, Belleek
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Brown Trout
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Lough Corranny, Rosslea
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Rainbow Trout
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Lough Corry, Rosslea
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Brown Trout
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Lakes Achork, Glencreawan and Meenameen, Navar Forest, Derrygonnelly
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Brown and Rainbow Trout
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Ballinamallard River, Ballinamallard
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Brown Trout and Occasional Salmon
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Colebrooke River, Maguiresbridge
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Brown Trout
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Ballydoolagh Lough, Enniskillen
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Roach, Perch, Pike and Eels
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Killyfole Lake, Lisnaskea
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Roach, Bream, Hybrids, Perch, Pike and Eels
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Trory, Lough Erne, Enniskillen
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Bream, Roach, Hybrids, Perch, Pike and Eels
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Ely Lodge, Lough Erne, Enniskillen
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Bream, Roach, Hybrids, Perch, Pike and Eels
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Lough MacNean – Lower & Upper, Belcoo and Blacklion, Co. Cavan
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Bream, Roach, Hybrids, Perch, Rudd, Pike and Eels
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River Erne, Cornagrade, Enniskillen
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Bream, Roach, Hybrids, Perch, Pike and Eels
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River Erne, Sligo Road, Enniskillen
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Bream, Roach, Perch, Pike, Hybrids and Eels
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Upper River Erne, Bellanaleck
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Bream, Roach, Hybrids, Perch, Pike
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River Erne, Broadmeadow, Enniskillen
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Bream, Roach, Perch, Pike, Hybrids and Eels
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Upper River Erne Schools, Enniskillen
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Bream, Roach, Hybrids, Perch, Pike and Eels
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Belle Isle Estate, Lisbellaw
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Pike, Roach and Breams (Available for Residents only)
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