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Welcome to “A Selection of Angling Waters in Northern Ireland”. The web site is designed to assist tourist and local anglers to obtain information on a variety of angling opportunties available in Northern Ireland.

There is a tremendous variety of fisheries available in Northern Ireland offering excellent salmon and sea trout angling, with some providing exclusive beat fishing. Wild brown trout fisheries abound from the vast limestone Loughs of the Erne where trout of 4 kg and over are taken every season to wild mountain loughs and superb river fishing with trout ranging from 0.4 kg to 3kg.

There are specialist pike fisheries, or competition and leisure anglers may prefer the world-class fishing for bream and roach where bags up to 60 kg are regularly taken. There are also perch, tench and rudd fisheries.

The Northern Ireland Government provides a Public Angling Estate of Fisheries available to tourist and local anglers on payment of a small permit fee. This web site provides detailed information on over 60 fisheries from the Estate. Disabled angling facilities are available on many fisheries. The website also provides a competition booking facility.

Angling in Northern Ireland is not expensive and access by air or car ferry is simple. All types of accommodation are available. You could be fishing within hours of arriving as all fisheries can be reached by car within two hours and many within an hour or less.

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure Northern Ireland make available to anglers,  the facility to purchase their DCAL Permits online.

If you experience any difficulties purchasing your DCAL permit or River Bush Day Ticket please contact the Department for further advice on 028 90515119.

There will be an Open Day at the River Bush Salmon Station on Wednesday 8th July 2009 from 10am to 4pm, with guided tours of the Salmon Station including the Hatchery and Fish rearing Facilities
The Admission is Free including light refreshments!
Please note: All young children should be accompanied by an adult

EVERYONE WELCOME!!
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Following the Review of Public Administration, the Fisheries Conservancy Board (FCB) was abolished on the 1st June 2009 and its functions and staff have transferred to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. The FCB was the recognised representative forum for stakeholders with an interest in the salmon and inland fisheries of Northern Ireland (except in the Loughs Agency area)

The Department of Culture Arts and Leisure is now inviting applications for membership of a new advisory Salmon and Inland Fisheries Forum from the following groups: unaffiliated anglers (anglers who do not belong to the Northern Ireland Angling Advisory Council*); Lough Neagh commercial fishermen; fishery owners; landowners with riparian rights; and fish merchants who are licenced to buy or sell fish.(*The NIAAC has already been allocated places on the forum)