Fishing

Game angling takes place in the River Boyne for salmon and trout and brown trout is plentiful in Kells Blackwater, Athboy Timblestown River, Stoneyford River, River Deel and Riverstown River. The Upper Boyne Lakes offer up wild brown trout.

Lough Sheelin, the White Lake and Lough Bane have great trout fishing. Drumconrath village is surrounded by about 20 lakes which have great fishing, especially Moynalty Lake, Ballyhoe Lake and Capragh Lake. These lakes offer bream, rudd, pike and tench.

Permits for boat hire are available locally

Sea angling is popular at a number of venues, including Clogherhead pier, the beaches around the Boyne estuary, Baltry and Morrington at the mouth of the River Boyne, and south of the River Boyne at the beaches of Bettystown and Laytown. The line-up of fish species is impressive! Mackerel, Mullet, Coalfish, Codling, Conger, Dabs, Plaice, Sea-trout, Bass, Flounder.

Coarse Angling is a popular past-time, especially in the lakes around Bailiborough, Virginia and Drumcondrath where bream, roach, perch, pike, rudd, tench and hybrids are caught.

The Salmon of Knowledge Fishing Competition is held in Slane in August, each year.

The Salmon of Knowledge legend stems from the River Boyne. The old poet Finnéigeas tried for seven years to catch the Salmon of Knowledge from the River Boyne. The person to catch the Salmon of Knowledge and eat it, would gain great wisdom. Finally, he caught it! He requested the legendary Fionn Mac Cumhaill to cook the fish for him. However, during the cooking, Fionn burst a blister on the salmon's skin, burning himself slightly. He put his thumb in his mouth to soothe the burn, a piece of the salmon's skin had stuck to his thumb and he inadvertently ate the piece of skin. Alas! - it was to Fionn and not to Finnéigeas, that the wisdom was bestowed.

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