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Lough Corrib

Type
Lake or reservoir, Galway, Ireland
Season
Feb–Sep
Where the season comes from

Season Brown Trout: 15th Feb. – 30th Sept. Sea Trout: 1st June – 30th Sept. Salmon: 1st Feb. – 30th Sept.

Set for this water by name.

Lough Corrib
Inland Fisheries Ireland · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
2 authoritative lists
Guides
1 nearby
Shops
None listed

Today on Lough Corrib

No live reading
Why there is no reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

Lough Corrib's wooded islands and wide water beyond stone-walled fields
Photo credit

Lough Corrib south of Clonbur. Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Lough Corrib

Lough Corrib is a lake in Counties Galway and Mayo, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland lists it as a wild brown trout lough (Corrib catchment) and under free fishing. It is near Galway, Moycullen, Oughterard and Headford, Co. Galway, and Cong, Co. Mayo. Fáilte Ireland (discoverireland.ie) also describes it as “abundant with salmon and wild brown trout”. Its Irish name, Loch Coirib, is from logainm.ie.

Where to fish

About this

Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Lough Corrib

Restrooms near Lough Corrib

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lough Corrib in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Lough Corrib (6)
  • River CorribGalway · Freestone river · about 15 km · live gauge
  • River ClareGalway · Freestone river · about 24 km · live gauge
  • Lough MaskMayo · Lake or reservoir · about 25 km
  • Lough CarraMayo · Lake or reservoir · about 31 km
  • River ErriffMayo · Freestone river · about 36 km · live gauge
  • Owenmore RiverMayo · Freestone river · about 40 km · live gauge

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Lough Corrib, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Galway yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Named among the country's best by Inland Fisheries Ireland.

Guides and shops near Lough Corrib

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

  • Clifden, Galway · 53 km

    Fishing in Connemara

    • Fly & conventional fishing guide
    • Lake & stillwater
    • Saltwater & ocean charters
    • Unclaimed

All Galway guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Galway shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 60 km whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

  • Brown trout
  • Salmon
  • Sea trout

Fish these in the US

About this

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like Lough Corrib? Same fish, US waters.

  • Fog lifting off Lake Taneycomo in the early morning, with wooded hills on the far shoreTailwater trout fishery
    Photo credit

    Fog on Lake Taneycomo, Missouri. Photo: Luke Wisley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Lake Taneycomo

    Missouri

    Same fish: brown trout · also a lake

  • Lake Billy Chinook filling a basalt canyon, with layered rimrock cliffs along the waterFeatured sport-fishing water
    Photo credit

    Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Lake Billy Chinook

    Oregon

    Same fish: brown trout · also a lake

  • Marshy shallows at the edge of Henrys Lake, with the Henrys Lake Mountains behindFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Pend Oreille
    Photo credit

    Henrys Lake from Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho. Photo: James Postema, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Pend Oreille.

    Lake Pend Oreille

    Idaho

    Same fish: brown trout · also a lake

  • Ennis Lake partly iced over in early spring, with the snow-covered Madison Range across the waterFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Bighorn Lake
    Photo credit

    Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Bighorn Lake.

    Bighorn Lake

    Montana

    Same fish: brown trout · also a lake

  • Lake Jocassee's calm water with wooded mountains on the far shoreTrophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Martin Lake
    Photo credit

    Lake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Martin Lake.

    Martin Lake

    Indiana

    Same fish: brown trout · also a lake

  • Navajo Lake's blue water and mesa shoreline seen through juniper from Navajo Lake State ParkCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Becker Lake
    Photo credit

    Navajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Becker Lake.

    Becker Lake

    Arizona

    Same fish: brown trout · also a lake

Gear checklist

About this

A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

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Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Fish Tales

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Sources for this page

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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Lough Corrib, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.