Lough Currane

Type
Lake or reservoir, Kerry, Ireland
Season
Jan–Oct
Where the season comes from

Lough Currane Season – Salmon from 17th January to 30th September. Sea Trout – 17th January to 12th October. Sea trout fly only 1st – 12th October.

Set for this water by name.

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

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

Today on Lough Currane

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 Currane below a dark mountain, rough heath and rocks in front
Photo credit

The eastern reaches of Lough Currane. Photo: Richard Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Lough Currane

Lough Currane is a lake in County Kerry, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland lists it as a salmon centre of excellence and sea trout centre of excellence (South West). Inland Fisheries Ireland's 2026 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme lists it as an open salmon fishery with optional harvest surplus. It is at Waterville, Co. Kerry. Inland Fisheries Ireland says “Sea trout to over 10 lb recorded annually from this famous lake”; all sea trout fishing in the Waterville area is catch and release. Its Irish name, Loch Luíoch, is from logainm.ie. Also called Waterville Lake and Waterville/Cummeragh/Currane.

Where to fish

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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.

Lough Currane on the map

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Shops and guides nearby

Map of Lough Currane: gauges, shops and guides

Restrooms

Map of Lough Currane, and shops and guides with an exact address nearby.

Restrooms near Lough Currane

Restrooms near Lough Currane

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lough Currane 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.

Map of the restroom near Lough Currane

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 1 restroom near Lough Currane, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    1.9 mi away in a straight line
    • Free (mapped)

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

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    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

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.

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  • River FealeKerry · Freestone river · about 79 km · live gauge
  • River BandonCork · Freestone river · about 83 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 Currane, Kenmare Municipal District, County Kerry, Munster, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Kerry 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 Currane

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

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

1 shop nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. 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

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

Listed by the agency

  • Salmon
  • Sea trout

Gear checklist

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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

About this

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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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lough Currane.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 6 sources and dates

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 Currane, Kenmare Municipal District, County Kerry, Munster, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.