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Lough Ree

Type
Lake or reservoir, Roscommon, Ireland
Season
Mar–Sep
Where the season comes from

OPEN SEASON: March 1st – September 30th.

Set for this water by name.

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

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

Today on Lough Ree

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

Lough Ree's calm water past a reedy point and a wooded island
Photo credit

Lough Ree. Photo: Arno-nl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Lough Ree

Lough Ree is a lake in Counties Roscommon, Westmeath and Longford, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland lists it as a wild brown trout lough (Shannon catchment) and under free fishing. It is near Athlone, Co. Westmeath and Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon.

Water level now at 2 gauges
Reading the gauges…

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.

Lough Ree on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides nearby

Map of Lough Ree: gauges, shops and guides

Restrooms

Map of Lough Ree with 2 gauges.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Lough Ree

Restrooms near Lough Ree

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lough Ree 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 6 restrooms near Lough Ree

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 6 restrooms near Lough Ree, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

  1. Restroom

    0.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)

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

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    0.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Free (mapped)
    • Not wheelchair accessible (mapped)
    • Changing table (mapped)

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

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · open to everyone? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Open to everyone?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  3. Restroom

    0.3 mi away in a straight line
    • Flush toilet (mapped)
    • Customers only (mapped)
    • Free (mapped)

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

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  4. Restroom

    0.3 mi away in a straight line

    Run by Athlone Towncentre (as mapped)

    • Flush toilet (mapped)
    • Customers only (mapped)
    • Free (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)
    • Changing table (mapped)

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

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  5. Costa Coffee Toilets

    0.3 mi away in a straight line

    Run by Costa Coffee (as mapped)

    • Flush toilet (mapped)
    • Customers only (mapped)
    • Free (mapped)

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

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  6. Restroom

    0.3 mi away in a straight line

    Run by Golden Island Shopping Centre (as mapped)

    • Flush toilet (mapped)
    • Public (mapped)
    • Free (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)
    • Changing table (mapped)
    • Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-22:00; Su 09:00-22:00 (mapped)

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

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?

    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.

More water near Lough Ree (6)
  • Lough OwelWestmeath · Lake or reservoir · about 39 km
  • Lough EnnellWestmeath · Lake or reservoir · about 40 km
  • Lough SheelinWestmeath · Lake or reservoir · about 52 km · live gauge
  • River ClareGalway · Freestone river · about 60 km · live gauge
  • Lough DergClare · Lake or reservoir · about 71 km · live gauge
  • River CorribGalway · Freestone river · about 78 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 Ree, County Longford, Leinster, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Roscommon yet.

The map shows gauges (tap one for its reading on this page), and shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

About this

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.

Guides and shops near Lough Ree

About this

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

Guides

All Roscommon guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Roscommon 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

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 Ree? 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 stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

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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 Ree, County Longford, Leinster, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.