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Byelaws 2, 4 and 5
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters | Methods of angling | Restrictions on number or minimum length of fish which may be retained on any one day in respect of each rod and line or hand line fished under permit (other than those applying under any other current Board Byelaws) |
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Co. Antrim | ||
Altnahinch | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Ballymoney River | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four brown trout or sea trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Broadwater | All lawful methods. | |
River Bush and tributaries | ||
(a)On the River Bush between a point 457m downstream of the Lower Road Bridge, Bushmills and Church Street road bridge. | Fly fishing, shrimp fishing, spinning and worm fishing; excepting that spinning shall be permitted only when the water level rises and obscures the colour red on the marker posts which are located between the points referred to in paragraph (a) of the first column. | Minimum length of 25.4 cm for brown trout. |
(b)On the River Bush between immediately upstream of the hydrographic flow guage upstream of the Salmon Research Station and the Salmon Leap Falls. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing; except that spinning shall be permitted only when the water level rises and obscures the colour red on the marker posts which are located between the points referred to in paragraph (b) of the first column. | Minimum length of 25.4 cm for brown trout |
(c)On the River Bush between the crest of the Salmon Leap Falls and Bellisle Bridge and on the Stracam River between its confluence with the River Bush and Dervock. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing but fly fishing only from 1st March – 30th June. Worm fishing shall be permitted from 1st March until 30th June provided only that a single hook of size 2 or greater is used. Such a hook shall be one on which the barb is turned to face towards the shank and shall have minimum dimensions as follows: (a) the gape (being the aperture from the out-turned shank to the tip of the out-turn before the barb is formed) shall be 8 mm: and (b) the barb (being the point of the hook from the tip of the out-turn to its own tip or extremity) shall be 4 mm. | Minimum length of 25.4 cm for brown trout. |
That portion of the Carey River from its confluence with the Glenshesk River upstream to Ballyvoy Bridge. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | None. |
The remainder of the Carey River. | Fly fishing and spinning. Worm fishing after 1st July. | None. |
Copeland Reservoir | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Dungonnell Reservoir | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. Fly fishing only from boats. | Two brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
That portion of the Glenshesk River from its confluence with the Carey River upstream to Glenshesk Bridge. | Fly fishing and spinning. Worm fishing after 1st July. | None. |
Killylane Reservoir | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
River Lagan from 150 metres downstream of Red Bridge to Stranmillis Weir. | All lawful methods. | None. |
River Lagan from 150 metres downstream of Red Bridge to Shaw’s Bridge. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Lower Bann navigation canals | All lawful methods. | None. |
Margy River | Fly fishing only between Bonamargy Bridge and the confluence of the Carey River. Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing on the remainder of the Margy River. | None. |
Lough Mourne | Fly fishing. Spinning and worm fishing from the shore only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Stoneyford Reservoir | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Lower South Woodburn Reservoir | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Middle South Woodburn Reservoir | Fly fishing only except that disabled permit holders may also spin and worm fish. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
North Woodburn Reservoir | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Upper South Woodburn Reservoir | Fly fishing. | Two brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Co. Armagh | ||
River Blackwater upstream of the Blackwaterstown Bridge on the B128 road for approximately 2.5km on the Co. Armagh bank. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Carnagh Forest Lakes | All lawful methods | Catch and release for carp. |
Clay Lake Reservoir | All lawful methods. | None. |
Craigavon City Park Lakes | ||
(a)North Lake | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats, fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
(b)South Lake | All lawful methods. | None. |
Upper Bann River from Point of Whitecoat to Lough Neagh. | All lawful methods | None. |
Co. Down | ||
Ballykeel Lougherne | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Quoile/Annacloy/Ballynahinch River both banks from the old flood gates downstream of the Quoile bridge on the A25 for 4 km upstream to the confluence with the tributary on the east bank, from that point, the east bank to the old flour mill south of Kilmore Bridge and the north bank from Dunaglis Bridge to Lyons Bridge. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four brown trout with a minimum size of 25.4 cm. |
Castlewellan Forest Lake | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats, fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Cypress Pond | All lawful methods. | Catch and release for carp. |
Hillsborough Lake | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From the dam shores and the footbridge at the southern point of the lake, spinning and worm fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. Catch and release for carp. |
Lough Money | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Portavoe Reservoir | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Quoile Basin and River from the old flood gates to Inch Abbey | All lawful methods. | None. |
That portion of the Shimna River which is bounded on both banks by Tollymore Forest Park. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Spelga Reservoir | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | None. |
Co. Fermanagh | ||
Lough Achork | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
River Ballinamallard downstream of the Kilgortnaleague Bridge on the A35 road for 1.5km on either bank. | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Colebrooke River | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing for trout and salmon. All lawful methods for other species. | Four brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Corranny Lake | Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Lough Corry | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Upper and Lower Lough Erne | All lawful methods from boat and shore. | Six brown trout with a minimum length of 30 cm. |
Lough Glencreawan | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Lough Keenaghan | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Killyfole Lough | All lawful methods. | None. |
Lough Meenameen | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Mill Lough (Bellanaleck) | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Lough Scolban | All lawful methods. | None. |
Co. Tyrone | ||
Brantry Lough | Fly fishing. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
Lough Creeve | All lawful methods. | None. |
Enagh Lough | All lawful methods. | None. |
Lough Macronan | All lawful methods. | None. |
White Lough | From the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats fly fishing only. | Four stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm. |
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