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Fishing licence query!

  • 04-03-2013 01:50PM
    #1
    shneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Recently bought a small boat and have been using it for leisure. Ive been considering bringing a rod out with me the next trip just to try my hand at fishing as ive never done so before. The waters i'm referring to are the shannon river in the limerick/clare region including lough derg. I'd have no intention of killing/keeping anything that i happen to catch.
    Just wondering do i need a license or permit to do this?
    I know there are different licenses but are they for those who intend on keeping what they land? Personally i just want an excuse to sit out on the water a while longer!:)


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  • #2
    fisherking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 376 ✭✭fisherking


    Yup
    You need a Shannon fisheries license for the pleasure
    Check the Ifi website for details...

    shneill wrote: »
    Recently bought a small boat and have been using it for leisure. Ive been considering bringing a rod out with me the next trip just to try my hand at fishing as ive never done so before. The waters i'm referring to are the shannon river in the limerick/clare region including lough derg. I'd have no intention of killing/keeping anything that i happen to catch.
    Just wondering do i need a license or permit to do this?
    I know there are different licenses but are they for those who intend on keeping what they land? Personally i just want an excuse to sit out on the water a while longer!:)


  • #3
    shneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭shneill


    http://www.fishinginireland.info/regulations.htm

    Are you sure? after i posted my last comment i did some digging and this was the clearest information that I could find. It states that "no licence is needed for trout, pike and coarse fishing in the Republic of Ireland".....


  • #4
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Its not my area, but I don't think a permit applies to Lough Derg or the Lower Shannon. But to be 100% sure before you go, give the Shannon office of IFI a call on 061 300238


  • #5
    8k2q1gfcz9s5d4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭8k2q1gfcz9s5d4


    pretty sure you only need a licence for the suck and inny


  • #6
    bayliner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭bayliner


    Madeline Beautiful Spray wrote: »
    pretty sure you only need a licence for the suck and inny
    yep no need for a license on the river shannon (unless targeting salmon), same for derg and ree on the shannon, i assume same on lough allen?


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