Waters

Lough Corrib

Baseline tactics

Co. Galway (majority) / Mayo (Upper Lough) · Lough · wild · 16.6k ha

Weather check

Issued 08:34

Light north-easterly4 km/h · gusting 7 km/hBlowing onto the south-west shore · rippleGusty — hard casting.

Today — conditions every three hours
Time	Sky	Wind	Air	Rain
06:00	cloud	SE 7 km/h	1 °C	dry
08:00	sun	NE 6 km/h	1 °C	dry
10:00	sun	NNE 3 km/h	3 °C	dry
12:00	sun	ESE 6 km/h	8 °C	dry
14:00	cloud	ESE 4 km/h	10 °C	dry
16:00	cloud	NNW 4 km/h	10 °C	dry
18:00	cloud	E 5 km/h	9 °C	dry
20:00	cloud	ESE 8 km/h	7 °C	dry

Times are UTC · wind in km/h · sun and rain read left to right across the day.

Air: 1–10°
Wind: 12 km/h
Rain: Dry

Water

measured

Ideal 12 °C

Trout are willing at every depth.

Measured at Cong Pier on the water · OPW

Ripple on the forecast.

Today · Lough Corrib

Best window today is dusk, around 17:17.

Water · Ideal (12–16°C)

Fishability is the engine's own hourly score. Why these conditions matter.

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Depth character (estimated)

Mixed depths · to ~42 m

Water clarity (estimated)

Clear

Exposure (estimated)

Moderate

Species

Brown trout →Ferox →Atlantic salmon →

Hatch calendar

BuzzerFeb–Sep
Duckfly from late February; the season's first big hatch.
OliveApr–Jun, Sep
Lake olives spring and autumn.
MayflyMay–Jun
The famous Corrib mayfly — mid-May to mid-June; dapping and spent-gnat time.
SedgeJun–Aug
Murrough and smaller sedges on summer evenings.
CaenisJun–Aug
Calm summer mornings and evenings.
Daddy longlegsAug–Sep
Windblown daddies in the back end.

Getting there

Bank access: LimitedUseful public access exists at Oughterard Pier and east-shore piers such as Greenfields and Annaghkeen, but serious trout fishing on Corrib is still mainly boat-led because of the lake's size, islands, hazards and drifting style.

Boats available

Annaghdown Pier · Pier
Oughterard Pier · Pier
Steamers Quay · Quay
Collinamuck · Slipway
Knockferry · Slipway
Kilbeg Pier · Pier
Rinnaknock · Shore
Golden Bay · Shore
Lisloughrey · Slipway
Cornamona · Slipway

82 more unverified piers, slipways and car parks on the map (OpenStreetMap).

Features

Drop offsShoalsWeed bedsBaysIslandsRocky shorelinePointsRiver mouths

Weed: ModerateLower Corrib is the weedier basin; invasive Lagarosiphon major is documented in some bays, especially Rinerroon Bay, while Upper Corrib is more open and deeper.

Coarse fry present (Roach, Perch, Three spined stickleback)

Local notes

Oughterard and Greenfields are the main repeat-access trout centres, while Doorus and Annaghdown regularly feature in report and federation material; Rinerroon Bay is notable more for weed issues than for classic open drift water. Corrib fishes as two different lakes: the lower/southern basin is shallower, weedier and more sheltered, while the upper/northern basin is more open and deeper. Best-attested condition patterns are daytime mayfly over classic drifts in May and dawn Caenis fishing in midsummer; PROXY from club and report snippets is that Doorus and Greenfields fish better once there is enough wind to move the boat properly.

Fishery rules & regulations

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