Waters

Lough Owel

Not curated yet

Co. Westmeath · Lough · mixed · 1k ha

This week

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Forecast-based, not a promise — and always check season dates with the fishery (link below).

Depth character (estimated)
Mixed depths · to ~21 m
Water clarity (estimated)
Clear
Exposure (estimated)
Moderate
Species
Brown trout →

Getting there

Bank access: PoorOfficial rules in the IFI guide state angling is from a boat only and shore fishing is prohibited. Bank access is therefore effectively for launching/collecting rather than fishing.
Boats available
  • Tullaghan slipway & car park · Slipway
  • Mulally's slipway & car park · Slipway
  • Jack Doolan Boat Hire · Jetty

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

Features

Drop offsShoalsBaysIslandsPointsReed bedsShallowsSpring areas
Weed: ModeratePROXY/INFERRED. Owel is a clear marl/spring-fed lake with notable charophyte development and marginal shallows, plus mapped reed beds in the IFI guide. No quantified weed-cover figure found.
Coarse fry present (Three spined stickleback)

Local notes

This is one of the best-documented Midland drift lakes. The IFI guide names eight standard drifts: Lady’s Drift, Srudarra’s Drift, Portloman Pumphouse Drift, Kettle Drift, Tyre Drift, Bullring Drift, Church Island Drift and Mid Lake Drift. Early duckfly fishing is concentrated west of Srudarra Island and in the neck from Mount Murray to Kilpatrick Point; Green Peter water is given around Church Island and the Bull Ring, with Drifts 3 and 4 also singled out; and in warm end-of-season conditions trout gather by the cool springs near the small pumphouse on the east shore. The lake is bluntly described as fishing best after dark, with late evening to midnight routinely preferred over daytime effort.

Fishery rules & regulationsFish here now