Angling Centres: Mohill & Dromod, Co Leitrim

Fishery & Location:  Rinn River

RATING CHART

Pike Fishing Rated - excellent **** very good *** good ** fair * . N/P Species not present P - Species present

Coarse Fishing Rated - excellent **** very good *** good ** fair * . N/P - species not present - P - Species Present

THE FISHERY

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The Rinn River is a slow moving river which flows out of Lough Rynn into Lough Forbes,  about 3 to 4 miles from Rooskey village. The River is 9 miles long with an average width of about 16m. The upper part of the river has depths of 5 to 8 feet. Anglers can expect fair catches of roach, hybrids, rudd, some bream and pike. This is mainly a float and pole fishing area but do experiment with other methods. Anglers in pursuit of roach should find this a good venue, particularly very early in the year -  January and February.

FACILITIES AND ACCESS

At Annavaragh Bridge downstream of here there is access to about 10 pegs along a long section of bank and 3 or 4 pegs are available upstream. Here there is tench fishing in just 4 to 5 feet of water. 

Downstream of this is the Tooman House Stretch where you can get  tench, bream and quality roach fishing. This is a private stretch and do not fish it without receiving prior permission from Tooman House ( see contacts list)

The lower part of the river is much deeper with depths to 16 feet. Parking is on the main N4 Longford - Carrick on Shannon Road road. There is some parking at Cloonart bridge.  There are about 15 pegs upstream of the bridge on the left hand bank which often produce good catches during the summer months, to mainly visiting anglers. The Shannon Fisheries Board have a number of angling structures on this section. There is a mile long stretch which in previous decades was used as a match stretch. The deeper water starts 100 m above the bridge and is uniformly 10 feet plus in depth all along the stretch. During wet weather the going can be a bit rough on heavy ground and the river tends to flood very easily. This is a great roach fishing spot in winter with fish to 2lbs and average bags of 40lbs to 60 lbs are frequently recorded. January and February are often good months. Anglers tend to use a stick float on this section. The best known bag recorded here was 345 lbs by a visiting angler from Oxford, but this is an exception rather than the rule. Nearby there is other fishing available over private ground. Make local enquiries and do a little bit of exploring.

TO GET THERE

Sections above are located on the N4, the Longford side of Rooskey at Cloonart Bridge.

LINKS TO LOCAL FISHERIES GUIDES & CHARTS - MOHILL AREA

Note: Below is a list of the main angling venues/hotspots in the area. If you wish to review how we rate each fishery in terms of target angling species, please click the link below.

TO VIEW FULL SPECIES RATING CHARTS TO  FISHERIES LINKED BELOW CLICK HERE

Fishing Guide to Upper River Shannon & Lakes Mohill
Lough Bofin	Lough Rinn
Lough Boderg	Creenagh Lake
Drumbad Lake	Bog Lake
Cloonfinnan Lake	Cloonboniagh
Lough Errill	Lough Mc Hugh
Rinn River

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BROWSE AND SELECT  LISTED ACCOMMODATION 2010

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• Luxury Apartments and boat/Cruiser hire Dromod, Co Leitrim

• Chaflynns Cottage on Lough Mc Hugh, Mohill

• River Edge B&B Carrick on Shannon

• Mayfly Lodge - Carrick on Shannon with Private Fishing

• Melview Lodge B&B Longford

• Shannonside Guesthouse & Restaurant Tarmonbarry

LISTED ANGLING SERVICES

• Lakeside Stores Lanesboro

• Denniston's Fishing Tackle Longford

• Irish Bait & Tackle Services Ballyconnell, Cavan,  Ireland

Support - Shannon Regional Fisheries Board contact Mr Fergus Lynch, Assistant Fisheries Inspector   Drumsna Co Leitrim.  For further information Tel/Fax Outside Ireland +353 71 9624218 Inside Ireland 071 9624218 Mob: 087 2250471   Email: flynch@shrfb.com  

Angling Support: contact  Mr Brian Mc Manus at the Angling Section Tel: +353 57 9121777 Fax: +353 57 9121756 or  Email:  info@shannon-fishery-board.ie