Fish Around Coney

The largest lake in the UK and Ireland (153 sq miles-400sq km and 40-50ft-12-15m deep)  it is drained by the lower Bann and fed by ten rivers which flows into it from the south, east and west. The waters of Lough Neagh and its tributaries provide the habitat for  most kinds of freshwater fish: salmon,brown trout, rudd, roach, pike,eels,pollan as well as the rare do Dollaghan:

The Dollaghan, a unique species of Lough Neagh migratory Brown Trout, can be caught when they run the many tributaries from mid-July to the end of the season (end of October). Dollaghan in many ways are similar to Salmon and grow by up to 3lb every year .