The bye-laws, permits and club rules that govern angling on Lough Sheelin. Read this before you fish.
3 (a)
for a person to take any brown trout of less than 36 centimetres in length, measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail.
3 (b)
for a person to fish with more than 2 rods at any one time.
3 (c)
to fish with more than 4 rods at any one time per boat where there is more than one person on board the boat concerned.
3 (d)
for a person to take more than 2 brown trout on any day.
5
It is prohibited to take or to fish for, or to attempt to take or to fish for, fish of any kind or to aid or assist in such taking, fishing, or attempting, in Lough Sheelin, other than during the period from 1 March to 12 October in any year.
7
Trolling is prohibited in Lough Sheelin from 1 March to 16 June in any year.
Lough Sheelin is one of seven state-owned waters formally designated for the protection and management of wild brown trout stocks. The other six are Loughs Conn, Cullin, Corrib, Mask, Carra and Arrow.
The bye-law gives statutory status to the long-standing policy of managing these lakes primarily as wild brown trout waters. It also prohibits the introduction of fish species into the designated waters, addressing biosecurity, the spread of pathogens, and the threat of alien invasive species.
I
Anglers can only fish one rod per angler.
II
Rods must not be left unattended.
III
All undersized fish must be returned to the water with as little injury as possible.
IV
Anglers who are found to have acted in an ‘unsporting manner’ may have their permit revoked.