Snails around weed beds

EEA Waterbase: high ecological status at MOY090 (invertebrate, phytobenthos monitoring), 4.3km away. Data from 2023.

Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.

This is the line where catch-and-release kills

, the risk of killing a released fish climbs. Fish dawn or dusk only — the water can be two or three degrees cooler at first light. Barbless hooks. Land it fast — under thirty seconds. Wet hands. No air shots. If a fish swims off slowly or rolls, stop fishing for the day.

Brown Trout are stressed by warm water — handle every fish carefully.

are stressed by warm water — handle every fish carefully.

Twin loughs connected by a short channel near Pontoon — different characters despite their proximity. Lough Conn is limestone-fed with superb mayfly and olive fishing, clear water and responsive trout. Cullin is darker, peaty water with a different mood entirely. Together they offer the best brown trout fishing in Mayo. Salmon run through from the Moy system. Dapping is excellent when the breeze favours it.

Lough Conn / Lough Cullin