Wild brown trout averaging half a pound to a pound, with the occasional specimen to 2 lb or more. Some sea trout when high water connects it to the coastal system. Managed by Rosses Anglers' Club with day permits available locally. A straightforward wild lough — no grand hatches, no famous tradition — but honest fishing in exceptional Donegal landscape.
A 2020 Inland Fisheries Ireland stock survey found invertebrates in a portion of Lough Anure's brown trout stomachs sampled in August, confirming aquatic prey is part of the diet even though the taxa involved aren't identified. Beyond that, food character here is modelled rather than observed: general upland-lough guidance suggests chironomids present from spring into autumn, small olives building through late spring into summer, and sedges and terrestrial falls picking up on warm evenings from June into September — treat these as generic expectations for this lough type, not confirmed hatches.
- Surface area
- 1.6 km² (393 acres)
- Mean depth
- 2.0 m (7 ft)
- Max depth
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Area, mean depth, max depth: Wikipedia, Lough Anure
- Lake
- Granite