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River Ilen

Season - Salmon: 1st February to 30th September. Sea Trout: 1st February to 12th October.

This is a medium sized river that drains a catchment of 117 square miles. It boasts good runs of Spring Salmon and Sea-Trout with fish being caught as early as March some years. Its Grilse run begins in June and continues into late July.

Map of River Ilen
  1. New Bridge
  2. Skibbereen Bridge
  3. Ballyhilty Bridge
  4. Derreeny Bridge
  5. Madore Bridge
  6. Coarliss Bridge

Contacts

Fallons Sports Shop, Skibbereen.

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Cork Salmon and trout fisheries

  1. River Lee
  2. River Bandon
  3. River Arigideen
  4. Sullane
  5. River Ilen
  6. River Coomhola
  7. River Glengarriff

Kerry Salmon and trout fisheries

  1. River Sheen
  2. River Croanshaugh / Glenmore
  3. River Roughty
  4. River Blackwater
  5. Waterville Lakes and System
  6. Caragh Lakes and System
  7. Laune, Flesk and Killarney Lakes
  8. River Maine

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