Blackwater Salmon Fishery 3.76

The Munster Blackwater is one of Ireland's largest rivers and is very well known for its long history of salmon fishing and fishing tales.
It rises in the mountains of East Kerry, flowing eastwards for over 100 miles through counties Cork and Waterford until it enters the sea at Youghal in East Cork. It has a catchment area of more than 1200 square miles.
It is also an extremely beautiful river and has well deserved the title ''the Irish Rhine''. The river is held in high regard by anglers for the quality of its large holding pools and fabulous streamy water.
It has extensive tidal reaches, stretching for approximately 20 miles from the estuary mouth at Youghal to Lismore. This provides a unique haven for salmon and seatrout in low water conditions when they are waiting to run the main river.
The best of the salmon fishing is to be found between the tidal limit just below the bridge at Lismore and up as far as Mallow (approximately 45 river miles upstream).
Below Fermoy there is an excellent mixture of fly runs, glides and deeper pools. The fish can run unhindered through the lower river until they encounter the weir at Careysville.
Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater.
The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season.
Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low and high water.

Our Values
The Blackwater Salmon Fishery believes that salmon fishing on the River Blackwater must be sustainable for us, and our future generations.
As guardians of one of Ireland's greatest salmon rivers we believe in sustaining our river so that future generations of anglers can fish this mighty river for salmon and enjoy the life giving benefits angling can provide.
Our Values are:
To manage the river in a sustainable way
To encourage a new generation of angler to fish
To encourage catch and release of salmon and trout
To aid groups that support the River Blackwater, improve its habitat and protect its wildlife.
To source goods and services from within the Blackwater Valley where possible that we may be of benefit to our locality.
To provide the best possible service to our clients.