February Stocking Of Departmental Waters With Brown Trout
As the winter chills and heavy rains abate, the game season is now open and it’s that time of year to look out the angling gear and get out on the water.
Across Nothern Ireland there are many waters that are stocked by DAERA with brown and rainbow trout and if you have a license, you can fish away.
For details of the public angling estate and for information about licences, check out the links below.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in February 2026. There were no rainbow trout stocked this month:
9 February – Middle South, Brown Trout, 1,000.
10 February – Lough Mourne, Brown Trout, 1,000.
11 February – Lough Mourne, Brown Trout, 500.
12 February – Killylane, Brown Trout, 500.
13 February – Altnahinch, Brown Trout, 1,500.
16 February – Castlewellan, Brown Trout, 1,000.
17 February – Moorlough, Brown Trout, 1,000.
18 February – Stoneyford, Brown Trout, 1,000.
19 February – Lough Cowey, Brown Trout, 1,500.
20 February – Lough Mourne, Brown Trout, 1,500.
23 February – Bellanaleck, Brown Trout, 1,000.
24 February – Brantry, Brown Trout, 1,500.
25 February – Castlewellan, Brown Trout, 1,500.
26 February – Lough Mourne, Brown Trout, 1,500.
Details on recent fish stocking can be found on the nidirect website at:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/2026-fish-stocking-figures
Further information on all aspects of angling is available on the nidirect website at:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/angling
