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Fisheries and Ponds | Lochs | Rivers and Canals
We
have been spoiled for fishing in Scotland for so long with fantastic
salmon, trout and sea trout fishing just about everywhere,
consequently we have little regard for course fish which is a pity
as there are some fantastic opportunities available not least of
which are the widely distributed populations of perch and monster
pike. In addition to the predator species however there are many
other species of course fish living a relatively undisturbed
existence especially in the borders and central Scotland. The list
includes barbel on
the lower Clyde and bream in many locations in the
borders and central Scotland with the record fish of 11lb 4oz taken
from Castle Loch, Lochmaben. The Scottish carp record stands at a
respectable 26lb 4oz from Lanark Loch while the Annan has some good
chub, the Scottish record of 6lb 2oz was taken by Lisa Breckell when she
was just 10 years old.
Other species include dace on the rivers Clyde and Forth where large shoals have been observed as well as being present on the Tweed, Endrick and Leven. There are some gudgeon, ruffe and rudd and there are first class populations of roach as far north as the river Tay system. The record roach stands at 2lb 11oz although in the 1970s I heard of large roach being taken regularly in the salmon nets on the lower Tay. Tench can be found in Dumfries and Galloway and large bags of fish have been taken on the Forth and Clyde canal, the record stands at exactly 10lbs taken in Castle Loch, Lochmaben. Eels are common everywhere.
For more information on course fishing Scotland log on to www.sfca.co.uk where you will find a everything you want to know about course fishing in Scotland.
Fisheries and Ponds Back to Top
Angus
Kingennie Fishery, Broughty Ferry. New course fishery in the Applehill Pool stocked with carp, bream, roach, rudd, perch. Permits £7 per day, call 01382 350777.
Ayrshire
Springwater Fishery, Dalrymple, Ayrshire. Carp, rudd, tench, roach, eels. Permits from the club house, call 01292 560300.
Dumfries and Galloway
Broom Fisheries, Newbie, Annan. First class fishery stocked with roach, tench, perch, bream, carp, chub. Permits £5 per day, call 01461 700209 or contact them at:
Dormont Lake Fishery, Dalton, Lockerbie. Roach, rudd, perch, tench, some carp and bream, call 01671 402323.
Cluscadden Pond, Wigton. Carp and bream, call 01671 402323.
Craigielands Country Park, Beatock, 6 acre loch stocked with carp, bream and tench. Call 01683 300591
Hammerlands Fishing, Moffat Dumfries. Carp, bream tench, rudd, call 01683 221313.
Moffat Fishery a 1.5 acres pond stocked with carp, roach, rudd, bream and tench up to the 8lb mark. Call 01683 221220.
East Lothian
Markle Fishery, near Haddington. The Kin Loch is stocked with rudd, carp, tench and trout. Permits £6.50 per day, call 01620 861213.
Lanark
Newmills Fishery, Lanark. Carp, roach, rudd, perch, gudgeon, bream, chub. Permits £6 per day, call 01555 870730.
Morayshire
Glen of Rothes Fishery. Course fishing available for, further infomation call 01383 620666.
Nairnshire
Geddes Trout Fishery, fishing for perch, carp and roach on 2.5 acres loch in a woodland setting, call 07748 177541.
Renfrewshire
Durrochstock and Mill Ponds, Paisley. no permit required.
Stirlingshire
Auchinstarry Quarry, Kilsyth. Rudd, roach, pike and tench. No permit required.
Magiscroft Fisheries, roach, bream, ide, perch, rudd, carp, tench, eels, gudgeon, dace, chub, pike. Permits £5 per day call 01236 737577.
Aberdeenshire
Aboyne Loch, roach, bream, ide, carp, pike, perch, eels. Permits from the Caravan Park Office, call 013398 86244.
Loch Soy, a former millpond in Portsoy near Banff stocked with carp, roach, bream and rudd. Call 01261 818404.
Pitfour Lake, course fishery stocked with common, mirror, ghost carp, tench, roach, rudd, skimmers, perch and gudgeon. Permits £6 per day, call 01779 474406, email pitfourfishery@hotmail.co.uk
Angus
Lairds Loch and Clatto Park. Perch, roach, bream. Members only, permits £25 per season adults, £20 unwaged or students, £10 juniors. Apply to Mr Potts, 11, Ullapool Cresent, Dundee, DD2 4TT.
Argyll
Loch Awe, pike to 35lbs (best marks around Kilchum Castle, Ford and Dalavich, perch 1lb plus, roach. Contact Loch Awe Boats on 01886 833256.
Greenan Loch, Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Carp, tench, bream and roach, call 01700 503670.
Ayrshire
Bookers Pit, Irvine. Roach, rudd, perch, pike.
Kilbirnie Loch, roach to 2lb. Permit price the same as a trout fishing permit.
Loch Fergus, roach, pike, perch. No permit required.
Martinham Loch, pike, no permit required.
Borders
Loch of Lowes, run by St Marys Loch AC, boat (no outboards for hire byo up to 5HP) and bank fishing. Permits from the H Brown the Keeper, call 01361 883466 or 01750 42243.
St Marys Loch, pike and perch, run by St Marys Loch AC, boat (no outboards for hire byo up to 5HP) and bank fishing. Permits from the H Brown the Keeper, call 01361 883466 or 01750 42243, cost £16 for the season £5 for the day, reductions for under 16's and OAPs.
Dumfries and Galloway
Auchenreoch Loch near Dumfries on the side of the A75 holds bream, perch and pike, permits are £5 from the the Loch View Motel
Barbarroch Loch, Newton Stewart. Rudd, bream, perch, roach, call 016071 402011.
Barend Loch near Dalbeattie holds carp with fish to 14lbs taken recently. Call 01387 450281.
Black Water of Dee, Castle Douglas. Pike perch, roach. Castle Loch, Lochmaben, mixed course fishing. Permits from Lochmaben Post office, £6.00 per day, call 01644 450281.
Carlingwark Loch, Castle Douglas. Pike, perch. No permit required.
Cowans Loch,
Dumfries. Roach, rudd, carp, tench, call 01387 760284.
Craigshaw Fisheries consists of 5 lochs which have undergone improvement work; Craigshaw Loch very good tench to 7lb 2ozs, carp, crucians, roach, rudd, bream and eels. A mirror of 26lbs 9ozs was taken a few years back. 28 pegs with good access for disabled; Gledarroch Loch, tench, carp, crucians, roach, rudd, pike, perch, in gin clear water; Cluscarden Farm Pond, a small fishery with 7 pegs holding roach averaging .75lbs, tench to 3lbs and rudd, carp crucians and a few bream; Barndarroch Loch is undergoing a recovery, perch, rudd, roach, bream and hydrids; Whitefield Loch a 60 acre loch with pike and perch which is gradually being stocked with other species. Permits from Palakone Guest House, call 01671 402323.
Dabton Loch is a small loch in Drumlanrig Estate which is stocked with tench, permits are £7 per rod day, call 01848 600415.
Drumlockart Loch, at the Drumlockart Caravan Park offers free fishing for carp, roach and perch to residents, they have boats for hire too. Call 01776 870232.
Forest Lochs, Creebridge. perch, pike, rudd, roach, tench, call 01671 402420.
Eglington Park, bream, roach, rudd, perch. Permits from the visitors centre, call 10294 551776.
Kelhead Quarry, Annan, Roach, rudd, perch, pike, bream, tench, carp call 01461 700344.
Lochs Heron and Ronald
(27 and over 100 acres respectively)
near Kirkcowan
on the 3 Lochs estate hold very good stocks of pike, perch, bream,
rudd, roach and carp. The pike fishing is very good with fish
averaging 10 to 15lbs, the best to date being a fish of 39lbs.
Permits cost £5 per day £25 per week. Call 01678 830304
Loch Ken, top notch course fish venue roach, perch, bream and pike, the Glenlaggan stretch of bank is very much favoured with 40 pegs available for competitions. Permits from local pubs and shops, £4 per day. Boats (with outboard) can be hired from Loch Ken Marina at £35 to£42 per day, call 01556670402.
Loch Rutton, near Dumfries. Bream, roach. No permit required.
Loch Struan 5 miles from New Galloway is a pretty loch with extensive weed beds and lily pads holding Perch, Pike and Brown trout. Permits from Forest Enterprise £3 to £5 call 01671 402420.
Monreith
Loch pike, to
20lbs+, roach and rudd. Disabled access along banks and on
platforms. Permits call 01988 700248 or contact Palakona Guest house
who run Craigshaw Fisheries.
Morton Loch like Dabton is on Drumlanrig Estate and is stocked with tench, permits are £7 per day per rod, call 01848 600415.
Newton Loch. Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway. 20lb plus carp, permits £4 per day, call 01557 840234.
Spectacle Lochs in the Penninghame Forest are run by the Forestry Commission. The lochs are; Spectacle Loch, two lochs infact holding lots of small pike, good perch some roach, rudd, and tench: Garwachie Loch, with tench, roach, rudd, pike, perch: Eldrig Loch which has some good pike up to the high teens. Permits from Glenrazie Lodge, call 01671 402404.
Torwood House Hotel near Glenluce have two ponds containing roach, rudd, bream carp and tench (best tench 6lb 14ozs), the also have pike fishing on Loch Demalger. Permits from the hotel reception, call 01581 300468.
Woodhall Loch an 80 acre loch with many bays holding good stocks of pike, perch and roach. Permits from Mossdale PO, £3per day, call 01644450281.
East Lothian
Danskine Loch, Gifford. Carp, roach, perch. No access between October and March because of shooting. Call 0131 477 1804.
Fife
Loch Fitty, Lodge Bay stocked with roach, rudd, common carp, mirror carp and perch, call 01383 620666.
Kinghorn Loch, pike, some large perch, and stories of specimen roach, carp and rumours of bream being present in this fine little clear water loch on the B923 just outside Kinghorn, permits from the Ecology Centre by the loch, £4 adults £2 juniors.
Lochgelly Loch, pike, perch, roach, no permits required.
Glasgow
Hogganfiled Park, Glasgow. Serious carp, roach, pike, perch, bream. Free but permit required, call 0141 287 5167.
Kilmardinny Loch, Bearsden. Perch and roach.
Loch Libo, Uplawmoor, Barrhead. 20lb plus carp. Permits £30 for the year, call 0141 776 7922.
Lanark Back to Top
Broadwood Loch, Cumbernauld. David Hamilton recently took a 20lb 10oz mirror carp out of here. Also bream and roach. No permit required.
Forester Burn Reservoir, Shotts, Lanarkshire. Roach, pike, perch, eels. No permit required.
Lanark Loch, some very large carp plus bream, roach, rudd and perch. No permit required.
Strathclyde Park, Motherwell. Roach, bream, perch, gudgeon, carp, tench. Permits from the rangers office include a nearby stretch of the River Clyde, call 01698 402060.
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond has an interesting biology because it have two distinct environments. The northern half of the loch is a typical glacial formed, deep narrow highland loch while the southern end is shallow and more akin to a typical lowland loch. The southern environment suites course fish. There are roach, dace, rudd, pike and perch. There are also powan which you should return immediately if you catch them because they are very much an endangered species.
Loch Lomond is probably one of the best pike fishing venues anywhere and the fishing is free. The loch is big, really big and you should search around for information about where to fish rather than waste your time plodding about. Someone once told me there were good pike near Balmaha, then I had a look and realised that I might as well have been told that there are lots of haddock in the North Sea!
Balmaha is recommended as well as the area around Luss. Endrick Mouth where the monster pike skull was found is also a hot spot. There is excellent fishing in late spring when the course fish run run up the Endrick to spawn
Live bait is not allowed as in the past people have used ruffe which have have escaped or been dumped in he loch at the end of a fishing session and multiplied becoming a serious problem because they eat the eggs of native species of fish.
Midlothian
Duddingston Loch in the Holyrood Park in the heart of Edinburgh. There are serious carp in Duddingston Loch (Scottish record standard) as well as perch and roach. Free to fish but permission must be obtained from the park ranger office, this is a bird sanctuary.
Perthshire
Loch Earn. There is so much on offer here, for information about permits contact Loch Earn Fishings on 01764 8681257, permits from the St Fillans Post Office in Lochearnhead.
Dunmore Loch, Pitlochry. Tench, carp, perch, roach, pike, eels, crucian carp. Permits £5 per day from Mitchells of Pitlochry.
Renfrewshire
Castle Semple Loch, Kilwinnoch. Part of the Clyde Muirsheil Regional Park and run by the St Winnoch Anglng Club, there is fishing in Castle Semple and Barr Loch. 20lb + pike, roach, perch, eels. Permits, season £14, day £3.50 from Country Sports, Paisley. Call 0141 889 5535.
Rivers
Borders
Tweed, the Tweed holds good stocks of course fish, the Scottish record dace was caught here at Coldstream.
Coldstream, course fishing in the town water.
Ladykirk and Norham AA have two miles of double bank, permits from the Victoria Hotel, call 01289 382437, or the Mason Arms, call 01280 382326.
Dumbartonshire
River Leven, large shoals of dace as well as perch, roach, pike and eels. Fishing is free for course fish.
Dumfries and Galloway
Annan, some quality chub fishing. For fishing at Newbie, call 01461 202608.
Clyde, good fishing in the lower reaches below Dalmarnock Bridge down to the tidal reaches. Roach, dace in large shoals, bream, perch, eels, chub, barbel. Fishing is free within the city limits.
River Ken near Dalry.
The Darly AA have a 1.5 mile stretch of river offering brown trout and perch fishing, 4 fish limit but any method except live bait. Permits £5 per day for 4 fish limit. Call 01644 430539.
West bank below Ken Bridge, brown trout, pike and perch. £5 a day, permits from Hopkins Grocers in new Galloway. Watch out for sudden rises in water levels when the Hydro scheme is generating.
Lanarkshire
Newmills Trout Fishery, one pond stocked with carp, tench, rudd and roach, permits £6 for one rod and £9 for two rods. Contact Newmills Trout and Deer Park, Cleghorn, Lanark, ML11 7SL, call 01555 870730.
Perthshire
River Dochart, roach, pike, perch. News First, Killin, call 01567 820362.
River Lochay, News First, Killin, call 01567 820362.
Tay, at Perth. Good fishing for large roach around Perth Harbour and in the tidal reaches of the river although there are course fish throughout the length of the Tay but salmon fishing interests seriously restrict access.
Perth & District Angling Association offer permits for course fishing on several stretches of the river, permits from Mallochs in Perth, Ballinluig Inn, Kettles in Dunkeld.
River Isla, Blairgowrie. Roach, perch, pike, call 01250873990.
Stirlingshire
River Forth, dace, roach, pike, perch. Good fishing in the tidal reaches around Stirling. Permits from D. Crocketts, Stirling, 01786 465517.
Canals Back to Top
Forth and Clyde Canal, after completion of a £78 million reinstatement project the Forth and Clyde canal is in excellent condition offering fishing along its 35 mile length from Glasgow to Grangemouth. There is good fishing for roach, rudd, gudgeon, carp, pike, perch, and excellent tench. The Firhill Basin in Glasgow is noted for serious carp with fish over the 20lb mark being taken. Fishing is administered by the Lowland Canal Angling Partnership, permits cost £15 for the season or £3 for a day. Call 01324 671217.
Union Canal, from Falkirk to Edinburgh. The same details as for the Forth and Clyde canal apply.
Monklands Canal, Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge. Large elusive carp and bream. Check with the rangers office for permission.
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