The A to Z of Fisheries in Aberdeenshire

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Artloch Fishery on the A920 Huntly to Dufftown road, stocked with rainbows at 2lbs with resident browns to 10lbs. Prices vary from £9, 2hrs, 1 fish to £21, 4 fish all day with catch and release when you reach your bag limit. Call 07850 651368 or 01466 799410.

Braeside Trout Fishery 2.5 acre fly only fishery at Boddam near Peterhead stocked with rainbow trout, brook trout and brownies, maximum 20 rods. Permits £20 for 8 hours, 4 fish or £10 catch and release, discounts for juniors, seniors and disabled persons. Call 01779 473903.

Delgatie CastleTrout Fishery fishing in a 4 acre loch within the castle grounds for rainbows from 1.8lbs to double figures and resident brown trout.  Contact Delgatie Trout Fishery, Turiff, AB53 5TD, call 07795 593922, email brian@arnold9897.freeserve.co.uk

Forgue Fishery stocked with fish between 2 to 4lbs and many bigger fish are present, 6 miles from Huntly, call 01466 730266.

Haddo House Trout Fishery beautiful 5 acre fishery in the grounds of Haddo House near Methlick rated a s a quality fly fishing water. Bank, boat (19' clinker built boats) and float tubes available with a limit of ten bank rods. Stocked with Brown trout, rainbow trout, blues and Char, best rainbow 16lbs 14ozs. Permits £18 per day (£9 for juniors), 4 hours £12 (£6 juniors) catch and release, fish for the table can be taken and paid for at £2 per pound. Contact Mike Bario on 07810 868897.

Loch Insch Fishery 3 fly only lochs totalling 11 acres, Loch Insch, Loch Kelloch, Loch Colrayne plus a bait pond. Stocked with minimum 2lb fish ranging up to 20lbs (the record is 29lbs 1oz) all rainbows. Charlie Whelan and I had a fun day a few years ago in October here when we came over to Alford to fish the Don only to find it at low summer level and unfishable for salmon (I had told Charlie that the Don is full of fish in October - he still doesn't believe me, but with good water is it true, honest). Anyway we salvaged the day at Loch Insch.There is a caravan and camping site at Loch Insch. 11 miles north of Inverurie on the A96. Good disabled access. Contact, Yvonne on 01464 841143.

Lochter Fishery 4 lochs totalling 12 acres on this well stocked fishery with fish up to 20lb. One sunny February day I popped in for a spot of fishing only to find the loch 60% covered in ice. I nearly went home when I saw a fish move and decided to have a go. I got my two fish and several good takes and runs, surprising given the conditions. The fish were so keen they were actually smashing through the thin ice to get at the few flies that were around! A good lodge and much more on offer here for the family and angler. Contact Lochter Fishery, Oldmeldrum, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 0DZ, call Euan Webster on 01651 872000.

Midmar Fishery 20 minute from Aberdeen on the Echt road. Excellent fishery with several ponds totalling 12 acres, stocked with Rainbows, Blues and Brown Trout. Contact Midmar Fishery, Bogindhu, Midmar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 7ND, call 01330 833298.

Mill of Elrick Fishery Auchnagatt, stocked with rainbows, brown trout and Arctic char, call 01358 701625.

Mill of Strachan Fishery near Banchory adjacent to the Feughside Inn consists of 2 lochs totalling 8 acres. The largest at 5 acres allows both fly and bait fishing . Mostly stocked with rainbows but there are some browns and brook trout. Call 01330 850575.

Mossat Trout Fishery 2.5 acres with three ponds stocked with mainly rainbows and brown trout with some blues and brook trout, fish range from 1.5 to 15lbs. Nice little fishery where you have to stop when the osprey arrives to do a bit of fishing. Buzzers, hoppers, GRHE gold heads do well. Contact Mossat Fishery, Little Bridgend Farm, nr Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8PL, call 01464 861000.

Raemoir Trout Fishery 3 ponds totalling 6 acres stocked mostly with rainbows but also containing blues, browns and Arctic char. One mile outside Banchory on the A980 road to Torphins, call 01330 820092.

Waulkmill Fisheries Waulkmill Farm, New Deer, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 6UP, call 01771 644357