Fishing Rannoch Lochs & Rivers

LOCH ERROCHTY permits from Country Store, Kinloch Rannoch
LOCHS EIGHEACH, brown trout
Permits from Rannoch & District Angling Assoc. (Mr G. Brown) 07881822216

LOCH SRON SMEUR on Dunan Estate (west of Loch Rannoch).
Boat hire £20 per day. This loch has trout up to 5lbs in it & is stocked.

River Eigheach and the upper part of the River Gaur £5 per day. Permit from Dunan show the boundary.
Ring Ian Sutherland at Dunan for permit and access on (01882) 633 314 or 07881718233

LOCH LAIDON and DUBH LOCHAN on Rannoch Estate 01882 633241
(Fishing: April to Mid-July) Rannoch Estate has the only boat on Loch Laidon, which is renowned for its remoteness, beauty and numerous trout, and on the Dubh Lochan by Rannoch Station, which is stocked, and produces some large trout.

Loch Laidon: £10.00 per day permit for bank fishing.
Boat without engine: £30.00 per day (4 people maximum). With engine: £75.00 per day. (A cash deposit of £100.00 will be required against damage to engine or boat.)
A larger boat for six people, with ghillie, engine and lunch is available: £240.00 per day.

Dubh Lochan: No bank fishing. Rowing boat: £75.00 per day for up to three people. Catch and release by agreement with estate.

Loch Rannoch: Boat without engine: £30.00 per day (4 people maximum). With engine: £75.00 per day (A cash deposit of £100.00 will be required against damage to engine or boat.) from Rannoch Estate (01882) 633241

LOCHS KINARDOCHY & BHAC – Contact Pitlochry Angling Club

LOCH TUMMEL Prices as for Loch Rannoch. Restrictions apply see reverse of permit.

Permits are available from:- Pitlochry Tourist Office, Loch Tummel Caravan Park, Ardgualich Farm and the Water Warden.

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Loch Rannoch

Loch Rannoch runs east to west for 10 miles and just over a mile at it widest. Bordered by spectacular mountains to both the north and south, with the most famous being Schiehallion to the southeast. Wild Rannoch Moor extends to the west and the Black Wood on the south shore is one of the few last remnants of the old Caledonian Pine Forest, which once covered the land. This is proven in part by the presence of Scots Pine stumps preserved in the boggy areas of the moor, and pollen records from peat cores.

The loch is fed at its western end by the River Gaur which itself is sourced far to the west from Lochs Laidon and Eigheach, numerous other burns join the loch as well as the River Ericht. These all add to the rich features of the loch's Fishing. While the loch is part of the Tummel & Garry hydro scheme, with a barrage at its eastern outflow, the loch is quite natural and extremely beautiful. The River Tummel begins at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch.

Fishing Loch Rannoch
Rannoch is an unusual Scottish loch in that it has good areas of shallows particularly at the western end, which are ideal for fly-fishing from a boat, which can be launched from the Loch Rannoch Conservation Association launching site at Killichonan. Most of the trout are just under the pound, but they make for great sport. The loch has the advantage that minor roads run around its shorelines, making bank access much easier.

Fishing for Brown Trout, Pike and Arctic Charr is available by permit only to comply with the River Tummel Protection Order (renewed 1994). The Trout season runs from 15th March to 6th October. Loch Rannoch is controlled by the Loch Rannoch Conservation Association.

Rannoch & Tummel Trout Fishing

Fishing Rannoch Lochs & Rivers

Loch Rannoch