Welcome to The Lake
The Lake of Menteith is Scotland’s only natural lake and is internationally renowned for the quality of trout fishing and its rare Lowland beauty with the the Highland hills as a backdrop. It is the main venue for National Trout Fly Fishing Championships and is situated 20 minutes west of Stirling and under an hour from Glasgow or Edinburgh. The 700 acre water is stocked with top quality rainbow and brown trout which are reared on site by the company. Fishing is boat only from our fleet of 36 well maintained fifteen foot boats which are supplied with an outboard engine, oars, net and a drogue.
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SANACC 2024 Scottish Club Championships
Heat 1 – 11th May 2024
Sponsored by The Lake Of Menteith, Snowbee, Glencairn Crystal, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Angus Angling, McLanachlan Transport Ltd and My Fishing Flies.
Twelve teams took part in the first of the Saturday night heats and the 36 anglers caught a total of 111 fish.
The top team on the night was Albacats FF "A" with 17 fish for 38lb 6.4oz. They were represented by Greig Davie(7 fish), Stevie Welsh (7 fish) and Jim Mckinlay (3 fish) and each of them received a box of flies provided by My Fishing Flies and as a team they also received a £30 voucher provided by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
In second place with 12 fish for 31lb 10.10oz were Rescobie Loch DA represented by Ron Gray (3 fish), George Gall (6 fish) and .
In third with 12 fish for 28lb 1.8oz were Gartmote Aberfoyle & District AC "A" represented by Calum Fraser (1 fish), Jim Jackson (2 fish) and Archie Whitehead (9 fish).
Firecats "A" represented by Calum Clark (4 fish), Campbell Cree (4 fish) and Martyn Shaw (3 fish) were fourth. These four teams qualified for the semi-final on 9th August. The heaviest fish on the night weighed 6lb 12.9oz and was caught by Lee Anderson of Rescobie Loch DA.
The top six individuals going through to the Champion of Champions Final were:-
1. Archie Whitehead of Gartmore Aberfoyle & District AC with 9 fish for 21lb 0.8oz
2. Keith Logan of Heriot AC with 8 fish for 17lb 11oz
3. Greig Davie of Albacats FF with 7 fish for 15lb 8.3oz
4. Stevie Whitehead of Dalzell AC with 6 fish for 15lb 0.4oz
5. Stevie Welsh of Albacts FF with 7 fish for 14lb 14.1oz
6. Jimmy McBride of SPRA East AC with 7 fish for 14lb 4.3oz
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Well done Stevie great result
Nice one Greig 🎣
Well Done greig davies 👏🎣
The fishery hosted the Scottish Police Recreation Association championship last Thursday.
The event was held in good fishing conditions, but not all of the anglers found the fish in an obliging mood with many tales of lost fish and missed takes. This was probably due to fishing pressure experienced earlier in the week.
The 2024 individual champion was Brian Carnegie who came in with an amazing catch of 23 fish. He was fishing dries all day off Shear Point and among the reeds up from Tod Hole. Brian has been on good form for a while and his win was richly deserved.
Jimmy McBride was second with 14 and Jamie Picken was 3rd with 13 fish.
The team event was won by West "E". Brian Carnegie, 23, Harris Campbell, 10, Alan Gilbert, 7, and Jamie Picken, 13.
East "A" were second with Malclm Miller, 4, Stewart Marshall, 7, Jimmy McBride, 14, and Roddy McIntyre, 2.
Both teams will fish in the PSUK National competition which we are hosting in June 2025.
Special mention must go to John Curry. John had been trying to get close to risers on the Malling Shore and inadvertently grounded the boat. He decided to make use of the bailer and as he did so, a fish grabbed his fly and pulled his Hardy rod and reel overboard. John jumped out of the boat in his waders and tried to reach the rod tip to retrieve it. As he did do he went off the shelf into deeper water, causing his automatic lifejacket to burst into life. The fish pulled the rod further out and the tip could be deen bobbing around. Undeterred, John got back in the boat, somewhat damp and reversed after the rod tip. He managed to lay hands on it and started to play the fish only for it to fall off at the net. At least he got the rod back.
Thanks to all who attended another great event.
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WEE FISH BIG FISH, FRY BASH AND DRY FLY TIME AT THE LAKE.
At the recent Police National Championship, rumour has it that the top tactic was trimmed back cdc dries but I also heard that the fish were fry bashing and then yesterday witnessed trout chasing these roach fry all round the beach after the boats went out. Usually think of pin head fry time from end of May but these ones are well grown but still must be this years hatch.. Made me wonder if the reason we don’t see the pinhead fry earlier is to do with the water temperature stratification not developing earlier….
WATER 6FT TEMP 14C CLARITY 3M
To give the fish more space in the coming heat and to avoid the road closure next week between the Port and the Rob Roy we increased the stocking with 1600 two to three pounders going in.
Jamie Picken Police National Angling Secretary with a good fish on the day. Full police results to follow.
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Hi there where and what time is road closure please? Our club outing is on Wednesday?
Another cracking Lake rainbow well done.
…little fry,big bow,….its time to go 😉
Seen some mayfly on Wednesday evening too
A few images of the amazing Aurora Borealis display over the lake tonight.
The storm was so strong you had to look south to capture the rays.
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Amazing well captured 👌
Great photography well captured. K
Stunning images, great photography 👍
Amazing photo's, well done.
All calm up in oor area. X
Great photo's. 👍👍👍
Unbelievable stunning
Beautiful
Fantastic! 👍👏👏
Awesome
Stunning
Lino Neil
Wully Kerr
Millie White
Leanne Barnes
So edited ffs shit show the original
Awesome👌
Wow
Just wow
Wonderful.
Lake Data
The Lake fishing is boat only and the venue is popular for dry fly and buzzer fishing, the quality of the stocked and resident trout – and its very large pike. The low lying nature of the Lake and its irregular shape makes for an interesting drift, where shelter is easily found on windy days.
Our large fishery cabin contains a tackle shop and reception area with refreshments available – a great place to relax and discuss your day with fellow fishermen.
For the non-fisherman the area has lots to offer with walking, cycling, shopping and restaurants all within 20 minutes drive, the Lake of Menteith Hotel is next door and on the largest of the Lake’s three islands is the impressive and peaceful ruin of the 13th century Inchmahome Priory and the remains of the Earl of Menteith’s Castle on Inch Talla. The Lake is designated a site of Special Scientific Interest due to the exceptional flora and fauna.
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