Trout Fishing at Kinloch Rannoch
Kinloch Rannoch lies at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, with Dunalistair Dam and Loch Tummel to the east on the way to Pitlochry. The lochs on Rannoch Moor offer truly wild trout fishing on lonely moorland lochs and lochans, for typical Scottish brownies, averaging about three to the pound, but with the occasional big trout among them, particularly in Loch Rannoch itself, the haunt of the large ferox trout often caught by trolling the deeps. A walk over the heather moors to Loch Laidon or Loch Ba, lying to the west of Rannoch Station, will take the fisherman to some truly remote and wild fishing, where large baskets of modest sized trout are common. But beware the midgies!
Kinloch Rannoch Trout Fishing Map
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The maps on this website, extracts from the “Half Inch” Bartholomew map series of the mid twentieth century, have been reproduced with the permission of Collins Bartholomew. Viewers should note that these maps date back several decades, to the mid twentieth century in fact. While much of the man-made details such as roads and buildings will have changed over the years, the character of the hills, lochs and rivers, and the trout inhabiting them, will have remained very much the same as they have always been, in the more remote regions at any rate! This website shows detailed maps of the major fishing locations. In addition, however, I would recommend that anglers planning a Scottish fishing or walking trip should be sure to equip themselves with a compass, the appropriate local Ordnance Survey map and a working knowledge of how to use them. The most useful of the O.S. maps for the fisherman is the Landranger series, scale 1:50,000. For Rannoch Moor, see O.S. map number 15.