Trout Fishing Lochs near Thurso
Thurso is the main town on the Scottish north coast with ferry links to Orkney and good road links to the west, east and south. It lies at the mouth of the River Thurso, a very productive salmon river. Thurso also lies within easy reach of a number of excellent trout lochs, including larger lochs such as Loch Watten and Loch Calder, and many smaller lochs, all worth a walk and a few casts for wild brown trout of varying sizes. Lochs include Loch Heilen, St John’s Loch, Loch Scarmclett, Loch of Toftingall, Loch Shurrery, Loch Chaluim and Loch Olginey.
Thurso 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 Thurso, see O.S. map number 12.
For information on the salmon fishing rivers in the area see Salmon Fishing in Scotland