Fishing the loch

[winnywood]

Me and ar gurt have just booked a log cabin for may day bank hol (3days) on loch lomand.

Gurty has agreed I can have the Saturday to go fishing.

 

Now what kind of fishing should I do bearing in mind I have limited room for tackle.

Should I just take some piking gear or go float fishing.

 

I was thinking I like to try fly fishing but would have to buy rod and centre pin and learn how to do it first.

 

What would you guys do? Or has anyone fished the loch and if so what did you do?

Edited March 28, 2016 by winnywood

[Carpbell_ll]

The perch are massive in some Scottish waters, used to fish the Dams outside Glasgow, there is some carp fishing up there but not a lot, there are known thirties in the Clyde, but due to the weather it ain't easy fishing for Carp or Tench. Also, you don't need a rod licence in Scotland but you do need permission on a lot of rivers and lochs, i'd go for the Perch on float tackle

[winnywood]

How would be best to fish for perch?

Ive checked a couple of websites and you can buy a day ticket for the loch for £5 to course fish or £15 for game.

 

Rods wise ive got either 12ft carp rod, 11ft feeder rod, or a 8ft spin rod.

[Carpbell_ll]

http://www.sfca.co.uk/

This might help

[Carpbell_ll]

How would be best to fish for perch?

Ive checked a couple of websites and you can buy a day ticket for the loch for £5 to course fish or £15 for game.

 

Rods wise ive got either 12ft carp rod, 11ft feeder rod, or a 8ft spin rod.

Just take the feeder and spinning rod if you can, don't think the carp rod will be any use, unless you use it for dead baiting, that's a bit of a waiting game though, not really suited to just one days fishing.

[winnywood]

Sounds like hard work in a boat.

Will only have the sat to go fishing so looking for easy setup with what I got.

What bait will trout take on a float?

Will def take spinning rod and some lures.

There will prob be some local rivers aswell but not sure on seasons in scotland yet.

[newmarket]

Hello mate I found this so I've cut & pasted it for you .

 

"Loch Lomond is the largest expanse of fresh water in the UK and has the largest variety of fish in the National Park. The loch has also a very good reputation for coarse fishing. Loch Lomond has been rated as one of the hardest lochs for pike fishing. The variety of fish reaches from sea trout to chub. Loch Lomond is also home to a protected fish species: the powan (a white fish). If caught, the fish should be returned quickly to the water.

 

Boats can be hired from different companies around the loch such as Balmaha Boat Yard for fishing on east Loch Lomond and from Loch Lomond Boat Hire at Balloch for fishing on the south of the loch. Contact information can be found on the permits page."

 

Now this , on the face of it , isn't that useful except to point out that Piking is difficult there .

 

It's the biggest expanse of water in the uk I believe so location could be a problem and by the sounds of it you won't have much time for a look around before you fish so I suggest you embrace Google as your friend , find the nearest tackle shop to where your staying and ask there first.

 

Or better still give em a ring before you go .

I went there a long time ago , though not for fishing , and remember thinking to myself that it was quite open , as you would expect , choppy , and not very float fishing friendly although as I say the local tackle shop will advise best .

 

Sounds like a swim feeder job to me but whatever you end up doing I hope you have a great trip

[newmarket]

Steve , if I'd never done it before , which of course I haven't , I wouldn't fancy taking a chance on your suggestion .

Specially on a one off day trip with no preparation time .

Having said that , the loch is huge and is probably the best chance of catching something.

 

Maybe they do organised boat fishing trips up there ?

I wouldn't know but it would be like sea fishing to some

[newmarket]

If it was me, i would cheat and borrow a sonar or smartcast.

If it was ME I'd look for a river or go get drunk instead

[winnywood]

 

 

 

This is where im going dont really fancy going on a boat on my own especially as I don't have much experience on one.

They do hire them row boats for £40 and power boats for £65.

 

Would love to catch a trout so I could take it back and cook it in our log cabin.

[winnywood]

Just found this online

 

https://youtu.be/65Lsd1JXQok

 

Were stopping at inveruglas so looks pretty deep there.

[winnywood]

Guess I do a bit more research and maybe give the park owner a ring see if I can get some better info.

There looks like therez plenty of rivers about and would love a go at fly fishing.

Is it something I could master in a couple of hours?

[buzzbomb]

If you had someone to show you, probably sooner, but you don't necessarily have to master it to catch depending on how wide the streams are.  If you only need to get 30 or 40 ft into the river to get to where the fish are then working out a lot of line isn't an issue.  You can make up a yarn rod and give it a try to get the 10 o'clock - 2 o'clock idea (I bet there are some sort of youtube tutorials...) and if you can get your hands on an outfit with line, leader, tippet (I use 4lb or 6 lb mono) go out to some open space and practice with some yarn on the end so you can see it.  Be advised, small children will make fun of you if they see you fishing where there are obviously no fish, and some of them can be cruel.   Whether fly fishing is a good option is best answered by the boss at the holiday camp, but if not you have nothing to lose by chucking something in, that loch is deep enough there could be anything in there, monsters..  Let us know how it goes.

[cyborx]

having lived up near to where you are going, i would say that the fly would be your best bet, i found that once you got the principle of the cast the rest came easy, well all except the back cast as i still years on struggle with checking for walkers as i cast

i have snagged loads, people, dogs even the odd cow or horse, that can be a bit of a bother as the horses tend to bolt and can strip line better than any carp mate

really tho, fly would be your bet as the locals are more likely to share info if they think you are trying (they hate with a vengeance any other method).

quick goog found these, i would go with the split cane, just for authenticity lol

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9-0-3-pc-split-cane-trout-fly-fishing-rod-The-Trossachs-Rod-Building-Co-/121932736754?hash=item1c63c1e8f2:g:ZYQAAOSwpIdW8CwS

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Daiwa-Fly-rods-2016-free-fly-box-worth-9-99-game-trout-salmon-pike-perch-fish-/281901604056?var=&hash=item41a2a51cd8:m:mBq7YRqTSdl-KPGzj1zoVHg

 

just a quick edit to say MAKE SURE YOU GET FULL PERMISSION from the landowner if fishing the rivers and burns as they are likely to put some buckshot or a salt cartridge into you then ask what you are doing. FACT.

Edited March 29, 2016 by salokcinnodrog

[buzzbomb]

When fly casting with real hooks wear a hat and turn your collar up. [emoji3] Spend some time practicing the roll cast as you'll use that quite a bit to pick your line up off the water.

[winnywood]

Just missed out on a rod from eBay cane with reel and line and flys for a tenna.

 

Didn't go for it cuz I read that the fly would be hard this time of year so I discounted it thinking drop shotting for perch might be more favourable.

[cyborx]

Just missed out on a rod from eBay cane with reel and line and flys for a tenna.

 

Didn't go for it cuz I read that the fly would be hard this time of year so I discounted it thinking drop shotting for perch might be more favourable.

 

just another string to your bow my friend

[winnywood]

Just letting you guys know how I got on, on the loch.

Spent about 5 hrs spinning drop shotting and float fishing with worms and caught absolutely naff all.

Didn't even see a fish . Felt pretty microscopic with my 8 ft rod against a lake the size of that.

But hey ho was worth a try.

 

if it aint broke.. take it apart... it soon will be!

[newmarket]

Just letting you guys know how I got on, on the loch.

Spent about 5 hrs spinning drop shotting and float fishing with worms and caught absolutely naff all.

Didn't even see a fish . Felt pretty microscopic with my 8 ft rod against a lake the size of that.

But hey ho was worth a try.

 

if it aint broke.. take it apart... it soon will be!

I silently feared you may be up against it a wee bit