Lake of Menteith Fisheries

16/07/2026

Ali MacGillivray still currently leading the pack but Donnie MacBeth from Fort William was top rod last night with 13 fish - going very deep between Inchmahome and Gateside. Andy Kemp wins the fly box of 20 Fario Flies and Willie Campbell gets the voucher for a half evening boat.

16/07/2026

Temperature at 6ft 21c. WE ARE IMPOSING A LIMIT OF 12 FISH PER ANGLER ON CATCH AND RELEASE.
This BT was caught by regular Janis a few days ago and he reckoned on just under 12lbs. It was caught deep (30 to 40ft) in Gateside Bay/Inchmahome Deeps - OUR HOTSPOT.

10/07/2026

The water temp has hit 19c so Pike fishing has been suspended till the water cools down.
On Heat 10 of the Menteith boat league sponsored by Fario Flies 10 braved the hot evening an caught 48 fish, going from what i heard it should have bee a lot more but the anglers were playing dropsy. Top rod of the evening was Bill Ramage with 9 fish, second was Fergus Aitchison with 8 fish. best tactics were either dries of using the washing line.
Willie Campbell wins the Flybox with some flies and Brian Quinn wins the voucher.

06/07/2026

ROAD CLOSURES.
For those coming to us through Thornhill, the road between Thornhill and the junction for the A81 to Callander is closed during the days. The detour will add about 5 minutes to your journey.

02/07/2026

The Lake is FISHING REALLY WELL NOW WITH STOCKIES AVERAGING AROUND 3LBS and all the action on the top. Loving this July weather :). In ADDITION we are SUPER QUIET which is normal as it is Fair Fortnight type thing and it can be too hot for our sport but to have exceptionally good fish, fishing conditions and peacefullness is a tripple whammy.
On the ninth night of the FARIO Menteith Boat League 8 anglers netted a rod average of 8 plus.
Best rod on the night was 2019 winner Bill Ramage. Bill had 14 fish on a fast sink tip floater. Teamed up with a b***y on the point, foam daddy in themiddle and a blob on the top dropper. He said if there was any activity in the vicinity he pulled in like mad. Think Donnie was on dries and Fergus was fishing a similar set up to bill. The hot spot is at thetop of the wind still - on the Malling Shore.

01/07/2026

On night 8 of the Menteith Boat league sponsored by Fario Flies. 11 anglers went out and caught 46 fish. Mike Devenney was top rod with 8 fish, in 2nd place was Craig Inglis with 7 fish and in 3rd place was Alastair MacGilvery with 6 fish.
Mike wins the Fario fly box with some flies and Andy Kemp wins the voucher for a free nights fishing in the boat league.

29/06/2026

Temp at 6ft 18c, clarity 1.8m
Fish are at all depths again and OK TO FLY FISH FOR PIKE till the next heat wave arrives.

Another big ongrown bt this time caught by Bill Simpson. Quite different from last week's capture. Big spade tail apparently.

26/06/2026

CATCH AND RELEASE LIMIT. The fish are deep now the wind has dropped. We are introducing a 12 fish limit per angler on catch and release as the water is 20 plus near the surface and the fish need help going back. Use a time bonus system or go by the time of the first fish caught.
In the SANACC Semi Erland Hutchison had his 13 fish limit by midday today. Top area Gateside Bay

24/06/2026

Water Temp today 18c. Likely to be 19/20c by tonight. So too.hot for fly pike fishing. Not sure about the reading yesterday. The steady and refreshing westerly has been the saving grace the last couple of days with the heated water being blown east and the cooler water coming up on the western shores. Great catches here atm with lures and an intermediate. The best rod in the Jamie McGregor party had 18. Dries also working and good catches in Gateside Bay also .....but deeper.
Nice shot of the food chain. Daphnia, pin head fry and trout.

www.menteith-fisheries.co.uk The Lake of Menteith is arguably Scotland's premier stocked water.

23/06/2026

Water temperature at 6ft is now 20c so NO MORE FLY PIKE FISHING till it cools down.

Enjoyable and hopefully worthwhile visit to lobby Jim Fairlie, the Scottish Govt minister for Agriculture, Marine and the Islands. Met alot of like minded folks and presented the minister with the log of 16800 signatures to legislate against inshore dredging and trawling. The amount of jobs generated by improving the recreational fishing and fish catches would easily outweigh the short term trawling jobs.