Linlithgow Loch Catch Report – 01/03/2025 –02130/2025

On Saturday, we had 12 boats out with 19 anglers, 19 fish were kept weighing 70 1/4 Lbs, 68 fish were returned. Anglers found fish 3 – 4 feet deep using floating, midge tip and sink tip lines, the best flies were cormorants, blobs, black green lures, rabbits and snakes - some caught were dropped near the net.

The best catches for Saturday using the right tactics were by;

John Walker returned 9 trout staying in the same area using a 6’ midge tip line and cormorants, Mark Smith with a floating line and green rabbit returned 11 fish. Ian Laird and his boat partner went out for 4 hrs, kept 4 fish weighing in at 15 ¾ Lbs: the heaviest was 14 Lbs 14 oz and returned 6. Mark Lawton and partner kept 8 fish for 27 ½ Lbs, returned 4. Again F/lines with cormorants were successful for them.

Sunday saw a change in the weather, being windier and from a different direction. Linlithgow Rose FFC out with 5 angles; one angler on a kill permit kept 1 Rainbow weighing 3 Lbs 10 oz, they returned 4 between them. Their tactics were sink tip and intermediate lines with cormorants, mini snakes and pink zonker. Out for 4 hrs using midge tips with lures and Vivas Ali Fyvie out with George Mackintosh kept 2 fish for 81/2 Lbs returning 4 to the Loch – see photos.

Netting a Rainbow trout

Ali Fyvie Netting a Rainbow trout

Netting a Rainbow trout by Ali

Rainbow trout in the net by Ali

Steven Borwick and his partner used intermediate lines and pink snakes returned 15 fish.

We continue to stock regularly, as seen on our Facebook page

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