Stillwater · Mixed · Kinross, GB-SCT

Kinross Trout Fishery

Kinross Trout Fishery venue image

Kinross Trout Fishery is the smaller commercial stillwater in the Kinross area, distinct from the managed boat fishery on Loch Leven itself.

Fair · Rainbow
Minkie · 6–10
Fairlive now
Reasonable winter fishing likely at Kinross Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
54% confidence

Kinross Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 15 km/hGentle breeze · Gusts to 29 km/h
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6–10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze · Gusts to 29 km/h
W 15 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp6.9°C
Air temp2°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Head to
Wind driftSW wind
South-western end

A southwesterly has held for 15 hours, running colder than the water (5°C air against 7°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
April to September
Where
Start with Minkie (6–10) — on the point. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Minkie (6–10) — on the point. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · November highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Buzzer team todayfor the conditions now
Point
Bloodworm
Not in this water's box
#10
How to fish it
Slow-sink line · slow figure-of-eight, pausing to let the flies hang

Fly recommendations

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Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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About this water

It's stocked with rainbows, fished from the bank or from a small number of boats, and run as a put-and-take commercial operation for anglers who want the Kinross area but not the full Loch Leven experience. On a quiet midweek evening, it can give good sport for a couple of hours without the formality of booking a Leven boat days in advance — and for local anglers it's the reliable backstop, the water you can fall back on when the Leven boats are taken or the conditions have put the big loch out of bounds.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • winter conditions with mixed skies and breezy wind.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
Related guides
Casting instructors near here
Booking & contacts
At a glance

Kinross Trout Fishery is a stillwater fishery in Kinross, Scotland. It sits at about 117 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is rainbow trout. The trout season is recorded as running from year-round to year-round. Best window recorded for anglers: April to September. Core methods listed: nymph; buzzer; lure. Nearby waters in our listings include Loch Leven at 4.0 km, Loch Glow at 10 km and Loch Glow at 10 km.