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
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
49% confidence
limited data

Kinross Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSE 23 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
SE 23 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp10.6°C
Air temp11°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Head to
Wind driftE wind
Western end

An easterly has held for 7 hours, running warmer than the water (14°C air against 11°C water). Expect fish at the western end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. 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 Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.

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

Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September 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.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
57%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp100%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Loch Leven
4.0 km
Brown trout
Loch Glow
10 km
Brown trout
Loch Fitty
11 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Lomond Hills Fishery
15 km
Rainbow trout
Frandy Fishery
16 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Kinross Trout Fishery is the smaller commercial stillwater in the Kinross area, distinct from the managed boat fishery on Loch Leven itself. 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
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
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