Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire, GB-SCT

Lochter Trout Fishery

Lochter Trout Fishery terrain map

Lochter sits in the farmland north of Oldmeldrum, a commercial stillwater and activity centre with a stocked trout loch at its heart.

Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Lochter Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
59% confidence

Lochter Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSE 24 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
SE 24 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp10.3°C
Air temp11°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Head to
Wind driftSE wind
North-western end

A southeasterly has held for most of a day, running warmer than the water (13°C air against 10°C water). Expect fish at the north-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 October
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — 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 Marabou Damsel (8-12) — 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

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 2 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.

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About this water

Lochter sits in the farmland north of Oldmeldrum, a commercial stillwater and activity centre with a stocked trout loch at its heart. Rainbows, put-and-take, fly-only on the fly water. It's well set up — proper facilities, decent coffee, the kind of venue that a family can visit for an afternoon with one member fishing and the others walking the grounds. The fishing is reliable commercial stillwater fare, and the location (inland Aberdeenshire, north of the Don) gives it a natural catchment that includes Inverurie, Turriff, and the whole Formartine area.

  • 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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