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Close this page now
Posted by Martin Mitchell on Sunday 1st January 2012
Happy New Year to all our anglers We are now going to close down this page as we have the forum on the web site.
This will also remove the vermin called spammers from pestering us.
going soon
Posted by tommy on Wednesday 28th December 2011
some nice pictures there, im of to fish on friday near the end of december so hope too post a good report..........
A wet day in November
Posted by Mark Billington on Saturday 12th November 2011
A nice start to the winter Pike Season, a 23lb 60z off the boat. Thanks very much to the 4 lads bivvying up at the car park for taking some great photos. Cheers.
personal best
Posted by paul chapman on Monday 3rd October 2011
I've just come back from a 3day trip ar castle loch from mon 26/9/11 to thurs29/9/11 haveing caught 2pbs one fish of 8lb12oz and the other 19lb10oz both fish were caught on a popped half mackerel due to the heavy weed. They caught at the sewer pipe. the first fish was on the tues morning which was the 12lber and on the wed morning the 19lber. this is the best fishing i've had so far due to the 19lb fish. There are still big fish to catch. thease were the only 2 fish i caught with one run on tues afternoon
personal best
Posted by paul chapman on Friday 30th September 2011
I've just come back from a 3day trip at castle loch the fishing was a little slow but my rewaed was worth the wait my first fish was a8lb 12oz on tues morning wich was my first pb then the second was in the wed morning at a 19lb 10oz two pbs in two pbs in two days not bad i would say
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Posted by Forum on Friday 8th July 2011
Lads, all these fishing blogs and advice requests would be much better suited to the forum.
pike
Posted by lee rhind on Thursday 30th June 2011
fished castle the other week had 12 up to 6 pounds lost another 6 or 7 one of them a good fish. most of these fish came to perch but floated on the surface with no float and no weight rod held in hand ready was great fun
what were we doing wrong
Posted by riki on Sunday 26th June 2011
we herd so much about this fishery that we decided to come down for a couple off days fishing we arrived sat morning and duly purchased our permits after which we proceded to castle ruins on advice we received we set up and started fishing /bait used was lamprey/bluies/roach/mackrel we never touched a fish until around 11 15pm when i got into a fish around the six pound mark we thought here we go some sport at last unfortunatley this was not to be we fished until around 6.00am then moved to car park at bowling green 3 hours later still nothing not even a bite could someone help us with some information as we hope to return in the next couple of weeks and would like to tackle some decent fish we are all 3 serious dedicated fishers thanks guys and tight lines
22lb 12oz Pike
Posted by Stephen Phillips on Sunday 12th June 2011
After catching a 16lb 1oz Pike last weekend (5th June), a personal best for me; I couldn't resist returning this week to see if I could reel in another monster Pike. I arrived at the loch on Friday and was feeling very out of luck on Sunday when I had only caught three Pike: 10lb being the largest. As I began to pack up, my bite alarm sounded, and I began a 45 minute battle with what turned out to be a 22lb 12oz pike!!! Well worth the wait! I will be returning very soon to see if I can beat my PB.
miss it
Posted by malc p on Saturday 9th April 2011
used to fish the loch quite a bit as well as mill loch and loved it, never had as much success as some of the lads putting pics on here but really like the area, had plenty of fish over the ten pound mark but no bigger, also the bailiff on castle loch was a good fella with plenty of good info. living over in NZ now an really missing my pike fishing and cold arsed winter mornings with my bite indicator beeping away. really glad to see the fishery just keeps getting better an better hope to come back an catch a few toothy beasts again sometime in the future.
p,b. pike
Posted by ian melville on Friday 25th February 2011
just finished 2day session on castle landed 4 pike the biggest being a p.b of 25lb caught on a popped up half mackerel fished at 50yds. getting lots of eel bites just as the light fades. i cant wait to get back to the loch. used to fish loch ken but the crayfish are doing my head in. cant wait to try for the bream, i have never fished for them, i am a piker at heart but would like to try it out
understanding wife
Posted by dave the rave on Monday 25th October 2010
just returned from my second visit in 4 weeks doing a 24 hr spell fishing with my son. fished night of 22 october extra foot of water since last up not good in chest waders freezing ur bits of. fishing was better than last time 33 bream between us upto 8.8 all on method and boiles clipped up. hope the lads we met on sewer pegs managed a few fish on the sat. just of to buy the wife a prezzy as a bribe see if i can get back up soon
Another 20 for Esox Lucius
Posted by Mark Billington on Saturday 16th October 2010
A lovely 21lb 4oz pike. A well maintained fishery a joy to fish.
glad to be back
Posted by dave the rave on Friday 8th October 2010
after being gutted at missing my trip last year due to an accident 2 weeks before it realy was great to back up week 18 sept.everything about the week was fantastic our accomadation was out of this world it even had remote windows.we even had good weather all week and thanks to martin my son managed his pb and a dozen bream most days. so thanks again to martin and his team for a fantastic place even though i coudnt fish my self i never tired of sitting and watching the wildlife and fantastic views back up in october cant wait
had brill time thanks to me dad
Posted by paul on Sunday 26th September 2010
done 24 hours on sewers pegs nothing but balliff cum done n let me n me dada on big hole had gud time had pb 9.1 smallest was 5,8 had plenty of fish but not big bags of the best peg caught on method n doulbe corn cnt wait 4 nxt year
Falkirk lads
Posted by Ross on Tuesday 15th June 2010
well another great night on the castleloch fished from the Island off to a flier with bite alarms screaming only to miss the first 2 but landed 4 in the space of 3 hours then no more for me but alan and paul landed another 7 between them all jacks biggest 5pnd but great sport will be back looking for the big girls soon Cheers
im back
Posted by derek bond on Wednesday 21st April 2010
having been away from the loch for 18mths iy was great to be back,the place is as clean and tidy as ever,largely due to good anglers and excellent fishery management.the new pegs on the roadside are first class.my friend terry and i have just done a 48hr on the sewer bank,had 5 bream to10lb 2oz,2 tench,biggest 7lb,and half a dozen pike,missed a few runs,so a good session for this time of year.if your looking for somewhere for a great couple of days in beutiful and natural surroundings with people who will help you on advice and tips you cant go wrong,and the best thing of all with the recession,you get all this for £6 for 24hrs,that allows you to use 2 rods,its not a misprint its £6.you cant get on a commercial for a day for that amount,go and see it,you will be amazed. derek from liverpool
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Posted by paul chapman on Monday 8th March 2010
I fished off the island from 2nd and 3rd of march 1st day nothing caught the mornings behind the island was frozen in and around the bays. 2nd morning i woke up to the edges frozen had to smash the ice to reset my rods.I had three runs on that morning one a dropped bait. The past few times i have fished the loch i have allways caught. I,ll wait till the weather warms up and come back and hope the pike are on the feed
great fishing venue
Posted by kieron wright on Thursday 31st December 2009
the place to be having fished a few lochs in scotland this is by far the best, having landed somme big doubles but nothin can compare to my pb a great big 21 1/2 what a fish, the burnley boys will b bak soon lets hope the pike keep getting bigger
big girl
Posted by brock on Monday 16th November 2009
nice fish m8 nice to see the big girls starting to feed we was up at the begining of the month 14 fish but all jacks congrats it means i have to come up again before xmas lololol
27 lbs pike
Posted by Mark Billington on Sunday 15th November 2009
HI guys heres a better picture of fish please can you add to personnel best and up date photo on comments. much apprieciated .
A monster on board Esox Lucius
Posted by Mark Billington on Monday 9th November 2009
A cracking days fishing on Castle Loch from our boat Esox Lucius started with a lovely 10lbs 7oz pike not long after we had anchored up. We where sat taking in the views and wild life when suddenly my rod bent right round in the rest. Panic stations!!!!!. Knew we were into a clonker, time after time it would take 20 to 30 yards of line as it was coming to the boat. After an arm wrenching 20 minute struggle could not believe our eyes when it came to the surface. A personnel best pike for at 27lbs. Thanks to Martin for helpful advice over the phone a brilliant maintained fishery, back SOON there has to be 30's out there.
219lb 5oz in a session
Posted by Steve on Thursday 17th September 2009
Did I mention that my other fishing mentor , Earl , had this monster haul on the same day that Simon had his PB ?. It included 7 doubles phew . A 14 handicap at Golf but a scratch fisherman !
13lb 9oz bream on 3-9-09
Posted by Steve on Wednesday 9th September 2009
I've posted this on behalf of Simon who caught this fish after I returned home on the wednesday . A fantastic trip for the 3 of us ( Earl , Simon and myself) . In 6 sessions Simon had 4 tons the best being 171lb+ on two consecutive days .
Big Ste Betters Personal Best
Posted by Steve Barrett on Saturday 25th July 2009
Just been up to the Loch, for a nights fishing, with grandson Liam "The Cat" Catterall (9 years old) to show him what fishing on the Loch is all about. We got set up and settled in for the night, nothing doing for us, but during the night some nice bream to 10lbs + came out. Around 6.00am I was awoken by the noise of The Cats teeth chattering and him moaning it was cold and that I was snoring. I got up had a freshen up recast 1 rod then rebated the second rod, cast it out started sinking the line then bingo I was in, 11lb 4oz bream what a beauty, in lovely condition. Just like to thank the 2 lads from Skipton, Mark and Dynamite and the to boatmen from Middlesborough (sorry lads forgot your names) for weighing the fish, cheers lads, hope to meet again. What a water, you may have to wait but for the quality of the fish caught its well worth it, go on have a go.
Preston lads
Posted by Stu on Sunday 19th July 2009
Another good five days on the bank of Castle loch with a good head of bream over the week between the two of us. My mission for the week was to catch at least one those tench after many attemps before have failed, On the fith day one hour before starting the dreaded packing up the mission was complete, as the alarm went with one hell of a scream and i landed that bloody tench after all! And kicked Jon's ass as always haha! Great week of fishing can't wait to get back!!!
Personal Best
Posted by Big Ste Barrett on Sunday 5th July 2009
July 4th 2009. Big Ste (the daddy) and little Ste (the laddie) where enjoying yet another blank session then out the blue up pops a 9 pounder, fanatastic, that was followed by a brace of 7lb +s, then we sent the spods in, big mistake by little Ste, yellow card for that one son.
Anyway really good nights fishing with the guy on the next peg, Galloway Mark, otherwise known as "the flip flop kid", hitting 8 bream to 9lb, sport really hotting up, get yerselves up there.
Good Sport
Posted by Ian Nicholson on Monday 22nd June 2009
Just come back from 5 days of piking on the sewer bank beach. There from wed 17th of June till 22nd. Had a great time in all. Landed 19 pike and my mate Jed the legend got 14. All jacks, none over 7lb but the sport was cracking anyway. Next trip up will see us give the Castle side some hammer in search of a 15+. Met 2 great scot lads, father and son who gave us some belting tips on bream fishing,gunna try that out next time but these lads could teach most bream fishermen a thing or two,mainly that you dont have to throw 2 wheel barrows full of feed in to attract the bream,LESS IS MORE, and more fish will come your way. Met some good lads from Hull too but they didn`t do as well as they hoped. Missed very much were good fishing buddies Kev and Colin,next time boys. Had some god crack with Martin too, by the by, tell Bruce to put f***ing stamps on this years tickets before he sends them off or i`ll start believing what they say bout you generous scots folk. Keep The Faith.
Forum
Posted by Fishery Managers on Thursday 7th May 2009
Lads if you have any Questions go on to the forum page not this one.
This is for your comments on the fishery..
Great Piking
Posted by Brian McSporran on Tuesday 7th April 2009
Fished the other surrounding lochs before i tried this one. Only a 50 minute drive from where I live { Carluke } so not too bad. Had 2 pike in a short 3hr session both around the 7lb mark from the Castle Pier end. Knowing what lurks in the loch will keep me returning for that magic 20. Never fished for bream but after reading the other comments I might give it a go. Only after the 20lb girl has been banked though.
Blank finished thanks to Castle Loch
Posted by Mark Billington on Monday 6th April 2009
Arrived friday evening 3rd April, waded out onto island towing a dingy with all gear. Bivved up for evening, had first run 3.30 in morning, a lovely condition 10lb Pike. Fished till 5 o'clock next day mainly casting towards boat house, had lots of runs ended up with 5 Pike, largest 10lbs. Will be returning soon maybe a 20lbs plus????. A credit to the fishery management.
pike fishing
Posted by gordon m on Sunday 22nd February 2009
FISHING ALL WEEKEND 20 OF FEBRUARY 4 PIKE BUT 1 WAS A BIG OLD GIRL AT23LB 2OZ BIG THANKS TO MARTIN AND BRUCE WILL GET PHOTO DOWN TO YOU SOON
First time clonker
Posted by Chris Bennett on Saturday 8th November 2008
My mate Keith and i fished the loch earlier this year and i have for pike many times since,this was the product of keiths first ever cast into the loch,weighing in at a hefty 7lb 13oz it was also his personal best!...was up most recently onthe9th of october 2008,started of great for pike with runs for the three of us who were there,fishing mixed popped up baits and some hard on the bottom,roach and smelt doing best,mostly jacks but one fish for 15lb 2oz which came just as i was nodding off,the buzzer scaring the s**t out of me...will be back soon...love the place...the cormorants are becoming a bit af a ball ache though especially when one takes your deadbait...ive thought ive had a new pike record on a few times only to find it had wings and a beak and wasnt to pleased about being reeled against its will!!
surreal
Posted by john whitelaw on Thursday 30th October 2008
9.30am,settled on stone steps with pike rods in water and finishing off bacon rolls and mug of tea. Peace and tranquility. next thing, minibus of young anglers, martin with a new haircut and shave, border TV plus fiona Armstrong.At least I got to be the background for Miss armstrongs piece then watched as martin took a shiny new landing craft, plus film crew , famous newsreader and a guy in a wheel chair wearing a cowboy hat out on the water for some fishing! just an everyday occurance at the castle. once they all went off I ended up missing 2 runs and then hit into a screamer, its surprising how much of a fight a cormoront can put up when being reeled in backwards! came off and looked ok as it flew away, guys up from me not as lucky, they had to net theirs, again flew off unharmed. Going back down next thursday, dont know what to expect. Hopefully a couple of pike.
Aerial Display Team
Posted by Lambini on Monday 29th September 2008
I fished the Castle on Friday with a friend. Those of you who fish it more regularly than I do probably take it for granted now but we were absolutely awe struck by the gathering flocks of starlings in the evening. A group of 50 soon became a few thousand and the noise and spectacle was incredible as they did their thing over the loch ( think Springwatch with Bill Oddie / Carling Advert). Part of the experience was diving for cover as they came immediately overhead and dropped their "gifts" on us. This obviously rang the dinner bell for the sparrowhawks and the icing on the cake was watching the chase then seeing one return with its prize in its claws about 15 feet above our heads. Add to that the buzzards, kingfisher etc not to mention a dozen stonking bream to 9lb and a rake of perch, a good day was well and truly had. Its just a pity that I dont feel the same way about seing the cormorants!!
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Posted by Daz gabz on Monday 8th September 2008
Me and Andy fished the loch 4th&5th sept on the last fishable peg on the sewer bank. only had 1 bream on the first night 7lb 6oz a PB for me and nowt else. been twice now and had one fish each time. First time a tench just over 7lb a nother pb. so 2 good tips 4 me andy,s still not had a fish yet. But talked into going again at the end off oct. And hope we get a good bag of Bream. Just read that 2 lads fished it that week and had a 1000lb of Bream on what side ?
29th to 31st sept
Posted by Davey Gray on Monday 1st September 2008
fished from the island water up high had to wade out to cast.caught one bream 8lb on saturday night,missed a few bites they were very slight had to scale down and use longer hooklink before catching one,my mate bazzy caught six eels to 3lb on worm.was very quiet all weekend not many anglers but those i spoke too had only caught jack pike and perch.
RE:11TH AUGUST
Posted by STEVE" BALIFF" on Monday 18th August 2008
HI MATE,sorry to hear that you didnt do too well,next time you go if you have alook on the castle forum ,theirs plenty on info and tips ,or just ask one of the lads,or pm martain or bruce on forum.or myself.cheers steve
11th August
Posted by M.Ward on Friday 15th August 2008
Fished the loch for the first time for three days and the weather and fishing was poor. Only 5 fish caught between elleven anglers and all caught by the same person on one night. It would have been nice to get some advice off a balif but they were nowhere to be seen. The loch is beautiful and will be back for another go this summer.
late summer on castle loch 2006
Posted by lee from manchester on Thursday 14th August 2008
this is the second double at 18lb 2 ten minutes after i had my first 17lb 9 what a cracking three days of fishing
All is not lost
Posted by shaunemac on Wednesday 13th August 2008
I too fished the friday and saturday of that week. We saw hundreds of bream blipping about.We caught 1 each then put loads of bait it.Big mistake.If we had just plodded on with the feeders we could have picked off a few more,but you live and learn.
I have a feeling its gona turn round very shorty,back to night fishing on sewer etc etc.
sewer bank
Posted by john on Tuesday 12th August 2008
save your money chaps ! there was a westerly blowing in when we arrived on wednesday 6th ,looked ideal ,then it p*#$ed it down ,fished til friday morning , 6 rods not a bream to be had !!!
31 JULY 4 DAY TRIP
Posted by SCOTT,LEWIS,STRICKY AND JOHN(DONNER) on Monday 4th August 2008
All i can say is thanks lads for having one of the fisheries , landed Thursday dinner time by the time we were set up bream were rolling in the swims ,within 15 min i had a 11.8 john 12 and it was not long be for the other two lads were into fish ,to cut a out of this world weekend down , i had 36 fish for 327 lb biggest 11.12 with a 3.8 lb perch -lewis age 12 had 3 fish 10.8 PB - stricky 3 bream 9.8 a lot of perch (now know as the perch king ) John 8 bream 73 lb biggest and best fish 12 lb ,we all had perch and eels . Martin , Bruce you have one hell of a fisheries keep it up , See you in oct . p.s to the lads that are thinking of having a go do it but dont ball it in !
Thursday 30th August
Posted by John Whitelaw on Saturday 2nd August 2008
Fish already out when I arrived in early afternoon, straight to fishing but only caught eels, 6 bream during night from 9lb 3 to 9lb 15.Still waiting for my first double, I also lost a fair few fish {cant get out bivvy fast enough due to massive fry ups before bedtime} all my bream fell to worm hookbait. Plenty of fish caught all along the sewer bank.Will be back down next week for that double, congrats on getting the forum started, reading the tips helped me on Thursday night.
2 Nights Thurs, Fri Last Week..
Posted by Adrian and Tony 21st july 2008 on Monday 21st July 2008
Came all the way from Gloucester on our usual trip, Better success this time from the sewer Bank, Fished it tidy with not too much bait going in, just through the feeder, Had 1st fish at 1am Fri Morning, 4 more during night, But had 10 Bream in Morning upto 11.30 AM, so 15 Fish session, And great to get them in daylight, Also had a Tench and a Big Eel and Loads of Perch to 2.5Lb, Looking Forward To The Forum.........
Perch
Posted by Ben W on Saturday 19th July 2008
i have recentley fished at maben with only cathcing pike to 10lb, i was wondering if ther is many perch knocking around.
Bream in daylight
Posted by Shaunemac on Saturday 12th July 2008
Well,me and airey fished a newly created peg in the season ticket end of the loch created by simon,dave,mark and alan.
We fished from dawn until about 2 in the afternoon and had 20 bream and eel and a small perch.
The bream went over 11lb averaging 8ish with 1 or 2 ofthem being jsut over 6lb,which is encouraging o see,they were not the usual stamp seen up there.
Not the most pleasent thing to do , fishing in chest waders all day , standing in 2 foot of water.But you have to go where the fish are to catch them.
Will be back in a few weeks.
cheers martin.
shaunemac
This is airey bream,hes a big lad , so unfortunatly he dwarfs the fish.lol
bream
Posted by wullie scott on Saturday 12th July 2008
had a great day on the bream had 12 fish from 7lbs 8oz upto 10 lbs on thursday 10th july thanks to wullie dezz and martin for the help every fish beat my old pb for bream im a happy man
Bream fishing
Posted by Graham on Thursday 10th July 2008
Hi Martin,
Can now understand why half the noddies never catch any of the Bream Shoals on your proliferic water, when they are throwing half a ton of feed into the loch! Had a great week! p.s. Told you i'd get it right! Thanks Mate, The Lancs Lads!
from bacup
Posted by mark on Saturday 21st June 2008
il be back a gen this year
Men And Their Fishing.
Posted by Kim on Wednesday 11th June 2008
My Dad and brother never shut up about this place! Next time i'm joining them :D Bringing the Girl power to this place i tell you! Definately a place to be.
crackin day afloat
Posted by john Whitelaw on Thursday 5th June 2008
Spent a day on the boat lurefishing and trying the fly for the first time, had 19 pike and a large perch. Managed 2 on the fly but unable to land them. what an experience though. anyone who says summe pike dont fight are talking mince. all the pike were tailwalking and taking line. On 1 of the drifts we couldnt believe our eyes at the size of a shoal of perch, wont be long until the castle has another record i think. Will definately be going back out on the boat, the most exciting sport had in fishing for a long while, I would advise everyone to try it once. being out on the loch has changed my thinking about how I approach my pike fishing from the bank, biggest pike fell to a roach dead bait fished sink and draw, another first. thanks again martin,you have a superb fishery here.
john Whitelaw
weekend 30th may 08
Posted by scott and lewis on Tuesday 3rd June 2008
this place is the best ,(not the fishing ) the labs myself and my son met ,the lake was perfic the banks clean the fishing not good fished for 3days lots of fish moving after dark i got 2 small eels and my son lewis got 1 small eel not the best weekend for a 400 mile round trip but we will be back very soon very soon ,thank Martin for the info speak to you soon ,see you soon ,SCOTT/LEWIS
Pike
Posted by Sam Jones on Thursday 29th May 2008
When me ,my brother and my two uncles went up from Wales we caught 26 Pike over 3 days. I'd set up a hair rig on a rod and i left it and i had a big run
PB Tench
Posted by Daz & Andy on Tuesday 20th May 2008
went up to castle loch last weekend and what can i say the place is lovely the bream never showed put a nice tench off about 7lb did. And thats a pb 4 me going back up in sept and fingers crossed the bream will show and i get another pb
Untitled
Posted by garry + john (essex boys) on Sunday 11th May 2008
after having spent the last week fishing the loch what can i say the weather was fantastic (not for fishing) but for sun tans came home looking like we had spent a week in spain not scotland???? although the fishing was slow me having one bream about 7lb and my dad having a few jack pike we still had a greati time on what is in my opinion the most beautiful place i have fished. often people who speak to us while we are fishing ask why we travel all that way when there are probably dozens of good fisheries alot closer to us well my answer is the fisheries in the south are over crowded full of litter and when the loch is fishing later in the year there is no where to compare? so i think martin and bruce deserve alot of credit. a special thank you goes to martin for all the help and advice over the last week without it we probably wouldn't have got any thing??? hope the fishing picks up soon? who knows may be we will be back later on in the year. garry and jon (essex boys).
Fish must be at it!
Posted by shaunemac on Saturday 10th May 2008
Went up today for a quick session with my boat and the fishfinder.It was rather strange,we didnt track one single shoal of bream on the finder!We searched there usual haunts,not a sign.
What I will say is that the must definatly be spawning or have just finished.At 1 pm today the surface temperature was 21 degrees celcius,and it was similar in the shallow bays over near the reserve and over past the island.The strage thing was they didnt show themselves like they usualy do when it flatens off.
I will beback in the back end of july just to make sure aliens havnt abducted the bream!!
great day fishing
Posted by Ross on Monday 28th April 2008
well another great day fishing the loch came down friday night but didn't get fishing till morning but was worth the wait with my mate catching a 20lb pike that outsized the alleged 32 lol. we got another few jacks then i got a 16lb the pike fishing just seems to get better and better every time we're down so would like to thank bruce and martin on there running of the fishery
the Falkirk lads
sunday 6 april
Posted by james rushe on Monday 7th April 2008
hi,just spent another excellent day on your water. sat through most of the day in near gale force winds,but it paid off. havig landed 3 smaller jacks early in the day i netted a magnificent specimen of 22lbs. this being my 3rd fish of 20lb+ from the water in the last 13 months. i must congratulate bruce and martin on their management of the loch. on what must be some of the finest pike angling in scotland..
Remember, remember....
Posted by Brian and Ian on Thursday 8th November 2007
....the 5th of November.A day we shall remember for a long,long time and not for the fireworks. Fishing the Castle for the 1st time since we were teenagers ( 20 years ish) after hearing the good catch reports of late we started firing 50 balls of g/bait, pellets and corn approx 40 yds. We both had PB bream within 30 mins of starting and ended up with approx 50 between us ranging from 9 - 11.5 lbs. Every fish we caught was bigger than our previous PB ( 8lb)!!! At the end of the day we couldnt cast out quick enough as it was a bite a chuck finding that feeder/bomb and worm was the best combo. As Ian said, the fish were like "Peas in a massive pod" !!! Totally awesome. Rest assured , it wont be 20 years until our next visit. Brian Lynn.
nice to be back
Posted by kev from wales on Wednesday 7th November 2007
fished 28 n 29 oct.1st time since the 80s.Over the moon 10 pike 3ib to 5ib best13ib.4on deadbait 6 on rubber artificial.Will be back soon.Thanks to alan n Ian from washington helping with unhooking and photos
Bumper session
Posted by shaunemac(simons mate) on Sunday 28th October 2007
What can I say?I have been a regular at the loch now for the last 2 years.I have had decent sessions on the sewer bank with 15 fish in one night and i thought that was special,That was un til this weekend.Like stiffy says we did well over 1000lb with the fish averaging 9lb , but truthfully there were more 10s than 9s so who knows what the real weight was.130 bream in 24 hours fishing,that says it all realy.This realy is the mecca of bream fishing,just a shame its so far away or I would be like a gnome to the place,lol.
Thanks to martin and bruce and to stif and simo for a fantastic trip.(shame about the weather mind)haha
Fantastic Fish
Posted by Simon on Saturday 20th October 2007
Firstly thanks to Brian and Derek.It truly was a fantastic fish and in such great condition. Like Stiffy said the photo does the fish no justice at all.
On the castle loch home page the loch is descibed as the loch of your dreams.... Ive known this for the 15 years ive been coming but this just confirms it. Thanks to Martin and Bruce for keeping this place so special
Cheers Simon
pb bream
Posted by richie metcalfe on Monday 15th October 2007
fished on monday night 8th oct had 3 runs in the space of 90mins everyone resulting in a PB , the biggest 9lb 12oz .love the place and definately thinking of buying a permit next season.if anyone can give me info on the extra benefits of a season permit i would be gratefull ...cheers
richie metcalfe
Richie if you contact me I will give you more info on season tickets Martin
Well done
Posted by Brian on Wednesday 10th October 2007
Great fish that Simon, of all the hundreds of bream me & Lyndon have caught on there over the years at this time of year we never had any that stood out in size like that. Peas in a pod we called them. Well done
A special Weekend
Posted by Stiffy (Simons mate) on Sunday 7th October 2007
I Would just like to say what an unreal place the loch is, iv just got back from This weekend up there and am still buzzing, me simon and Alan caught 53 fish ov which i caught 21 and the biggest was 11lb 1oz, i broke my PB 5 times, but that was nothing compared to seeing simon having 2 record fish, the 14lber was a truley beautiful sight and i was so pleased i was there to see it, id would also like to say well done to Martin and bruce who keep such an awesome and beautifull loch, it was a privalage to be there, Thanks lads
WILDLIFE.
Posted by KEVIN on Monday 23rd July 2007
Watch out for sighting of a large Otter seen on the castle side at late evening. water remains high which limits the number of swims avaliable. i think the burn which drains the loch should be cleared to keep the water level steady. fishing was poor with only one jack caught. but the wildlife makes up for that.
carp recce
Posted by the cajouser kid on Monday 4th June 2007
after last fridays trip up to the loch may i point out that anyone targeting the carp will have to rough it out. low water levels, mud and lots of marginal reeds make access limited. we never fished that weekend but used what we saw to plan another trip later on in the near future. waders or chesties and brollies instead of bivvies is the way to go. nice meeting martin too. p.s. what happened to my carp questions that i submitted?(this is a comment page, info from contact page re fishery managers)
spooky
Posted by george primark on Friday 25th May 2007
last time i fished the loch several years ago my mate and i had a huge catch. i managed 240lb, 42 bream in total while my mate had 181lb. this was all during the day on the castle side. the first night went by without incident and we joked about ghostly things that we had heard about. maybe we were both too tired to hear anything through the night. the next day however saw neither of us getting any bites or seeing any bream roll in our swims. that night was a bit different however. at around 3am i awoke as i thought i heard someone creeping around the bivvies, so i got up and checked and as i glanced to my right i saw a figure. i was startled and called out but there was no reply or movement so i guessed it must have been a bush and my mind was playing tricks on me. after a couple of minutes i returned to my sleeping bag and drifted off to sleep. at 8am the next morning my mate woke me up telling me that all our gear had been moved around but nothing had been stolen. i got up and the fist thing i done was look to my right and guess what...... there was no bush. that put a shiver down my back as i explained to my mate about the 3am incident. spooky or what.
scared ?
Posted by jeff on Thursday 17th May 2007
have fished castle extensively for 25 years , never ever seen anything remotely scary,only the women in the ballcastle on a friday night which no longer exists , grow up , men ?
shit scared
Posted by shamus on Tuesday 15th May 2007
having fished loch since 77 i have seen and herd many strange things always at night and always when fish dont want to know , slowly having inside zip on mossie net in bivvy, being un zipped and me dog making another bivvy door at the back at the same time , so now i need garlick, cross,wooden stake ,holy water,and a few latin verbs thanks martin am i not scared enough.
Essex Boys
Posted by John Garry (Father & Son) on Monday 14th May 2007
Having failed on two occasions to post our comments, I’m hoping this one gets through.
Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to Martin & Bruce for all your help on our short weekend with you.
This was the first time fishing in the castle for both Garry and I and we both realy enjoyed what time we had, with both getting Bream PB’s this was fantastic.
However, due to illness with Garry getting tonsillitis we returned home early much to our disappointment.
The up side to this is our partners have both agreed to let us return on the 24th May.
For anyone thinking of fishing the castle loch in the future, clearly it’s a hard water to fish but worth every Mile, which will be around 1400 miles for us come the 28th May.
pontefract boys
Posted by adie n leon on Wednesday 9th May 2007
we fished from 29,4,07 to 5,5,07 very hot during day nothing doing but action on a night 10 bream all week 7lb up to 11 02 .thanks to martin and co for help .message to hawick ,and oldham lads leon had a visitor in night big furry friend. be up again later in year,cheers
pike trip
Posted by kev marsh on Thursday 12th April 2007
came up from wigan on the 5/4/07 and fished till the morning of the 7/4/07.only had about 3 proper runs with 1 resulting in a fish of 18lb which was in fine condition and a jack.nice water.will return soon...
Untitled
Posted by Richard on Monday 9th April 2007
fished tues,wed,thurs this week. on the best night I had 5 bream to 7lb12. Great fun!
tench
Posted by daz brown on Sunday 8th April 2007
just fished a 72hour session, had one tench at 7lb only fish i had water was flat calm no wind cant wait to get back up when its a bit wilder
things that go bump
Posted by lyndon on Friday 27th October 2006
just a note to say what happened on the night of the 23 oct this year in the dead of night not ten feet from my bivvie door i saw what can only be described as a glowing almost luminous figure whith no hair hideously deforemed and some kind of smoke coming out of its head; iswear i was so scared i thought i was gonna se my pot noodle again so with a nife in one hand and torch in the other i ran out only to find brian in his underpants emptying his waders so dont be afraid things just aint what they seem .
Best fishin in world
Posted by Brian on Wednesday 25th October 2006
Another superb 24hour trip to Castle loch. As Martin reported Lyndon kicked my butt again beating me 77-60 bream & best fish @ 11lb4oz.But if you think that a load of bull i'll tell you this is only our 3rd best catch. In 2003 we had a haul of 201 fish & in 2005 we had a haul of 206 fish with 3 over record, 2 @ 11lb7oz & my pb @ 11lb14oz. To sum it up Bruce & Martin have got the best bream fishery in the world but beware, I too have seen frightening things at night on Castle loch, but I fish with Lyndon!