Loch Allallaidh in Argyll and Bute: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Loch Allallaidh is an Argyll and Bute water, Scotland side. It sits in mixed woodland country. It covers about 15 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Some 5.6 miles away sits Isle of Islay, the nearest settlement. Glasgow is the closest city, 73 miles away. The area boundary is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Loch Allallaidh

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Argyll and Bute list brown trout, European eel, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Loch Allallaidh before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 14°C and February at 5°C. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Plan around that when you fish Loch Allallaidh.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Loch a' Mhuilinn-ghaoithe, 0.8 miles away. None of that is settled for Loch Allallaidh in what we hold.