Ullapool Fishing | Loch Fishing | River Fishing | Sea Fishing

Ullapool offers Flyfishing, bait fishing, bank or boat, salmon, trout, rainbows, Loch or Sea. Ullapool is ideal for amateurs and experts. You can purchase fishing permits for many lochs around the Ullapool Area. These can be purchased at local shops in the village. At present there is no organised sea fishing from Ullapool Harbour. A short drive north of Ullapool there is Boat Hire for Sea fishers at Ardmair caravan park. Ullapool, lying on loch Broom at the mouth of the Ullapool River, is one the the main fishing ports and tourist centres of Wester Ross and makes an ideal centre for the trout fisherman, with many small lochs to be explored in the hills to the north, west and south.

Sea Fishing

You can go sea fishing from the the peir or loch broom shore and you are likely to catch some pollack, haddock, mackerel and Skate. You can also go down to Rue light house and fish off the rocks.

Ullapool River

Permets are required, good for sea trout, brown trout and salmon. There are three beats on the River Ullapool, of which the middle beat is generally regarded as the best. Loch Achall was once noted for its sea trout but, in common with many west coast rivers, stocks of sea trout have declined dramatically in recent years. The Ullapool River can be expected to produce around 70 salmon in a season. Salmon and sea trout fishing is available on the south bank, on the lower beat from Moss Bridge down to the sea. Permits at £6 per day from Lochbroom Hardware, Ullapool, Tel: 01854 612356

River Broom

Salmon and sea trout fishing may also be available on the River Broom and River Lael, which flow into the head of Loch Broom. Inverlael Estate lets two rods on 1.5 miles of one bank of the River Broom, with ten pools, the lower of which is tidal. The River Broom is very much a spate river, requiring rain to give of its best. Inverlael Estate also offers fishing on the River Lael. Contact Inverlael Farmhouse, tel: 01854 655262

River Kannaird (6miles north)

Salmon and sea trout fishing is available also on the River Kannaird, six miles north of Ullapool, with 11 pools available. The catchment is limited and the river relies very much on rain to bring fish into the river. Enquiries should be directed to Langwell Estate, tel: 01854 666321

Loch Fishing

Loch Beinn Deirg

Loch na Maoile
Loch Bad na h-Achlaise
Loch Ob an Lochan
Loch Achall
Loch Choire Bhuig
Loch an Eiean
Clar Lochan
Loch na Daimh
Loch Lagaidh
Loch Fraoich
Loch Allt Eigin
Loch Loire Chaorachain
Loch a Chairn Mor

Loch Achall, lying one mile inland of Ullapool, has boat and bank fishing, with fly only. The loch is accessed by the Rhidorroch road. Fish tend to be small but good baskets can be taken. Thee boats are available, with a maximum of three persons per boat. Bank fishing is £6 per day. Permits from Lochbroom hardware, tel: 01854 612356, who also issue permits for the Dam Lochs, also known as the Strath Kannaird hill lochs, lie six miles north of Ullapool and a re managed by the Ullapool Angling Club. Loch Dubh, Loch Dearg and Loch na Maoile have brown trout, with the latter also having a stock of Arctic char. Boats are reserved for local angling club members.

Ullapool Tackle Shops

Mountain Supplies

West Argyle St IV26 2TY
(01854 612621)
large range of fly rods, reels and flies

Lochbroom Hardware
Shore Street
(01854 612356).
Permits