Trout FishingWe extend a warm welcome to all trout anglers. The range of fishing we offer ensures excellent sport for all abilities. Our still water fisheries are among the best in the west and vary in size from around 50 to over 900 acres! Our fisheries are picturesque and atmospheric lakes, including countless secluded bays, weedy shores and tree line margins to explore. We boast rainbows, browns and a large number of blues of the highest quality. Traditional fly fishing is the rule at our stocked fisheries, although other methods can be used at our free wilderness trout waters. Young People and Newcomers We are working hard to encourage young people and newcomers to take up the sport. Under 18 fish for free with a paying adult and part of their bag limit. Throughout the season, we host open days and events where we offer free fly fishing tuition for all. Boat Fishing Boats are available at most of our waters which provide an alternative to bank angling. These must be pre-booked, either by calling 01566 771930 (8.30am - 5.00pm 7 days a week) or online by scrolling to the bottom of your chosen lake page. You will need to sign a disclaimer before you can take a boat out. Once a year you will need to complete a boat induction – please watch the induction video here. Access for All Most of the waters benefit from facilities designed for disabled or wheelchair anglers, either by platforms or Wheelyboats. These boats must be booked at least 48 hours in advance. Clubs A number of the fisheries have associated local clubs. These are a great way to meet fellow anglers, as well as participating in competitions and social events. We run several competitions during the season - more details of each of these are available on our competitions page. Environment Agency Rod Licence Anglers on all our waters must have a valid Environment Agency rod licence which are available from post offices or via the Environment Agency. The only exception may be when attending a bona fide course or a coaching session with a qualified coach – please check beforehand. South West Lakes Trust South West Lakes Trust is the managing charity of SW Lakes Trust Fishing. The charity is a member of The Angling Trust. In 2014, the South West Lakes Trust fisheries hosted the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships; Scotland took gold and England won silver. Reporting an Incident: South West Lakes Trust manages a portfolio of nearly 50 lakes and other natural resources so it is not always possible for our wardens to be on the scene when issues occur. The very remote and rural nature of our estate, the thing that makes them so special, also means that modern mobile communications don’t always cover the areas we would like them to. This makes getting an immediate response to ongoing incidents very challenging. Please use this form to report any incidents of poaching, illegal fishing or any other form of antisocial behaviour to the management team so that we are able to take appropriate action. Complete Form Waters Prices Competitions and Events News and Results Catch Returns About us Contact SW Lakes Weekly Trout Fisheries Round Up - W/E 16 May DAY AND SEASON PERMITS Permit rooms are closed until further notice. Please purchase your day and season permits here or call one of our team 01566 771930. Reminders & Requests Please send me any photos of your catches, lakes or any nature or wildlife pictures that we could utilise for press articles or social media posting. It would also be great to have some clear and close up photos of some of the flies used, and would be very keen to see flies tied at home as well, so if you have any photos to hand please send them to- [email protected] Please complete Catch Returns online, this will enable us to gain a clearer picture of our lakes and stock levels which of course in turn will help us to continue to improve our Anglers experience. Any Roadford brown trout with adipose removed as part of the project study please record and send any photo/details of these brown trout caught. Bag, Catch & Release limits: Rainbow Trout- Bag Limit is 5 fish. Catch & Release limit is 10 fish per day – we would kindly ask that all angler purchase a further ticket if they would like to continue fishing. Brown Trout – Bag Limit is 4 fish. Catch & Release is unlimited (if you’re lucky enough to catch good numbers of our Brownies then we feel it’s well deserved!) BOATS We currently have four boats available at Kennick, three at Roadford and one at Stithians. The two boats for Siblyback will be available soon. To book a boat for the fisheries please click here. News and Highlights from the week: Some enjoyable and busy fishing sessions last week, in-between the wind and rain, with anglers doing very well at times. The week rounded off with the Siblyback Best of the Best competition, results can be found here. There are still plenty of spaces left for qualifying - The qualifiers have a maximum of 12 people per heat with the top 6 qualifying for the £2000 final at Kennick on 17 October. Places still available for the dates below - To book in please call our office on 01566 771930. Don’t delay! Siblyback – 29 May Burrator – 18 September (New date) Kennick – 25 September (New date) Kennick – 2 October For the full list of qualifiers, further information and rules click here Please keep the catch reports coming in, we really do appreciate the depth of information they offer and it’s a great help to us. Thanks also for the great photos and videos we’ve received so far. Kennick Rod Average: 2.51 A good week with fishing being caught in numbers both from shore and boat. The fish are sitting in shallow water taking flies just sub-surface, and fished mid water in 10-12ft of water. Tough weather conditions making fishing difficult but anglers were rewarded by some great bags. Geoff V had 10 fish on 14th, John P had 5 fish on 12th, Tom H had a brown from boat bay during the week too which is great to see! View the full Catch Report here Check out the Kennick fishing map here The Kennick fishing guide is here Siblyback Rod Average: 3.0 Some very tricky weather conditions this week, but anglers managed impressive catches during their sessions. George H - 5RB 1/2- 4lb 1 brown 11/2lb evening fishing dry flies black sedge and bibio 4# rod, another evening session - 5 RB 1/- 2lb 2 on orange blob 1 on cats whisker 2 on black sedge dry fly kept 3 & 1 brown 21/2lb caught on sedge, Andrew M - 6 Fish, Paul C with another 6 lovely fish. View the full Catch Report here Read our guide to fishing at Siblyback here Check out our Siblyback fishing map here Burrator Rod Average: 4.38 Some really good bags this week, with both boats and shore producing good fish. Tucked out of the wind at longstone and back bay seemed to be a successful spot. Wet and windy all week but that didn’t put the fish off! View the full Catch Report here Read our guide to fishing at Burrator here Check out our Burrator fishing map here Stithians Rod Average: 1.69 Windy weather prevailed, but good to hear of evening sessions offered higher levels of activity, and lovely to hear of an otter spotted. A selection of fish that have been reported this week: Rainbow trout 2lb 0oz diawl bach, rainbow trout 1lb 12oz fab, rainbow trout 1lb 11oz fab, rainbow trout 1lb 8oz diawl bach, rainbow trout 1lb 3oz (5 fish for 8lb) diawl bach brown trout 10oz diawl bach, brown trout 6oz diawl bach, brown trout 3oz fab. View the full Catch Report here Read our guide to fishing at Stithians here Check out our Stithians fishing map here Fernworthy Rod Average – 3.45 A good week with most anglers catching. Fishing has been tough with the wind and the rain but the browns have been feeding well on some decent hatches off the surface - competing with the swallows! Try a small black traditional dry fished on the surface with a fine leader. Great catch report from Charles J - '"Just to let you know, a cracking day fishing in pretty awful weather on 16-5. Torrential rain eventually eased to heavy(very) showers. But we had a brilliant day fishing the margins, a lot of trial and error, tried everything and eventually had fish rising to twitched sedge. Father son trip, meant to be fishing the fishing rivers but they were washed out, Fernworthy made a great alternative!" Andy W had a good day on 16th, with 6 fish; Andrew G had 11 fish on 15th ; Stuart M with 8 fish on 14th ; David F had 3 fish on 11th ; just to name a few, some really good bags! View the full Catch Report here Read our guide to fishing at Fernworthy here Check out our Fernworthy fishing map here Colliford Rod Average: 2.22 A mixed week, both in weather and also in activity seen. One angler reported that "There was some activity around a midday hatch, then the wind changed and thick cloud cover rolled in and fishing just died." and "Fished late in afternoon (from 6pm), wet, windy and cold. No hatches. Fished with very small buzzer with a 3-weight rod (very light gear)." Chris T 2 fish, Keith C 2 fish and Chris B 3 fish. View the full Catch Report here Read our guide to fishing at Colliford here Check out our Colliford fishing map here Roadford Rod Average: 5.0 While there was not much in the way of insect life seen this week, anglers had some success matching the Hawthorns that were spotted, and slow retrieves seemed to be the best choice for bringing in the fish. Some notes from the week: Gary S - 5 Fish "We moved all over the lake and caught in all locations. All fish were taken on a sinking line with a slow pull retrieve!" Ian s - Sorry, no weights only lengths - Brown, 12, Dry hawthorn 12 (kept). Brown, 10.5, Bloodworm 12 (Returned). Browns x 6, 7 - 9" plus 3 small Perch, Dry hawthorn, Pheasant tail nymph, Orange buzzer, Diawl bach, all 10 or 12 (Returned), Duncan K - 7 fish to 1.5lb *Below an image photo a Brown Trout with adipose removed as part of the project study on Roadford. Please record and send any details of these Brown Trout caught. View the full Catch Report here Read our guide to fishing at Roadford here Check out our Roadford fishing map here NEWS……here is our 2021 pre-season trout fishing newsletter Hope to catch up on one of our waters in the very near future. Tight lines! Dil Manage Cookie Preferences