North Uist Fishing
Sea Pool Fishing
North Uist is famous for its incredible sea pools where seatrout and salmon are found in summer and autumn. This is a unique experience for the fly fisher and something to savour out on vast open beaches next to the Atlantic. These tidal jewels change with every tide, they flow for miles and are set in the most breathtaking of scenery. Sea pool fishing is something truly unique and North Uist boasts over twenty recognised pools to fish for salmon and sea trout. Some sea pools lie miles out on the vast beaches while others run close to the edge of the land. Each sea pool is different and never fishes the same on different tides. Planning your fishing trip to North Uist should also include looking at the tidal charts for the area to ensure that you are able to fish the sea pools fish during your stay. In times of a lack of water and the lochs do not fish the sea pools come into their own.
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Chose Your Fishing
We are able to provide daily fishing guides or weekly guides from May to October but peak season is pretty busy and guides are scarce owing to demand.
The weekly rate for a fishing guide is £900 for two rods or £1500 for four rods.
This does not include the daily permits which must be obtained locally through the North Uist Estate or the Lochmaddy Hotel.
To guarantee better fishing on prime beats it is best to book into the Lochmaddy Hotel where the daily fishing roster is prepared or Langass Lodge which is a smaller boutique hotel with fishing places on the daily roster.
For further details about our fishing adventures please email us below
Loch Fishing
The vast moorlands of North Uist are interspersed with peat bogs, moorland, hills, lochs and lochans and with over a thousand to choose from your fishing journey could last a lifetime. The North Uist sea trout and salmon lochs vary in size, some are small and easily either rowable or fished from the bank, while others vanish into the vast landscape as far as the eyes can see. North Uist loch fishing for sea trout and salmon can be fantastic but like many fisheries, the lochs are dependent on enough rainfall to enable sea trout and salmon to migrate. However, there are exceptions to this and North Uist has several brackish lochs, which are tidal and flood at high tide, enabling fish to move freely into the lochs. The variety of lochs to fish is endless, some are what we call Machair lochs and are on the west coast and famous for their large brown trout while the moorland lochs fill the interior of the land. Viewing North Uist from the summit of a high hill, it is like a drowned landscape and hard to fathom that people can live there with so much water.
Our Fishing Rates 2023
Please find below our rates for the 2023 fishing season and Ghillie guiding services. Please note that this does not include any accommodation or fishing permits issued by Lochmaddy Hotel or North Uist Estate. These need to be arranged on your arrival, and we can advise the best way to do this. Please note that there is a limited number of Ghillies on North Uist, and it is always advisable to book well in advance.
Weekly Rate
6 Days Fishing Guide
£900
For those fishermen and women, our weekly rate is for a ghillie for two rods and covers loch fishing, sea pools and brackish waters. It does not include accommodation or permits from North Uist estate or Lochmaddy Hotel.
Basic Day Rate
£ 150
This is the cost for one or two rods and is a cash payment on the day. This includes fully guided fishing with a local ghillie for either, Brown trout, Salom or sea trout.
Day Rate
Additional Rods
£50
If there are more than 2 rods, there is an additional charge of £50 per day per rod with a maximum group size of 4 rods.
Additional Rods
June
£750
26th -30th
Sea trout & Brown Trout -2 rod spaces
This is the time when seatrout begins to gather in the pools and the days are longer so is a great time to experience some of our remote sea pools and lochs. For additional rods please see the above rates. Fully Booked
July
£900
3rd to 8th
Sea Trout, Salmon and Brown trout-2 rod spaces
Another great time to experience fresh run fish in the sea pools and some of our brackish waters. Loch fishing for brown trout at this time of year can be truly wonderful. For additional rods please see the above rates.
July
£900
9th to 15th
Sea Trout, Salmon and Brown trout-2 rod spaces
At the start of August, things are beginning to get exciting as fish are waiting for the rain to allow them to get into the lochs and the sea pools are amazing places to experience wonderful sea trout fishing. For additional rods please see the above rates.
Aug/ Sept
£900
28th to 2nd
Sea Trout, Salmon and Brown trout-2 rod spaces
At the start of September, we begin to shift towards loch fishing but still head to the sea pools for sea trout if the tides are favourable. A great opportunity to do loch fishing from a bot with an experienced ghillie. For additional rods please see the above rates.
September
£900
18th to 23rd
Sea Trout, Salmon and Brown trout-2 rod spaces
October sees fresh runs of fish into the lochs and there is plenty of water to choose from to fish. The sea pools still have fresh fish running into them and October is a wonderful time to experience loch fishing on some of our larger lochs. For additional rods please see the above rates.