Rainbow trout fishing in the UK
FishMap links rainbow trout with 104 source-backed fishing locations across 47 UK areas, alongside seasonal planning data and venue access information.
About Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss is included in FishMap’s UK freshwater catalogue. FishMap uses the salmonid seasonal pattern and the rainbow trout Fishability profile for this species.
Venue listings show where the species is recorded in FishMap’s source data. They do not guarantee that it is currently present, feeding or available to target.
Best months
The strongest planning indices are May, April, October. These values represent broad seasonality rather than live catch probability.
Where to fish for Rainbow trout
104 indexable FishMap venues currently record this species. Check access, licences, seasons and current venue rules before travelling.
Long-established 130-acre Essex fishery combining specimen carp and catfish, mixed coarse fishing and separate trout waters.
Two-lake fishery: the larger water is a day-ticket trout fishery and the smaller water is managed for carp.
Two-water WADAA fishery combining a mixed coarse lake with a larger stocked trout water.
Five-lake fishery on 20 acres with three coarse waters and two fly-only trout lakes, plus fishing lodge, café and tackle facilities.
Family-friendly Pentland Hills trout fishery offering bank bait fishing and boat fly fishing for stocked and wild trout.
Wooded game fishery stocked with rainbow and brown trout.
Traditional platform fly fishery stocked with rainbow and blue-colour rainbow trout.
Three-water Fife fly fishery with bank and boat trout options.
Accessible Highland-border loch with shore fishing and boat hire for brown trout, stocked rainbow trout and Arctic char.
Clear-water Fife fly fishery stocked with rainbow and brown trout.
Large reservoir with stocked rainbow-trout fishing plus roach and seasonal pike opportunities.
Scenic stocked trout fishery managed for fly fishing, with rainbow and brown trout.
Major North Pennines trout reservoir offering fly, spinning and bait fishing for stocked rainbow trout.
Pentland Hills trout fishery managed with the north-bank rights at Threipmuir.
Family-friendly bank fishery supporting bait-and-take and barbless C&R methods.
Dedicated stocked fly-fishing loch near Aviemore with rainbow and brown trout, online booking and options suitable for experienced anglers or beginners.
Brown-trout reservoir record describing the specific public bank rights.
Thames Water reservoir fishery with bank and boat fishing for trout plus notable pike and perch.
Seven-lake coarse and game complex with day-ticket pleasure, specimen and trout options.
Large Anglian Water reservoir best known for trout and predator fishing from bank and boat.
Established A977 stillwater fly fishery with tuition and equipment hire.
Clear-water reservoir known for stocked trout and bank or boat angling.
Major reservoir fishery offering bank and boat trout fishing, with seasonal predator opportunities.
Bank and boat trout fishery with rainbow and brown trout plus bream, roach, dace, eels, perch and notable pike.
Well-equipped Aberdeenshire trout fishery with three fly lochs and bait ponds, tackle sales, equipment hire, tuition, bothy and restaurant facilities.
Multi-lake fishery with a mixed coarse lake, a trout lake and separate predator fishing arrangements.
Seven-lake rural fishery near Woodhall Spa with day and night fishing and car access at many pegs.
Established multi-lake trout fishery north of Alnwick with fly fishing and a separate bait-fishing option.
Reservoir fishery offering stocked trout fishing plus a coarse-fishing option in rural Northumberland.
Four well-stocked fishing pools at a Dundee country resort, offering fly and bait fishing for stocked trout with platforms, piers and parking.
Club-managed trout fishing on Hallington Reservoir with a limited number of visitor bank-fishing tickets.
Association trout loch with visitor bank fishing and boat availability subject to current conditions.
Forest trout lake near Belleek that can fish well in poor weather and supports bank and boat angling.
Woodburn reservoir stocked for trout, with wild and stocked fish and a traditional fly-fishing character.
Stocked reservoir fishery in the Woodburn group, with good bank access and designated fishing stands.
Bodmin Moor trout fishery; Mallard Lake is the currently open fly-fishing water, stocked with rainbow and brown trout.
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Weather, water conditions, angling pressure and local rules can materially change fishing prospects. Confirm information with the operator or rights holder.