Discover the great places you can go coarse and wild game-fishing in Wales. Here are some well known lakes to go fishing, offering some great views while you wait for a catch.
Llyn Trawsfynydd
Llyn Trawsfynydd is located in the heart of Snowdonia and has a surface area of 1,200 acres. This is fishing for purists; an opportunity to escape into nature and watch waterbirds on the islands, maybe even glimpse an osprey. Host to numerous international fishing competitions, the reservoir is regularly stocked with rainbow trout and has a good head of wild brown trout from 1-7lb. You’ll also find perch, rudd, pike (try by the old stone walls), large eels and a few elusive grass carp.
Llyn Brenig
They know a thing or two about casting at Llyn Brenig. Reserved exclusively for fly-fishing from boat or shore, the 920-acre reservoir is a regular venue for the Home Fly-fishing Internationals. That reputation is built on trout: brown (wild, spawned in the streams around the lake and stocked, from the lake’s fish farm), tiger and, above all a stock of over 36,000 rainbow trout. All are hard fighting and of the highest quality.
Llyn y Gors
Quality fish in large quantities and a horizon of Snowdonia peaks – no wonder this six-lake private fishery has been ranked among the UK’s top ten. Experts love it for net-busting carp. Fish up to 35lb have been landed in Thompson’s Pool, whose nutrient-rich waters also harbour large catfish. Yet there are other options: a deep-water Karpium lake stocked with hard-fighting carp, the Reed Lake full of coarse species and the mature Carp Lake with the promise of pike.