The Catch Report - Scotland's Fish of the Week | 16th July 2026 https://ift.tt/kpc9G7J
Fish of the Week
What a week. Twenty-four entries and every one of them worth a read - from a 7-year-old's first Rudd at Loch Lubnaig to a River Tay salmon that nearly stripped a reel bare, a mystery golden flash from a wild pond, a 42cm river Perch on the dropshot, the biggest Sea Trout of the season some Skate and Spurdog from Scotland's coast marks. Click any card to see the full story.

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Alex McLatchie with a 42cm Perch caught dropshotting on a local river
Alex McLatchiePerchLocal River • Dropshot
Alex McLatchie with a Carp caught on a bottom bait rig on a local river
Alex McLatchieCarpLocal River • Bottom Bait Rig
Andrew Beaton with a 6.2lb Golden Orfeide hybrid caught on worms from a wild pond
Andrew BeatonGolden OrfeWild Pond • Worm on Pop-Up
Anna Trepczyk with a Perch caught on worm at Loch Lomond
Anna TrepczykPerchLoch Lomond • Worm
Arran Wards with a Brown Trout caught on bread under a float at Dalmuir Park Ponds
Arran WardsBrown TroutDalmuir Park Ponds • Bread under a Float
Brody Stevenson with a Wrasse caught on lugworm off Anstruther harbour
Brody StevensonWrasseAnstruther • Lugworm off the Harbour
Coire Chalmers Thomson with a Smoothhound caught on mackerel off Arisaig
Coire Chalmers ThomsonSpurdogBack of Keppoch, Arisaig • Mackerel Bait
Colin Maxwell with a Skate caught aboard the Dawn Venture out of Portpatrick on fresh mackerel
Colin MaxwellSkateDawn Venture, Portpatrick • Fresh Mackerel
Erin McCartney with a Spurdog caught on a mackerel flapper at Port Logan
Eric McCartneySpurdogPort Logan • Mackerel Flapper
Finn Scobie with a Rainbow Trout caught fly fishing at Lochmill with his dad
Finn ScobieRainbow TroutLochmill • Fly, with his dad
Isaac Savage with a Pollack caught on a Skerries Pro Fishlocker Sandeel near the Manacles in Cornwall
Isaac SavagePollackThe Manacles, Cornwall • Skerries Pro Sandeel
Jack O'Neil with a Sea Trout caught on a Golden Toby on the New River
Jack O'NeilSea TroutNew River • Golden Toby
Jack Nicolson with a Brown Trout caught Euro nymphing on the River Clyde
Jack NicolsonBrown TroutRiver Clyde • Euro Nymphing
Jakub Rdzanek with a Perch caught on a lure in the Pentlands
Jakub RdzanekPerchPentlands • Lure
James Rafferty with a Perch
James RaffertyRoach
James Saunders with a Bass caught on a Savage Gear Seeker at Methil Breakwater
James SaundersBassMethil Breakwater • Savage Gear Seeker
Jim Harvey's grandson Finlay Corbet aged 7 with a Rudd caught at Loch Lubnaig
Finlay Corbet (age 7!)RuddLoch Lubnaig • with Grandad Jim
Iona McNaughton with a 9lb 12oz Rainbow Trout winning first place at Roughrigg Fishery
Iona McNaughtonRainbow TroutRoughrigg Fishery • 9lb 12oz, 1st Place
Jude Smyth with a Sea Trout caught at Lower Kinnaird on the River Tay
Jude SmythSea TroutLower Kinnaird, River Tay
Maciej Sokolowski with an estimated 105cm Pike
Maciej SokolowskiPikeEstimated 105cm
Rhys Carmichael with a Thornback Ray caught shore fishing on a running ledger with mackerel and squid cocktail
Rhys CarmichaelThornback RayShore • Running Ledger, Mackerel & Squid
Robert Barton with a Salmon caught on a Silver Salmo Toby on the River Tay
Robert BartonSalmonRiver Tay • Silver Salmo Toby
Thomas Davidson with a Ballan Wrasse caught on float and ragworm off the rocks at Loch Fyne
Thomas DavidsonBallan WrasseLoch Fyne Rocks • Float + Ragworm
Thomas Rae with a Pike caught on deadbait from a Highland Loch
Thomas RaePikeHighland Loch • Deadbait