Fishing

Fishing holidays in the Outer Hebrides are a popular choice with both sea and game anglers.

If you are taking a fishing trip to the Western Isles you can take advantage of Outer Hebrides fishing opportunities on the more than 4,000 lochs and lochans that dot our islands as well as in rivers and burns across our islands and the bountiful seas around our shore.

Fishing lochs on our islands range from barely 40 yards wide to the seven-mile long Loch Langavat with its 28 miles of shoreline, while sea fishing in the Outer Hebrides can be either shore based or from one of the many Western Isles fishing charters serving our Scottish islands.

Game angling in the Outer Hebrides offers some of the best summer salmon and trout fishing in Europe, with many opportunities to catch Arctic char, brown trout, sea trout and wild salmon in the Western Isles.

Scottish fly fishing breaks in the Hebrides provide an opportunity to experience a wide range of Scottish island fishing environments from the vast peat moor lands of Lewis with its infinite inlets and inland waters, the rugged mountains of Harris with numerous hill lochs, boulder strewn burns and rivers, to the sea-pools of North Uist, the machair lochs of South Uist and the brown trout waters of Barra

Visitors can enjoy guided game fishing trips in the Outer Hebrides and take advantage of experienced Western Isles fly fishing instructors, or can enjoy isolated island fishing entirely independently.

Those enjoying a Scottish sea angling trip to the Outer Hebrides, perhaps on one of the Western Isles fishing boat charters, may find themselves hooking Pollock and saithe in the tide races around the rocky headlands, haddock and whiting over a variety of sea bed conditions, catching cod and ling around the underwater reefs, or thornbacks and “flatties” in the mud and sand, often in shallow inshore conditions. 

Add to that the rod-bending excitement of a fight with the tenacious Westerern Isles conger and skate or with Outer Hebrides mackerel-fishing trips for all the family and there really is something for everyone.

Fishing holidays in the Western Isles of Scotland offer some of the most varied an exciting angling opportunities in the UK, from estuary fishing on beautiful golden sandy beaches to wonderful wilderness casting in wild unspoiled landscapes – with all levels of anglers enjoying truly unforgettable experiences on our islands.