Drumtassie coarse fishing ponds will be “best in Scotland”

THREE COARSE fishing ponds will open at Drumtassie early next year in a picturesque woodland near Blackridge and bosses aim to make them the "best in Scotland". It has taken two years to construct and the finishing touches are being made to the ponds - roughly five acres, four acres and two acres - with one exclusive to members.

The other two will be for day permits and all are already full of water. Naturally, this has to settle before fish are put in and bosses are currently waiting for a licence for Drumtassie Coarse Fishery from Marine Scotland. Drumtassie's Leeanne Aitchison said: "We aim to make this the best coarse fishery in Scotland. This will be one fantastic venue."

This news will come as another boost to coarse anglers in Central Scotland who already enjoy sport at Magiscroft near Cumbernauld, which has seven ponds, Eliburn at Livingston and Selmwood near Mid Calder.

After two years of work to get the coarse ponds to where they are now the plan is to stock the members' pond with carp. Members will be allowed to fish for 24-hours a day.

The other two will be filled with a mixture of species including roach, perch, bream, tench and ide and these ponds are likely to be open from dawn to dusk. Fishing will be off specially-constructed pontoons and there will be a well-stocked tackle shop onsite near the spacious car park.

The coarse fishing location is around 400 yards from the popular, three-pond, four-yearold trout fishery run by Leanne which regularly produces quality fish. She said: "We've put a lot of work into this and we aim to make this a fabulous place to fish. The woodland surroundings are ideal and we are convinced anglers will love this place."