Cymdeithas Genweirio Y Bala a’r Cylch

Bala and District Angling Association

 

Bala forecast

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Llyn Tegid / Bala Lake.

 

A BDAA season ticket gives the holder the right to fish Llyn Tegid. BDAA day ticket holders cannot fish the lake and a Snowdonia National Park (SNP) ticket must be bought to do this. Day tickets are £5 and weekly tickets £20. Day permits for boats/kayaks are £5. They are obtained from the parking ticket machine near the warden's office on the foreshore at Bala. A rod licence is required, available at post offices or on line.

• Species  present include pike, perch, roach, brown trout, grayling, eels, ruffe, gwyniad, along with minnows, bullheads and loaches. Gudgeon are rare. Sea trout and salmon migrate through the lake. Large ferox trout are present.

 

• Close seasons: There is no close season for coarse fish in the lake, you are allowed to fish for them all year round. These include pike, perch, roach and grayling. Trout are in season from March 20th until September 30th inclusive.

 

• Baits allowed are: Worm, maggot, groundbait, lures/spinners, fly, dead/frozen sea bait(mackerel etc.). Sweetcorn and similar are also allowed. Live baiting is allowed but the bait MUST be caught in the lake and on the same day. Maximum of 6 hooks, which means 2 trebles, 3 doubles or 6 singles.

 

• The wardens permit fishing from a bivvy and overnight. Full blown camping gear – tents etc. are not permitted.

 

• Maximum of 2 rods per angler.

 

• Access is from most of the lay-bys on the main road side and from the SNP parking ground at the foreshore at Bala and also at Llangower on the B road side. Any other access will be over private land and will be a private arrangement between you and the landowner, for which a fee may be charged.

 

• Boats are allowed for fishing and they can be powered by electric trolling motors. Petrol outboard engines are not permitted, these are for rescue boats only. Fishing from a kayak is allowed. To fish from a kayak/boat you will need to pay for parking, boat permit and fishing permit for the day. There is no need to book in advance.

 

• BDAA or SNP do not hire boats. Bala watersports on the foreshore may be able to do this.

 

• For lake levels you can check NRW gauges here. A PDF instruction file is available here. As a guide, normal levels are between 1.2M and 1.6M. Above 1.9M the water begins to cover the grass in front of the parking spaces and by about 2.3M the parking area will be covered. At this level the amount of shoreline around the lake will be noticeably reduced making access difficult in places. These figures are  guidelines only and not recommendations. They are given so that you can check conditions before travelling any distance.  SNP Llyn Tegid page is here.  This has contact details for the warden and a webcam. This is a view out of the warden's office. At normal levels you will see two strips of grass between the camera and the water.

 

• NRW bye laws which include sizes and numbers of fish you can keep are here.

 

• Postcode for the warden’s office is:  LL23 7SR

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