Glanllyn Caravan & Camping Park - Bala Lake/Llyn Tegid

We visited Bala in October 2016 and stayed at Penybont Touring Park situated at the north east end of the lake but not directly on the lake; this was the only site near to the lake open.

Glanllyn Caravan & Camping Park is situated on the lake which offers excellent fishing opportunities. Fishing from the bank can be difficult due to shallow water that can go out quite far and then a sheer dropoff occurs to very deep water, often with a rocky bottom this can pose problems with retrieving tackle with or without fish attached. The water is clear and with it being a vast body of water  locating the fish shoals is the key to success. Boat fishing would offer the best opportunity and I have been told that boats can be hired from the sailing club on the banks.

I lure fished with no success and met a couple of anglers whom had had a similar day to me; they were wading with lures and spinners for trout and pike. The lake was alive with small fish at dawn and dusk hinting that fishing could be excellent but research and local knowledge or luck are what's needed to locate the fish.

The lake is spectacular and I couldn't enjoyed catching nothing any more than I did!

Here is some further information I found online and I would welcome any further information if you have it by making comments below or emailing fish@onsitefishing.com

LLYN TEGID ... holds perch, roach, pike, trout, grayling, eels,  along with salmon in the season and the legendary GWYNIAD.   This is a plankton feeder and seldom caught on rod and line. It is a relic of the ice age and unique to this lake. Also present are minnows loaches and bullheads. Recently ruffe have been caught by some anglers fishing ledger. Any legal method is allowed for any fish.  During summer roach and perch can be caught along the margins on float or ledger using worm or maggot. Fish of 2 to 3 lbs in super condition are not unusual. The perch above left was caught during the club's junior competition and is typical of the size and condition that can be expected. Perch will also take a spinner. Pike can be caught using live or dead bait or by spinning. Wild brown trout can be taken on fly and although not present in the vast numbers of the early 1950’s they are still present and well worth a day’s fishing.  The fish above right is a wild lake brown trout caught by a local junior and weighed over two pounds. Large ferox trout are also present. The lake is a popular venue for coarse fishermen during the winter and impressive bags of roach and perch are consistently taken on ledger  and swim feeder. Dead baiting for pike is also a popular method during the colder months.
The approximate sizes of the biggest fish that have been recorded here are as follows:
Pike 33 lbs, Salmon 15 lbs, Sea Trout 6 lbs, Brown trout 11 lbs, Ferox Trout 10 lbs, Grayling 3 lbs, Perch 4 lbs, Roach 2lbs, Eel 4 lbs, Gwyniad 2 lbs

http://www.balaangling.co.uk/page8.html



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