Lower Mertoun

beat overview

Mertoun Lower Beat is situated between St. Boswells and Kelso in the beautiful Scottish Borders.

Fishing is available for let for two rods on a weekly basis, but during some periods lets maybe available for three days, prices are from £80 plus VAT per day.

Access can be made by car along a farm track to the fishing hut which is available for use.It is advisable to have a four wheel drive vehicle.

Self catering accommodation is available.

The beat has three pools/streams and fishing is from the left bank only.

There is one boat available from February to April and September to November.

Prices range from £40 to £260 per rod/day + VAT

archived catch statistics

Salmon	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2018 Salmon	1	6	4	2	6	2	3	14	2	1	41
2019 Salmon	0	5	2	1	17	5	8	10	2	0	50
2020 Salmon	0	4	0	0	0	19	18	10	10	0	61
2021 Salmon	0	1	0	7	3	3	9	0	11	0	34
2022 Salmon	0	4	4	1	4	6	0	2	10	0	31
AVG Salmon	0	4	2	2	6	7	8	7	7	0	43

Sea Trout	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2018 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	9
2019 Sea Trout	0	2	0	0	2	4	6	0	3	0	17
2020 Sea Trout	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	2	1	0	15
2021 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	6
2022 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	5
AVG Sea Trout	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	10

season to date

Salmon	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2023 Salmon	0	1	1	3	4	5	19	3	9	0	45

Sea Trout	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2023 Sea Trout	0	0	0	1	0	8	6	3	0	0	18