Middle Mertoun

beat overview

Mertoun Middle Beat is situated approximately 2 miles from St. Boswells on the B6404 to Kelso in the beautiful Scottish Borders.

Fishing is available for let for three rods on a weekly basis, but during some periods lets maybe available for three days, prices are from £150 plus VAT per day.

Access to the beat can be by car to the fishing hut which is available for use. A Ghillie is provided from February to April and September to November.

The beat has six pools which offer excellent fishing from both banks. There are four boats positioned on the 1.5 miles stretch of the beat available from February to April and September to November.

Prices range from £50 to £445 per rod/day + VAT

archived catch statistics

Salmon	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2021 Salmon	1	4	6	23	9	8	34	28	28	2	143
2022 Salmon	0	4	12	21	14	12	6	41	15	1	126
2023 Salmon	2	5	10	20	7	23	38	13	17	0	135
2024 Salmon	1	3	8	21	25	45	59	56	15	0	233
2025 Salmon	0	2	4	7	14	14	21	61	32	0	155
AVG Salmon	1	4	8	18	14	20	32	40	21	1	158

Sea Trout	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2021 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	11	0	18
2022 Sea Trout	0	0	0	2	5	6	3	12	7	0	35
2023 Sea Trout	0	1	0	1	1	32	17	4	3	0	59
2024 Sea Trout	0	0	0	1	1	15	16	5	1	0	39
2025 Sea Trout	0	1	0	1	6	16	2	11	2	0	39
AVG Sea Trout	0	0	0	1	3	14	8	7	5	0	38

season to date

Salmon	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2026 Salmon	0	5	10	17	25	11	10	33	23	0	134

Sea Trout	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2026 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	7	3	0	16