Burnock Big Trout

Once again the electrofishing has thrown up a nice trout. They are all nice, but some are nicer than others and this one was a cracker. At 38cm long, it wasn’t as big as the Glenmuir fish from last week and was leaner but it was a lovely looking fish all the...

Salmon running at Catrine Dam

Following yesterday’s spate I thought I’d have a look at Catrine Dam for running fish. As expected, there was a constant stream of salmon and trout attempting the leap at Andersons pool but not in the numbers we are used to at this time of year but I...

Glenmuir Electrofishing

We to say this is late in the season for these surveys is an understatement. We normally fish these site around the end of July but this year that hasn’t been possible due to the high water levels that have prevailed. Today we headed to our usual sites on the...

Catrine Survey

At last the River Ayr has dropped back to the lowest levels since July, allowing us to get on with some of our electrofishing and habitat surveys. The river was still higher than I would have liked and one site we had chosen to fish was abandoned as we quickly...

‘Sunday Best’

Tradition dictates that Sunday is a day of rest unless of course you have pressing work and a limited window of opportunity to complete things before it starts raining again! Gordon and I headed to the headwaters of the Lugar today to fish the Glenmuir and Guelt. The...

Saturday’s sun and burns

Once again we headed out electrofishing to make the most of the dry (ish) weather. Water levels remained about the same as yesterday as there was a touch more rain overnight but it was a glorious sunny Autumn day and I was glad to be out and about. I had hoped to be...