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Smolts at Catrine
There were a few more smolts active at Catrine this morning. They were taking grannoms and midges from the surface or at least trying to. It is a hit or a miss to capture these images and you really need to have polaroids on to see the fish coming before they rise and...
Next Girvan DSFB meeting announced
Date of Meeting: Thursday 7th June, 2018 Venue: The Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole KA19 7DE Time: 6.30pm Meeting Type: Board Meeting Announced by The Clerk to the District Salmon Fishery Board...
Smolt trapping at Catrine
Following issues at Catrine Dam last year during the smolt run, this year we have been monitoring their progress as they head downstream in order to assess output from the upper river and prove (or not) that the fish ladder is working. The fish ladder is an essential...
Bird Count for the Girvan
With water levels up slightly, Struan and Muir set about the Girvan Bird count today while Gillian and myself went to the smolt trap at Catrine. Of course they needed their vehicle moved downstream to their finishing point, so after we closed the trap on the Ayr, we...
Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics 2017 Season
Click here for the Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics 2017 Season. Apparently catch and release across Scotland is at it's highest since records begun in 1994 at 84%. Whilst this percentage is high there's clearly still room for improvement. And with a change in...
Catch and Release Short Film….a must watch!
How to Live Release that Atlantic salmon Live release done right makes a big difference wild Atlantic salmon and other fish. With the 2018 angling season underway in parts of Atlantic Canada, take a moment with this video to learn the best way to handle fish. Gepostet...
River Categorisation for 2018
With the fishing season well underway and the realistic prospect of a fish now, I thought it would be worth while reminding all anglers what the Scottish Government has categorised each Ayrshire river and what this means for the angler on the river. Ayr Category 3...
Smolts Galore!
We’ve been kept busy at the smolt trap over the last couple of days. With many hundred passing through now we’ve been starting the first mark, release, recapture trials to assess the percentage of the migrating population passing through the trap. ...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
