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Disappointment and frustration…
Have a look at the photo below showing a new site on a good wee burn we surveyed today in the Stinchar catchment. We've always found good trout numbers in this burn and salmon feature too but we decided to fish this new location further upstream than previously in an...
Japanese knotweed regrowth
Our Carrick Invasive Project officer Meryl Norris and I treated a large amount of Japanese knotweed at Hallowchapel on the Stinchar during September 2012. Results were very encouraging with virtually no regrowth visible in 2013 and 2014. Of course there was the...
Kinclair Viaduct, Pinmore
Following a request for consultation, we met with SEPA and contractors at Kinclair Viaduct, a short distance to the South of Pinmore in the Stinchar valley. Work to stabilise the viaduct buttresses is required after previous reinforcements installed in 2008 have...
Gravel cleaning sites
The Ayr DSFB bailiffs and ART staff will be cleaning gravel before spawning later this year to attempt to improve productivity. We are planning to clean sites where the bed is concreted/ compacted or silted. There may be several reasons for these issues however we...
Scottish Government’s proposal ban Killing Wild Salmon announced
The Scottish Government's new proposals to "Ban the Killing of Wild Salmon except under licence and accompanying carcass tagging scheme' are far reaching and will certainly affect every salmon angler in Scotland one way or another. This follows Andrew Thin's...
Culroy Burn Minnishant
We surveyed fish on the Culroy Burn (near Minnishant in South Ayrshire) at a couple of sites today ahead of the fencing and bank stabilisation works going ahead in the next week or two. We will fish another site immediately downstream of the work next week. This...
Auchendrane Fish Pass nearing completion UPDATED
At the end of the day on our way back to the office we dropped into Auchendrane on the Doon to see how I & H Boreland Contractors were progressing with the new notch and baulk fish pass. Both side walls were complete and work to the crest and base were underway....
Doon survey
We were out surveying an area on the Doon today looking at the potential impacts of development on the fish and Fresh Water Pearl Mussel population. While it isn't in a spawning area and fry numbers weren't expected to be notable, there were a few fry turning up in...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
