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River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting * Date changed*
***** IMPORTANT UPDATE****** The date has changed. Please see below. The next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting will take place on Tuesday the 3rd December at 7.00pm at CKD Galbraith's offices, 7 Killoch Place, Town Centre, Ayr, KA7 2EA This meeting is...
Volunteer Bailiffs required
The River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board is keen to recruit new volunteer bailiffs to assist with all aspect of their work. Bailiff's patrol the river in teams offering fishery protection. They also maintain relationships with anglers, landowners and other river...
The End is Nigh
There's no getting away from it, just 2.5hours from now and perhaps the worst season for many years will be over on all but the Irvine. The Irvine is still fishing reasonably well so perhaps I shouldn't include them in my pessimistic summary of 2013 and if nothing...
Last survey
With the weather being so nice and water levels dropping, I decided to have one last day at surveying before hanging up the waders so Helen and I headed back to the Doon catchment. We managed a single site on the Chapelton burn before our electro-fishing gear once...
Final survey roundup for 2013
I've been on holiday recently hence the lack of activity in the last week or two. Two burns in North Ayrshire have been the focus of fish habitat surveys in the last week. The Kelly and Skelmorlie Burns are short coastal burns rising on the Ferret of Keith Moor in...
Fish killed by unknown pollution source
Once again there has been an incident resulting in fish killed on the Ayr system. Almost a year ago to the day, the same burn was affected by a similar incident. I received a phone call this morning about the incident on the Yonderton Burn near Failford. A small group...
The Glenmuir Water
UPDATED The You Tube videos of combat fishing in Alaska are extreme but this morning with the Glenmuir in great order, I couldn't help but draw comparisons between this great wee river and these North American waters. As we headed towards Dalblair, there were cars and...
Fisherman’s supper 2013 – Tickets selling fast so please book asap.
This years fisherman’s supper will be held on Friday the 22nd of November at the Horizon Hotel in Ayr. As usual, the night will include speakers and a three course meal and we will also have the raffle and auction of prime fishing lots. Tickets should be priced at...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
