The River Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board

by | Nov 7, 2013 | Events, General

The next River Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board meeting takes place at 6.30pm on 20th November at the Carrick Centre, Maybole. This meeting is open to the public (but they may not contribute). The Girvan AGM will follow at 7.00pm. The Triennial election of board...

Broodstock Tags

by | Nov 3, 2013 | Conservation, General

I’ve made a load of Brooodstck tags to keep a track of any salmon we take into the hatcheries before they are ready for stripping. Hopefully this will ensure there are no mix ups between fish from one part of a system and another. Unfortunately pre printed tags...

Volunteer Bailiffs required

by | Nov 1, 2013 | General

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...

The End is Nigh

by | Oct 31, 2013 | fishing, General

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...

Last survey

by | Oct 24, 2013 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General

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

by | Oct 23, 2013 | Electrofishing, Events, General

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...