Doon Freshet
I’ve been informed that due to popular demand, an artificial freshet is planned for Monday on the Doon. Hopefully this will bring in a few fish from the bay but from what I’ve seen on the Met Office website this evening, there may be a natural spate on the...Girvan electrofishing
We have been looing at burns in the Girvan catchment this week. Of particular interest have been burns flowing into the Dyrock and upper Girvan. Results have been varied and highlighted areas for improvement. The single most obvious cause of poor results appears to be...Spray training and examinations
Meryl arranged for her Carrick volunteers to receive NPTC PA6AW training on the 17th and 18th of the month. Her candidates were well prepared for the examinations that got underway today and by the time I left the office, I heard that several had successfully...Himalayan Balsam success
This year we attempted to widen our balsam control to assess the effectiveness of different techniques but unfortunately by the time the contracts were awarded and the winners notified, the balsam was beginning to set seed so rather than experiment with strimming and...Himalayan Balsam Alert….River Ayr!!!!!
Our electrofishing kit broke down today so I knocked off work early and headed to the River Ayr for a cast or two. I was fishing my way down the Nursery Pool when something caught my eye. I finished fishing the pool and went back for a look and sure enough, there was...Culroy follow up and Netherton Burn
We returned to finish off the Culroy today conscious that the DSFB had stocked fed fry from their hatchery operation yesterday. With this in mind, I wanted to avoid catching the stockies as much as possible but electrofishing isn’t selective so I decided to fish...Blank day on the Culroy
After emptying the van of equipment from the Arran trip and disinfecting waders etc, we headed off to the Culroy Burn on the Doon catchment to electrofish our usual sites and a few new ones too. Results last year weren’t great, in fact, on the whole they were...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
