River Ayr Bailiff Coordinator

by | Dec 12, 2013 | Conservation, fishing

The River Ayr Bailiff coordinator has asked if we could publish his contact details for the attention of all Clubs and anglers on the Ayr system. One area of concern is that anglers don’t know how to get in touch with the bailiff force if they need them. All...

Sallochan Burn, Stinchar

by | Dec 10, 2013 | Conservation, General

I had to deliver the pool names for the River Ayr map to Harriet Ellis today so I thought I’d have a look to see if any salmon or trout had spawned in the burn in the lower catchment. The Sallochan Burn is well known to us a trout burn, probably sea trout and...

Ponesk Coal site

by | Nov 16, 2013 | Conservation, General

I walked the new Ponesk  channel a year ago exactly. Since that time Scottish Coal has gone into liquidation leaving this entire area in a heck of a mess with little chance that it will ever be restored satisfactorily. SEPA’s opinion is that water quality will...

Problem Culvert in the Stinchar Valley

by | Nov 8, 2013 | Conservation, General

We electrofished the Traboyak burn last year at several sites. Although we found salmon parr at each site, we didn’t manage to find a single fry which points to an access issue somewhere in the lower reaches. The problem lies with the Culvert near the Barr road....

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...