by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 9, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
After lunch, we headed to an unnamed burn near Rankinston at the top of the Coyle system. This is a cracking wee burn that doesn’t appear to suffer from overgrazing or diffuse pollution. Conductivity was low (for Ayrshire) at 94 micro siemens and this indicates...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 9, 2013 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
I was alerted to bridge repairs underway on the Burn O’ Need last friday by the landowners at Wealth of Waters. He was concerned that the deep pool downstream of the bridge had been infilled and left a shallow torrent. Having ‘had a look’ in the pool...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 6, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
We visited the Water of Coyle today to look at a couple of sites. One was new and the other hadn’t been surveyed for some time so I was keen to see how things were doing. The first site was at Coyle Water Fishery and included a variety of habitats, ideal for...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 3, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
As always when moving between catchments , we started the day disinfecting every piece of equipment that comes into contact with the water. We have a tank full of Virkon, an aquatic disinfectant, at the office and anglers wishing to use it are welcome. Just give the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 29, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
We fished 2 sites on the Palmullan Burn following yesterdays initial visit. The first site was an old one last fished by Alistair Duguid in 2004 so I was keen to see how the trout population was holding up. At the time when last fished, the DSFB hatchery was stocking...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 28, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
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...