by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 20, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
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...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 19, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
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...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 14, 2013 | Electrofishing, General, Invasives
This week we have been busy electrofishing on the Duisk and Stinchar catchments. I haven’t posted any photos as I lost my camera on Monday, but thankfully when we started backtracking in search of it, Struan found it lying behind a wall at the Feoch Burn. It...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 9, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
We continued electrofishing on the Assel today. I had only ever fished at Daldowie before so the last couple of days have been an education and very interesting and we now know a fair bit more detail of the Assel’s fish populations and the habitat and diffuse...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 8, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
Once again the journey to Markhill was interrupted by roadworks. We were already delayed setting off this morning as I had to get yesterdays puncture fixed first and it was after 9.30am before we left Ayr. Our route around the roadworks was blocked so rather than face...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 7, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
Markhill windfarm in the Duisk Valley near Barrhill was the focus of todays work. We set off to survey up to 4 burns today, mostly in remote locations but after a puncture and a road closure we only managed 2. The results were less disappointing than journey down and...