by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 7, 2013 | Electrofishing
As the weather has remained dry, Stuart has been out electrofishing with a team comprising mainly of Helen and Struan. At the beginning of each annual electrofishing season we start with the timed sites, as contrary to popular belief salmon do spawn in the main stem...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 20, 2013 | Electrofishing, fishing
It has been well reported in the past years that the River Ayr salmon stocks aren’t what they should be so in order to assess the productivity in the good areas, we have been revisiting some established sites that haven’t been surveyed for some time and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 9, 2013 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing
Scorching hot weather only means one thing… we are out of the office! I took Helen to the Fenwick Water today to assess the impact of the pollution incident a couple of months ago. We fished two sites, one upstream of the pollution source and the other at the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 3, 2013 | Electrofishing, General
We are back at electrofishing after what has seemed like a very long winter and spring. Electrofishing is the highlight of the staff’s year allowing us to break free from the office for a month or two and find out what’s going on in the rivers. With more...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 23, 2013 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
After speaking with Scottish Water we decided that more gill netting was unlikely to reveal anything new and instead decided to try electrofishing around the margins and overhanging banks just in case we could find another species. Gillian and Gordon set off...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 6, 2013 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing
Once again the Kilmarnock Water didn’t disappoint as we finished off the fish rescue we started yesterday. We arrived at 9.00am and set up. Gillian and team carried on where we left off yesterday with the bankside and generator set. Helen, Kyle and myself went...