by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 1, 2017 | Conservation, fishing, General
We visited the upper Stinchar in search of salmon spawning a couple of days ago and filmed this beautiful wee river on a bright winter’s day. We had also been rescuing fish from a burn on the Duisk ahead of emergency repairs taking place so while we did have...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 27, 2017 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
With Stuart over in the Ayr catchment I headed to the upper Girvan yesterday afternoon. After our washed out visit on Friday afternoon I took advantage of the SEPA gauge working and decided the levels were just about right. Spawning has yet to...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 25, 2016 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
When we arrived to continue our salmon tagging on Thursday morning, Carrick Lane was still low and fishable despite some overnight rain so we quickly secured another sample of salmon pre smolts from the burn. Tagging is time consuming due to all the recording we are...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 23, 2016 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
As part of the management project focusing on identifying migration and survival issues in the Doon catchment above Loch Doon dam, we were there this afternoon to capture salmon parr and pre smolts then insert Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT Tags). We would...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 16, 2016 | fishing, General
The Clerk to the River Stinchar District Salmon Fishery Board has requested that we publish the date of the next meeting. Details are provided below. Date of Meeting: Thursday 3rd March, 2016...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 2, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
After considerable time in planning and negotiations with SEPA, we finally commenced the work at Culroy on the Culroy Burn in the Doon catchment. This work is supported and funded by the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board in an attempt to improve both water...