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 18, 2013 | Events, General, Invasives
The weather wasn’t kind to us on Saturday morning and we sailed to Arran through rain and gale force wind, but things soon improved and we were pleased to see the sun break through just before our training event commenced at 12.30pm. Emma Downie, Gordon McDermid...
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 13, 2013 | Conservation, Events, General
The River Ayr and River Irvine bailiffs have been busy keeping an eye on things. Both rivers are receiving the unwanted attention of poachers at present but thanks to the bailiffs, several nets have been recovered and a number of people have been reported for illegal...
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...