Fenwick Water fish kill

by | Apr 15, 2013 | Conservation, General

This evening I received a call from Sam Hudson informing me that fish had been killed on the Fenwick Water in the area where we stocked the fish rescued from Kilmarnock Water in March. SEPA were called but unfortunately he duty officer was in East Kilbride and by the...

ART Quiz night 2013

by | Apr 15, 2013 | General

On Friday night ART held it’s second annual Quiz Night. Around 60 people descended on Ayr Rugby club to engage in a battle of wits and general knowledge and help raise some funds for Trust. 14 teams entered the competition which was chaired by quiz master...

Doon egg trials

by | Apr 12, 2013 | Conservation, fishing, General

The egg trials on the Doon were concluded today when we lifted and examined the boxes that had been in the river since January. We decided to run this trial to answer questions raised about the lack of fish spawning in certain areas and also to see what impact diffuse...

Further egg studies

by | Apr 11, 2013 | General

As promised we headed back to finish lifting our egg boxes on the Ayr catchment today. We started with the Whitehaugh Burn that we also thought may produce good results but I fear we picked a site too low down this burn. The fields either side of the site were...

Further egg studies

by | Apr 11, 2013 | General

As promised we headed back to finish lifting our egg boxes on the Ayr catchment today. We started with the Whitehaugh Burn that we also thought may produce good results but I fear we picked a site too low down this burn. The fields either side of the site were...

River Ayr Egg Trial results

by | Apr 10, 2013 | Conservation, fishing, General

We receive notification that the Ayr eggs were hatching in Cumnock Hatchery yesterday. As we are heavily committed next week, I thought it best to lift the egg boxes we had planted in the river a few months ago. We also planted boxes on the Doon so that we can look at...