by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 20, 2012 | General
The Ayr and Irvine both rose rapidly into huge spates earlier today. The Doon, Girvan, Stinchar and Garnock were all up too but they aren’t in the same league as the first two. I had hoped to do some electrofishing this weekend to make up for lost time (weather...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 20, 2012 | General, Invasives
Despite bad weather conditions our contractor has managed to control a fair amount of Japanese Knotweed on the lower Irvine. There were some very large stands around the Caprington area and it will be interesting to see the outcome of the treatment. The picture above...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 19, 2012 | Electrofishing, General, Invasives
We were back electrofishing at the Culroy Burn in the Doon catchment today. Concerns have been raised about the level of siltation arising from this burn but more importantly following last years generally poor electrofishing results, I wanted to see how the spawning...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 18, 2012 | General
The Ayrshire Post is hosting a £10,000 Community Cash Giveaway in which readers are invited to collect tokens every week for eight weeks. These can then be donated to a number of charities or groups from the 100 shortlisted. We have successfully registered for a...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 17, 2012 | General
This years fisherman’s supper will be held on Friday the 16th of November at the Horizon Hotel in Ayr. As usual, the night will include speakers and a three course meal and we will also have the raffle and auction of prime fishing lots. Tickets are priced at £25...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 16, 2012 | General
I’ve uploaded a video to You Tube that we made last year when rescuing fish from the Ponesk Burn in the upper River Ayr catchment. We will soon be back at the Ponesk to see how the fish population is doing in the new channel....