Sevenacres fish Pass is completed

Contractors were finishing off their work at Sevenacres on the Lugton Water today. Despite difficult weather conditions and other problems encountered, they have completed their task and provided improved fish passage for the first time in several decades (since the...

2018 Mauchline Rainfall Data

The rainfall total in Mauchline for 2018 is now complete and reveals just how dry 2018 was compared to 2017. As I’ve only been collecting rainfall for a couple of years, it is hard to state what’s average rainfall is for this area however, other local...

New Year

A Happy New Year to all our readers. May 2019 be a better one for the fish. I received an interesting call yesterday (Hogmanay) informing me that 5 salmon had been seen running through the Alloway Mill beat on the Doon yesterday and they were bars of silver. The...

MSS Publish Plans to Gather Catch Effort Data

Last week, Marine Scotland announced their intention to collect rod effort data from fisheries in 2019 (for salmon only). While we agree the catch per unit effort would be extremely beneficial to understanding salmon runs, collecting the necessary data is likely to...