by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 13, 2016 | Conservation, General
After checking the smolt trap at Loch Doon this morning and only finding a single brown trout and about 20 toads, we decided to lift it and try again next week. Of course there’s a risk that the smolts have already passed by as we found quite a few when...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 1, 2016 | Conservation, Events, General
Last year we reported on major erosion on the Girvan catchment at Kilkerran. You can view the blog post by clicking on the link. To help combat this, we will hold a volunteer day on Saturday the 16th of April and we hope to welcome volunteers willing to lend a hand...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 1, 2016 | Conservation, General
The weir behind Minnishant on the Culroy Burn isn’t a complete barrier to migration but I’ve no doubt that it stopped some fish from progressing upstream and it was on our list for some improvements in the next year or two. At well over 1m high and 10m...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 1, 2016 | General
The next River Doon DSFB meetings will take place as below. Date of Meetings: Friday 22nd April 2016 Venue: Frazer Coogans Limited, Dalblair House, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr KA7 1UQ Times: 3.30pm Board Meeting 4.45pm – AGM & Public...
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...