by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 15, 2015 | General
The Clerk to the Board has requested that we publicise this meeting. The date for the next RSDSFB meeting is Thursday 24th September 2015. The meeting will be held at Minuntion, Pinmore, By Girvan at 4.00pm This meeting is open to the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 7, 2015 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
We were on the Lugar and upper Ayr today selecting and surveying sites ahead of experimental gravel cleaning that we intend to undertake along with the RADSFB bailiffs shortly. SEPA asked that we establish a base line against which we could assess improvements which...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 2, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
After considerable time in planning and negotiations with SEPA, we finally commenced the work at Culroy on the Culroy Burn in the Doon catchment. This work is supported and funded by the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board in an attempt to improve both water...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 28, 2015 | Conservation, General
Under licence from Marine Scotland, we have stocked a few trout into the Dippol Burn near Auchinleck today. Water levels in the Stinchar were too high to allow our planned electrofishing to take place so we decided to head to the Lugar instead to capture wild trout...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 28, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
It’s a bad sign when the River Stinchar is suffering from pollution incidents on a regular basis and very worrying when we see fish numbers falling in some areas, possibly as a result. It’s not just pollution that causes concern and we do see other...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 25, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
The new deflector appears to have helped slightly but more needs done in my opinion. I filmed the top baffle in the fish pass for an hour and a quarter this afternoon in a falling water when salmon would normally be expected to be running and indeed were, with a...