Day 3 at Caaf

by | Apr 29, 2015 | Conservation, General

We scaled our operation down today but still managed to net more wee trout. No rainbow or eels turned up in the nets, just lovely but small brownies. We started by emptying the fyke nets left overnight fully expecting to capture trout and eels but unfortunately it was...

Day 2 at Caaf

by | Apr 28, 2015 | Conservation, General

After an arduous shift yesterday, we set off bright an early for another day of netting at Caaf Reservoir. We had Max and Jim with us to help with relocating the fish to their new locations. Gary Anderson as ever was willing to get stuck in and that literally means...

Caaf Reservoir fish rescue commences

by | Apr 27, 2015 | Conservation, General

Finally after more than a year and a half in the planning, we arrived at Caaf reservoir this morning to remove as many trout and other species from the reservoir before the dam wall is breeched and the land reinstated. The restoration will take in the order of 36...

Another Culroy update

by | Apr 13, 2015 | General

Following our visit to the Culroy last week when we never even saw a minnow which I thought unusual, we briefly headed there today armed with electrofishing equipment to  check that there hadn’t been a disaster overwinter. Muir, our new biologist came along and...

A very dirty spate

by | Apr 12, 2015 | Conservation, General

Instead of heading further south as I’d planned today, I noticed the river Ayr was very dirty this morning and decided to investigate this instead. The Ayr has many problems leading to poor juvenile production and a decline in fish stocks, not least...