by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 10, 2014 | Electrofishing, General
We have just about completed our Board commitments on the Ayr for 2014 electrofishing season but following last night’s Board meeting, I headed back to the upper catchment to look at a couple of sites where we will be gravel cleaning later this year in an effort...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 8, 2014 | fishing, General
Finally after what has been a hard few days, we reached the end of the fish and fish habitat surveys required on the upper Garnock catchment today. We have one more survey of the pipe track to undertake later in the week but this has nothing to do with rivers or fish....
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 7, 2014 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
Last week, we fished the upper gravel extraction site on the Glenmuir whilst waiting on the backpack equipment to be repaired. ART has fished this site annually since 2006 and this years results were poorer than any other. With this in mind, I looked at the results...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 3, 2014 | General
We continued with the surveys in the upper Garnock catchment today in advance of a hydro scheme being developed. We fished the Paduff Burn at two locations and a further site on the Pundeavon. The Paduff (aka Jock’s Burn) is a nice sized burn that has decent...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 3, 2014 | General
Work has continued at Catrine Dam and I visited on the way home last night to see for myself. The mortar is nearly complete on the dam back and by this evening two of the three remaining bays will have been poured. The final section will be completed on Friday this...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 2, 2014 | General
The job takes me to some very nice places sometimes and Sunday was no exception. A braw Sunday morning and the ferry to Arran was the order of the day. CIRB project staff had previously visited the island in August last year...