River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board website

A website for the River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board is now available by following this link http://www.ayrfishing.co.uk There will be a blog regularly updated by an Administrator and the bailiff co ordinator and new from around the catchment will be included...

Land Reform and Wild Fisheries Reviews

The Land Reform review panel published their findings in May 2014. Within their report, they included several recommendations to the Scottish Government relating to wild fish, fisheries, access  and fishing rights. I don’t want to go through this in any detail...

Wild Fisheries Review

If you haven’t heard about the Scottish Governments Wild Fisheries Review that is underway, now is the time to get informed. The Government commissioned Andrew Thin and an independent panel to review the DSFB system and wild fisheries management within Scotland...

Anderson’s Weir completed

As earlier intimated, the Anderson’s Weir was duly opened for salmon migration today. The full river is being allowed to pass through the fish pass and over the new weir crest at Anderson’s. Things looked good to me when I visited after work this evening...

Ponesk

I walked the Ponesk today to see how full the void was looking. The burn itself was looking quite good but the lower 400m was showing signs of enrichment. This is due to nutrient rich (probably iron mainly) water upwelling from the ground as the water table rebounds....

Pollution on the Hag Burn, Irvine catchment.

I was just in the door this evening when I received a call from two Irvine Bailiffs concerned about pollution they had found on the Hag Burn near Galston. They had called SEPA at 4.30pm but were told that someone would try to attend tomorrow. They didn’t feel...