IBIS salmon stocking conference
We attended the recent IBIS/AST conference in Glasgow where over two days we heard many presentations on the subject of salmon stocking. This was an international event with many respected experts from around the world taking part. The full conference was filmed and...Ayr Broodstock
I had arranged to help sort out the broodstock at the Ayr hatchery today and sort out the pairings for the few fish we had collected. In all we stripped 5 hens today and covered them with 3 cocks. While this doesn’t seem many, we chose fish very carefully from...Christmas Raffle – Prize Winners
Our annual Christmas raffle draw took place at the Chesnuts Hotel in Ayr last night and we would like to thank John Scott MSP who made the draw for us again. Many thanks to all who showed their support by buying tickets and to those who donated prizes this year, and...Cummock Burn Pollution, River Doon
On Thursday evening I discovered that the Cummock Burn had been polluted by an an known source. By the time I found out about this it was already dark and I was aware that SEPA had been informed by a local angler so there was nothing more I could do until Friday...Sallochan Burn, Stinchar
I had to deliver the pool names for the River Ayr map to Harriet Ellis today so I thought I’d have a look to see if any salmon or trout had spawned in the burn in the lower catchment. The Sallochan Burn is well known to us a trout burn, probably sea trout and...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
