Ponesk Burn Update

by | Oct 29, 2011 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing

Look back to the Blog Post of the 25th August and compare the photos taken then to those in this post (taken yesterday). The Ponesk Burn near Muirkirk was moved to allow Scottish Coal to extract reserves from below the previously modified channel. Great efforts have...

Is it a grilse or a salmon?

by | Oct 9, 2011 | fishing

It is easy to check if the fish you have just landed is a grilse or a salmon by reading scales taken from the fish. Thats okay if your have access to the right equipment and have the experience required to “read scales”, but if you don’t then the...

Spate conditions: low oxygen?

by | Aug 12, 2011 | fishing, General

I had a trip to Loch Doon this afternoon to download the fish counter. I like to check the pH etc in the compensation flow from the loch so I made sure the multimeter was in the van. The pH reading below the dam, at the very top of the river, was 6.65 (mildly acidic)....

River Ayr Grayling

by | Jan 25, 2011 | fishing

I spent a few hours last Saturday on the Ayr fishing for grayling. Despite the freezing fog, I managed a couple of nice fish but failed to find a feeding shoal so it couldn’t be described as an action packed afternoon. All the same, I enjoyed trotting maggots...