by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 5, 2018 | fishing, General
Last week, Marine Scotland announced their intention to collect rod effort data from fisheries in 2019 (for salmon only). While we agree the catch per unit effort would be extremely beneficial to understanding salmon runs, collecting the necessary data is likely to...
by Struan Candlish | Aug 22, 2018 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
With one team electrofishing on the Girvan catchment the other team made an early start and headed down to the Stinchar valley to monitor a handful of tributary sites yesterday. Year to year populations fluctuate for a variety of reasons not least due to the...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 15, 2018 | Conservation, fishing, General
There were a few more smolts active at Catrine this morning. They were taking grannoms and midges from the surface or at least trying to. It is a hit or a miss to capture these images and you really need to have polaroids on to see the fish coming before they rise and...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 26, 2018 | Conservation, fishing, General
How to Live Release that Atlantic salmon Live release done right makes a big difference wild Atlantic salmon and other fish. With the 2018 angling season underway in parts of Atlantic Canada, take a moment with this video to learn the best way to handle fish. Gepostet...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 26, 2018 | Conservation, fishing, General
With the fishing season well underway and the realistic prospect of a fish now, I thought it would be worth while reminding all anglers what the Scottish Government has categorised each Ayrshire river and what this means for the angler on the river. Ayr Category 3...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 26, 2018 | Conservation, fishing, General
We’ve been kept busy at the smolt trap over the last couple of days. With many hundred passing through now we’ve been starting the first mark, release, recapture trials to assess the percentage of the migrating population passing through the trap. ...