Experimental Gravel Cleaning

We were on the Lugar and upper Ayr today selecting and surveying sites ahead of experimental gravel cleaning that we intend to undertake along with the RADSFB bailiffs shortly. SEPA asked that we establish a base line against which we could assess improvements which...

Dippol Burn stocked

Under licence from Marine Scotland, we have stocked a few trout into the Dippol Burn near Auchinleck today. Water levels in the Stinchar were too high to allow our planned electrofishing to take place so we decided to head to the Lugar instead to capture wild trout...

Stinchar pollution and problems

It’s a bad sign when the River Stinchar is suffering from pollution incidents on a regular basis and very worrying when we see fish numbers falling in some areas, possibly as a result. It’s not just pollution that causes concern and we do see other...

Catrine update.

The new deflector appears to have helped slightly but more needs done in my opinion. I filmed the top baffle in the fish pass for an hour and a quarter this afternoon in a falling water when salmon would normally be expected to be running and indeed were, with a...

Catrine Dam deflector

The long awaited deflector at Catrine Dam is having it’s first test this morning with a small spate that is underway. We visited the site this morning just after 9.00am and the river was in good flow although nothing extraordinarily for the Ayr. The height on...