Category: News

  • Next Board Meeting: 17 February 2022, 4pm

    Next Board Meeting: 17 February 2022, 4pm

    NOTICE OF NEXT BOARD MEETING: You are hereby given formal notice of the next Board Meeting of the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board:- DATE: Thursday 17 February 2022 TIME: 4pm MEETING TYPE: Board Meeting VENUE: Western House Hotel, 66 Craigie Road, AYR  KA8 0HA

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  • River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board meeting March 2021

    River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board meeting March 2021

    NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER DOON DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD   DATE OF MEETING:         WEDNESDAY 24TH MARCH 2021 VENUE:                                 ZOOM MEETING. JOINING DETAILS TO FOLLOW TIME:                    …

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  • An invitation to watch the Patagonia film ‘Artifishal’

    An invitation to watch the Patagonia film ‘Artifishal’

    Ayrshire Rivers Trust have arranged to screen the Patagonia produced film ‘Artifishal’ at the University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus,  University Avenue, Ayr KA8 0SX on the 3rd July at 6.30pm. The University  is on the banks of the Ayr at Craigie and there’s plenty of parking available. This event is free to attend…

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  • Smolts

    Smolts

    Salmon and Sea Trout Smolts are now making their way downstream. These fish are very important for the future of fish stocks they are at great risk from predators on the journey to the Sea. Lets hope that most of them are successful and get there without to much trouble. if you are on the…

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  • Marine Scotland announce new requirements to inform conservation measures

    Marine Scotland announce new requirements to inform conservation measures

    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 prove very difficult indeed and the quality of data returned may be less…

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  • Loch Doon Area Surveys

    Loch Doon Area Surveys

    Loch Doon area today proved interesting. It’s been a while since I was last up Carrick Lane and the White Spout and neither Goron nor Struan had fished them before so a really worthwhile day. The White Spout site was last fished in 2009 and had salmon and trout in low densities. Prior to that…

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