News Archive
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Smolts
in NewsSalmon 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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Smolts at Skeldon Weir
in EnvironmentART checked for any problems with smolts migrating downstream at Skeldon Weir on the Doon near Hollybush. They didn’t expect to find any issues and thankfully all seems fine. However, the Trust are reporting of significant numbers of smolts building behind Catrine Dam on the Ayr which they attribute to the position of the screens…
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Primpton Burn modifications
in EnvironmentWhile out near Dalrymple today, ART noticed a new levy has been created on the banks of the Primpton Burn just upstream of the village of Dalrymple. I’m not sure why or what’s planned for this field but our understanding is that disconnecting a watercourse from its floodplain is damaging and not allowed. It merely…
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Doon DSFB meeting and AGM
in ManagementThe date of the next Doon DSFB meeting and AGM have been announced. The meeting will take place in Fraser Coogan’s Office at 3.00pm on the 26th April followed by the AGM at 4.00pm.
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Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland, 1859 by Robert Knox (an extract)
in FishingRonald Campbell from the Tweed foundation recently sent me an extract from a book called Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland which provided the author Robert Knox’s rather dim view of the Ayr and the villages in the catchment but this book is a faithful reproduction of the original manuscript that is…
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Happy New Year
in EnvironmentA Happy New Year to all our readers. May 2019 be a better one for the fish. I received an interesting call on Hogmanay informing me that 5 salmon had been seen running through the Alloway Mill beat on the Doon yesterday and they were bars of silver. The question was “Are these Springers or…
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Marine Scotland announce new requirements to inform conservation measures
in NewsLast 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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Categorisation
With the river proposed for downgrade to Category 2 status next season and an opportunity to respond to the consultation, ART have been looking at catch data provided to the DSFB and to MSS. Theoretically, these catch reports should be identical and accurate each year but it doesn’t quite work out like that and that’s…
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Catch Returns
in Catch dataHi and welcome to River Doon Fishery Board Web Page. As from today we have new admin who will try and keep the page updated regularly. The season for Salmon and Sea Trout has just ended it will soon be time for all parties concerned to get their catch returns in to the Fishery Board.…