Category: News
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Next River Ayr DSFB meeting
in NewsThe date for the next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting has been announced. The meeting will take place on the 23rd February at 7.00pm. The venue is Ayrshire Rivers Trust office at Braeside, Burnbrae Lodge, Mauchline, KA5 5HE This meeting is open to the Public.
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Severe Pollution on the River Ayr
By now, there are pictures circulating on social media re a serious pollution incident on the River Ayr at Catrine. Ayrshire Rivers Trust were quickly made aware of the problem and were in attendance within 15 minutes of hearing of the developing situation. We can’t state any more than the Board have been kept informed…
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Baffles receive their first real flow of water
in NewsThe newly installed Bogend Burn fish passes at Catrine had their first real flow of water down them this morning and ART staff attended to measure the rate of flow and compare that to the flows they recorded prior to installing the baffles. The water level was around 1/2″ up on any prior measured flow…
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Government Reforms
Recently (03/02/2017), Scottish Government announced a U Turn in their reform plans. They may not describe it as a U Turn but that’s how it appears. Read the latest in their press release by following this link http://news.gov.scot/news/wild-fisheries Their plans to abolish long established District Salmon Fishery Boards appear to have been abandoned. Their unpopular option…
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Wild Fisheries Reform
in NewsThe Scottish Government today made an announcement on the killing of wild salmon in Scotland. This means the Ayr is now a catch and release fishery for salmon, the conservation regulations already in place meant all fish were to be returned until 31st March 2016, the regulations and relevant legislation will be amended to extend…
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UPPER REACHES AYR & LUGAR
in NewsThe upper reaches on both the Ayr and Lugar are reporting numbers of salmon in pools up and down the beats. Middle and Lower beats are still reporting good numbers of fish. Please remember to send in pictures of your catches with as much detail as possible and we can put them on the website.…
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ANGLING CLUBS, RIPARIAN OWNERS AND WILD FISHERIES REFORM
in NewsWe are aware that clubs and owners may already be looking to get organised for the 2016 season on the River Ayr. We are advising not to print tickets at an early stage as there are likely to be significant changes in the legislation relating angling across the whole country as part of the wild…