River
staff electro-fishing one of the tributaries for brood stock
for the Hatchery |
Sea
Trout Stocking
River
Manager Jim Henderson tells us that the river staff are well-ahead
with the Sea Trout hatchery work.
He
has also commented that in all his years of experience with
collection of brood fish for the Hatchery, he has never seen
so many large sea trout in the tributaries. He is picking
up many fish over 6lb and yesterday netted
one of 14lb!
With
these fish being used to produce fry, we should have something
to look forward to. |
River
diversion scheme inspected
The
House of Water river diversion scheme at New Cumnock met with
anglers' approval following the visit organised by the District
Salmon Board and Scottish Coal.
The
scheme was completed in 2004 to bring the headwaters back
to their original course and to allow for the extraction of
opencast coal. 50 or so anglers and other interested parties
visited the site in September and the general opinion was
that the work had been well managed, without any lasting effect
on the river or the environment. |
