Toddle Burn Fish Easement
The Toddle Burn is a small trout spawning burn which flows into the Gala Water a short distance upstream of Fountainhall. For some time the burn has been cut off from the rest of the Gala Water’s trout population by […]
Tweed Foundation – Biology Work August 2017
Summarising some of the work that The Tweed Foundation has undertaken during the month……. Management Plan: Timed electro-fishing monitoring (J Hunt, K Galt, R Brydon); Toddle Burn electro-fishing monitoring work, post-easements (K Galt); Halk Burn and Cockholm Burn easements planning (K Galt); […]
Tweed Spring Numbers Better Than Predictions – But Catches Patchy
2017 produced a Spring rod catch of 1,843* Salmon, 600 less than last season. The river was unseasonably low and dry until mid June and, whilst some fish were caught in the early months, numbers did not really pick up […]
Pink Salmon Spawning Time!
Several Pink Salmon have been reported on Tweed, and any information on further captures would be helpful. See our previous News item. Fisheries Management Scotland has reports of around 70 captures of Pinks (Pacific) Salmon throughout the whole of Scotland […]
Tweed Foundation – Biology Work July 2017
Summarising some of the work that The Tweed Foundation has undertaken during the month……. Management Plan: Netting & tagging at Paxton House Fishery (R Campbell, K Galt); Catch record analysis (R Campbell); Updates for Tweed Fisheries Management Plan (R Campbell); Ettrick Fish Counter […]
Salmon Netting at Paxton in August 2017 – All welcome to watch
SALMON NETTING AT PAXTON HOUSE, August 2017 Come and watch the Salmon being netted…… and what we can learn from them Everyone is welcome to watch the historic process of Salmon netting at Paxton, and learn more about the netting of […]
Scotland’s Salmon Festival – Inverness, August 2017
29th August – 2nd September 2017, Inverness The Tweed Foundation’s Dr Ronald Campbell will be taking part in this year’s Salmon Festival in Invernesss at the end of August. The festival’s extensive programme will kick off with a film […]
Pink Salmon Update – one found on Tweed
Following on from our post on PINK SALMON earlier this month, the first Pink Salmon was found on Tweed at Tillmouth yesterday. PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR THESE FISH and report any findings to the RTC or Tweed Foundation The Pink […]
Recovery in progress: Tweed 2017 Summer electro-fishing of juvenile stocks
The Tweed Foundation’s monitoring work shows promising recovery of juvenile Salmon after last season’s results… Following the very poor results for Salmon fry throughout the majority of the system in 2016*, and with widespread decreases recorded in the Teviot, Till, Leader, […]
Tweed Foundation – Biology Work June 2017
Summarising some of the work that The Tweed Foundation has undertaken during the month……. Management Plan: Work on 6th Edition of the Tweed & Eyes Fisheries Management Plan (R Campbell); Licence applications (R Campbell); Netting and Tagging at Paxton House Fishery […]