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GRAYLING FISHING – RIVER NITH
November 27, 2015The Nith Catchment Fishery Trust are hosting a Grayling Fishing Day on the River Nith on Saturday 9th January 2016. The purpose of the day is to provide an opportunity for anglers to experience the Grayling fishing on the various beats of (Read More…)
North Solway Fishery Officers Training
Fishery Officers from the North Solway area extending from Stranraer to the Border with England are participating in coordinated training sessions over the winter months. At a recent event, hosted by the River Nith, officers were engaged in a mock operation using (Read More…)
Nith District Salmon Fishery Board’s response to the revised proposals for the conservation of Atlantic salmon (Kill license)
October 27, 2015This response is made on behalf of Nith District Salmon Fishery Board to the Scottish Government’s request for a response to its revised proposals on conservation of Atlantic salmon. The Board is pleased that Scottish Government has decided to consult on an (Read More…)
Vacancy with the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board
August 31, 2015The Board have a vacancy for an Administrator/Finance Person to assist with the running of their office. The post is based at Auldgirth, Dumfries for 15 hours a week with flexible hours to suit. The ideal candidate for this position will be (Read More…)
FINAL WEEK OF THE NITH SEA TROUT EXPERIENCE
July 28, 2015The River Nith Sea Trout Experience has come to a close and from its commencement in early June we are left wondering “where have the last 8 weeks gone”. The consensus of opinion from those who took part has been that they (Read More…)
WEEK 7 OF THE NITH SEA TROUT EXPERIENCE
July 20, 2015Conditions were not ideal for sea trout fishing on Friday 17th July. Due to heavy rainfall, the river went out of condition for sea trout fishing. We contacted all team leaders to inform them that this weeks fishing was cancelled.
WEEK 6 OF THE NITH SEA TROUT EXPERIENCE
July 14, 2015Despite the river levels being quite high we did not get the rain forecast on Friday night so sea trout fishing went ahead as planned. Sea trout were caught and anglers were encouraged by the capture of a double figure sea trout (Read More…)
WEEK 5 OF THE NITH SEA TROUT EXPERIENCE
July 7, 2015The weather was not kind to us on Friday 3rd July for those who took part in the sea trout experience. The skies opened and an electrical storm illuminated the night sky. It was not a good night to be holding a (Read More…)
WEEK 4 OF THE NITH SEA TROUT EXPERIENCE
June 30, 2015Week four and we are half way through the sea trout experience for 2015. The weather has been kind to us and the sea trout have been in the river in greater numbers than in recent years. Some teams are reporting good (Read More…)
WEEK 3 OF THE NITH SEA TROUT EXPERIENCE
June 23, 2015Friday 19th June went well for the sea trout event. Conditions were ideal for sea trout fishing and fish were caught. One fish of note was an eight pond specimen captured in the middle river. Fish have been seen moving over the (Read More…)
