Author: Club Secretary

Members and visitors are reminded that below the road bridge at Bonar Bridge is designated as Category 3 for 2017 and all salmon caught must be released.

The Kyle above the road bridge remains as Category 1 and the current KoSAA rules and tagging policy apply.

Armadale Tracking Project

Tags Wanted – Reward

Marine Scotland is tracking salmon from July 2017 and would like your help.

If you catch a salmon with a tag (as shown in the attached photograph) near the dorsal fin, then please remove it by cutting through the plastic cord to remove the acoustic tag (black cylinder). Please note that the colour of the cord may vary from yellow.

Please send the acoustic tag, also with a note of day and location of capture, to:

Armadale Tracking,
Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory,
Faskally,
Pitlochry,
PH16 5LB

Please enclose your name, postal and email (if applicable) address and we will send you £20 in reward.

If you have any other information about the fish (eg a photo, length, sex) then please include it when you send in the tag. However, please do not delay the safe return of the fish to the water to obtain any such information.

Fish were still being caught up to the end of the first week, with Don MacKay recoding the best fish of the season so far.

Two sets of rod carriers were stolen from vehicles parked at the old ice house at Bonar Bridge this morning.

This year, subject to availability, KoSAA members have been allocated up to two rods per day to fish on the Upper Oykel until the week ending 18th June.

For details, please see the Upper Oykel Fishings page.

In the letter sent with the membership cards and tags it was stated that:

The top of the Kyle down to the KoSAA boat mooring at Altass can now only be fished from the right bank or by boat.

This is incorrect and should read:

The top of the Kyle down to just below the first Altass turn off, travelling from Inveran, can now only be fished from the right bank or by boat.

The maps page shows the correct limits.

Permission is required from the owner before taking vehicles down the track on the right bank of the Shin to the Scap.

There are 3 padlocks on the stock gate at the entrance to the Lagain track.

One lock is for KoSAA access and the other 2 are for the other users of the track.

Please do not bypass the other 2 locks when locking the gate. The track should be accessible by unlocking any one of the 3 locks.

Thank you for your co-operation.