Spring Salmon Return and Reward

The Nith has not historically had a great run of spring salmon and only the most dedicated and enthusiatic of anglers actually fish for them. These few salmon that come into the Nith before April 30th are very valuable to the future stocks of salmon and therefore their conservation is taken seriously by the NDSFB. Through out Scotland this spring run of salmon has been very poor and grave concerns have been expressed by the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards.

Anglers on the Nith have embraced the Return and Reward scheme launched in the spring of 2009 by the NDSFB and Senior Water Bailiff Barry Young was pleased to present Roddy Dixon with a sweatshirt for returning an 8 1/2 lb spring salmon.

In the future we hope that we will see an increasing number of anglers claiming sweatshirts for returning spring salmon.

Remember rewards for returning sea trout over 3lb run throughout the season so let us know if you return one.

To find out more about this conservation scheme follow the link below - Return and Reward

Burgh River Clean Up

The Burgh Angling Association and NDSFB regularly get together during the course of the year to maintain and tidy up the river banks along the Burgh water fishings. This year, two sections of bank have been opened up by removing the willow that has steadily been encroaching along the banks below Academy Bridge and in Dock Park. This has increased the number of fishable bank and will hopefully result in the capture of some nice fish this season.