The river kelvin is my local river and although i know their is other fisherman who know the river much better i must say i have become abit concerned about river levels as i know that trout need a low water temp and also plenty of oxygen in which to survive along with the obvious being food but i am really looking for some feedback from people who know the river and know when it becomes a concern as i would hate for things to go on as dry as they are and end up with a catastrophy in the river ,i know i may be being slightly over concerned but what would it take before this would happen and i will finish my post by saying let hope for some rain everyone as we need it badly i think.

need to check the forcast

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May is often the driest month here. The plants are taking up like mad as well. It wouldn't hurt to make the EA aware of the situation just in case the worst happens. 22 degrees centigrade means the ions stop exchanging across the gills so the fish dies. The water holds very little O2 at that stage. Good luck.

thankyou for your reply im hoping the rain will come soon which im sure if i give a wee rain dance it will

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Aye, she is fair showing her bones. Lots of blanket weed and from the gardens down is rather smelly.

Rain is on its way, not much but a top up on Thursday/Friday.

the fact that the compensation water from Deerdykes(Cumbernauld) and Dryfield (Kirkintiloch)sewerage plants is now stopped has had dire results as was predicted.but the waterboard would not listen.
there is no EA in Scotland.it's SEPA.

jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

when did that stop and how is the other rivers around glasgow and how is the clyde ,it just looks promising each day now for rain i hope the forcasters are right and their is some on its way soon i would hate their to be a bad drought as it would be devistating for the kelvin i am going to have another look at the river tomorow and will take the camera so i can get some pics to show people what the river is really like oh and your right the river is quite smelly i notice that when its running low what is that and the weed gets much worse too.

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It is pretty much like this every year - I have seen it a lot lower. I usually stop fishing it when it gets this bad as the trout get sluggish and I wonder for their safety when returned. Saying that though it makes some of the deeper water upstream of the stwitchback fishable if you like stalking spooky trout - great fun

A couple of years ago there was a pretty major fish kill due to the heat - I counted a fair few dead trout in one of the stretches I fish.

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Our EA electro-fish the trout from the drying river and put them lower down where they will be safe. Is that possible on your river?

Thats seems far too proactive for the Kelvin

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No EA in Scotland - no rod licence either.
Maybe you should ask the Scottish Parliament to introduce a rod licence in Scotland then maybe rivers like the Kelvin might get some kind of agency to look after them?