1. Monitoring Trout Catches from Loch Awe
Alan Kettle-White

2. Loch Awe 3rd largest in UK 38.6 km² 41 km length 2 main basins
Avg. Depth 32 m
Max. Depth 94 m
129 km shore

3. Loch Awe Brown Trout Fishery Protection order 1992 LAIA – (4 wardens) £6 per day Any legal method Bag limit (2009)

4. Long-term trends in catches CPUE (Trout Per Hour)

5. Recent trends in catches

6. CPUE – North / South Divide

7. Average Weight (g)
; 260 g
; 318 g

8. Fish Species Composition

9. CPUE (trout per day) 1887-1925; 6. 3 1926-60; 5. 2 1961-78; 3
CPUE (trout per day) ; ; ; ;1.5 Ferox; 14 days per fish