LOCATION

Accessible from public and private roads including the A84 Stirling/Callander road alongside the north bank.

NOTES
The river Teith has 11 named pools.

FISH
Salmon, Sea Trout, Brown Trout

PERMITS COSTS

This is the new price list for Salmon tickets for the rivers Teith and Forth 2012.

RESIDENTS             SEASON PERMITS  ROVING PERMITS

ADULT................................ £184.00.......................£274.00

JUVENILE(12-16 years)2 Tags.£71.00.......................£106.00

CONCESSION..................... £137.00.......................£205.00

Up to 3 named children on.......£37.00........................ £35.00

adult permit(up to 16 years )

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VISITORS                 SEASON PERMITS ROVING PERMITS

ADULT..............................£268.00...................£400.00

JUVENILE(12-16 year 2 tags..71.00....................£106.00

CONCESSION........................£210.................. £316.00

Up to 3 named children on.....£37.00.....................£37.00

adult permit (up to 16 yrs)

NB: ROVING PERMIT ALLOWS ANGLERS TO FISH BOTH THE RIVER TEITH AND THE RIVER FOURTH

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DAY PERMITS        ADULT                CHILD

February – May

1 DAY PERMIT        £27.00        £11.00  (Acc by adult)

3 DAY PERMIT        £64.00         £26.00 (Acc by adult)

5 DAY PERMIT        £89.00         £37.00 (Acc by adult)

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June – July

1 DAY PERMIT  £37.00 (1tag)..... £10.00 (Acc by adult) (1 tag)

3 DAY PERMIT  £89.00 (2 tags).. £26.00 (Acc by adult) (1 tag)

5 DAY PERMIT £131.00 (2 tags)..£37.00 (Acc by adult) (1 tag)

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August – October

1 DAY PERMIT  £50.00 (1 tag)....£11.00 (Acc by adult) (1 tag)

3 DAY PERMIT  £126.00 (1 tag)...£26.00 (Acc by adult) (1 tag)

5 DAY PERMIT  £173.00 (1 tag)...£37.00(Acc by adult) (1 tag)

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NB:  THERE ARE ONLY TWO TROUT PERMITS AVAILABLE

PER DAY, ON THE RIVER TEITH ONLYCOST £10.00 PER

DAY FLY ONLY , NO BAIT FISHING

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

3 NEW RULE CHANGES THIS YEAR 2012

1. All fish must be returned till 1st June.

2. No live bait fishing after dark.

3. Barbless hooks to be used once 5 fish limit reached.

Anglers Must Not:

• Set Lines or have any form of rod rest, rod must be in hand at all times

• Bait fish before the 1st of June and after the 26th of August

• Use Prawn, Shrimp, or any organic baits at any time
• Dig for bait, at or adjacent to the fishery
• Use swim feeders on the Teith
• Make use of natural minow, tailers or knotted nets or gaffs at any time.
• Use lead core or fast sinking line, multi hook lures or more than one baited hook. All fish hooked behind the gill line must be returned to the water immediatekly.
• Fish at one point when others are waiting - EXCEPT on the 6 Piers at Cornton Vale where there is a time limit of 15 minutes. Move 1metre between casts. On marker posts sections anglers must start at the upstream post
• Night fish, between sunset and sun rise inNorman's pool Callander. No night fishing after 31st August on the whole fishery. Fishing after sunset before 31st August is restricted to rods less than 12ft, overall; lines of less than 8lbs breaking strain and a hook smaller than No 6. Closure times on the Forth Fishery from the 1st September will be displayed on the fishery information boards.

• Cut the line and return the fish to the water with the hook still in it.

Anglers Must

1. All Permit Holders Must: - Attach immediately after landing an issued tag through the mouth and gills of all fish to be removed from the fishery. (The removal of untagged Salmon from the fishery will result in the immediate removal of permit and life ban)
2. Only the permit holder can tag the fish they have caught. Tags are not transferable.
3. Only have one permit per river per year. Anglers holding a roving permit will be permitted to fish either the Forth or Teith.
4. (Day permits only)  Take only one Salmon per permit.  3 Day Permit holders are are limitted to two Salmon per permit and 5 Day Permit holders are limited to three Salmon per permit. Any Salmon taken must be tagged. One Sea Trout can be taken per day on these permits. All unused tags must be returned  along with catch return to the Council within 3 working days  once the permit has expired
5. Permit holders must make their catch returns by thye due date to include all tagged and returned fish with their details, and this includes any nil returns. Offenders will be unable to buy a ticket for the following season or will have it withdrawn if purchased.
6. Season ticket holders for the Forth  will be allowed to take two Sea Trout per calendar  day. Season permit holders for the Teith will be issued with 5 tags Sea Trout to be used through out the season. Roving  permit holders will be alloed to take two Sea Trout from the Forth per calendar day and will be issued with 5  tags for SeaTrout   taken throughout the season
7. Produce a permit to an authorised baliff on demand  (Any abuse of baliffs  will result in immediate permit withdrawal and probable ban).
8. Record All catches (including nil returns) on the catch return section of the permit
9. Fish acording to the law. It is illegal to sell, or offer for sale, any rod caught Salmon .Any conviction  under the Salmon  Acts will mean  an automatic withdrawal  of any current permit and a minimum ban of 5 seasons
10. Obey the temporary closure notices due to low water conditions as determined by the marker on the motorway bridge and the condition of fish within the river. Details will be given in advance on the information boards and in tackle shops.
11. Reurn all hen fish caught in October
12. Anglers who fish on Stirling Council fisheries do so at their own risk and should excersise care when wadding or negotating banks
13. All unused tags to be returned to Stirling Council at the end of the season by agreed date.
14. A juvenile season permit will be issued with 2 tags for Salmon  and if purchased for the Teith , 2 tags for Sea Trout.
15. Stirling Council may  at any time close the fishery , change or introduce a new rule (this should only be on the authority of Head of Service  and should be a presponse  to an emergency situation.)
16. Any person found taking a coloured fish  (fish about to spawn) from the water  will have their permit withdrawn and will be subject to the Procurator Fiscal.

Note

The rights of responsible access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 do not give the right to fish.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Always

1. Fish upstream of other fishing anglers
2. Wait your turn to fish a pool from it's head
3. Remove your old line and litter from the bank and dispose of sensibily
4. Stay about 15m from the next angler  or 30m when they or you are using a fly
5. Respect the property, access and privacy of those who live or work on or near the fishery. Please park your car considerately  and do not block access
6. Beware of other users of the river bank
7. Ripe or darkly coloured fish should be returned to the water. If in doubt return it !
8. Fish being returned to the water  should not be handled by the tail and should be released as quickly as possible . Remove the hook and release the fish upstream untill it swims away.
9. Fish bing retained  should be killed as quickly as possible using a priest or suitable instrument.

Code of Conduct Procedures

1. All anglers must obey the rules set down by Striling Council. Failure     to do so may result in miss conduct proceedings.
2. Where matters of misconduct have been reported these will be investigated and a full report detailing all the circumstances will be reported to Council officials for consideration.
3. Depending on the nature of the allegation, matters may be dealt with ion writting, however, those allegations of a serious nature may be dealt with by way of a misconduct hearing.
4. Penalties for those breaking the rules as set by Stirling Council  will range from warnings, fines to bans.
5. There will be an appeal procedure.Appeals against  any decissions have to be lodged in writting within 14 days outlinning the grounds for appeal. All appeals to be lodged with the Land Services manager.
6. Persons under investigation will notified in writtingand will be recorded and held for future reference by Stirling Council.

Where an incident of misconduct has been reported the matter will be investigated in the first incidence by the fisheries officer.

He / She will be responsible for gathering all available evidence and reporting the case to the country side team leader for his / her consideration. If the matter under investigation is considered to be minor then a final decision in respect of how that case may be dealt with can be taken by the countryside team leader. If however, the matter is considered to be one of the more serious nature then this should be refered to the Land Services manager via the Countryside team leader.

Thereafter it will be the decision of the Land Services managerwhether the case can be dealt with by way of letter or if it requires to be heard as part of a missconduct hearing.

Missconduct  Hearing Structure

There should be a quorum of at least three persons, one of  whom should be appointed as chairperson. The others should be independent  of the Councils fisheries. Any hearing should be recorded. In all  case, the subject under investigation should be notified in writting as to how his / her case is being dealt with.

THE REPORTING TREE IS AS FOLLOWS

Fishery Baliff - record and report incident

Fisheries officer - prepares report with recommendations

Countryside  Team Leader - provides formal decision

Land Services Manager - appeals and mssconduct hearings

 

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