They go very far up the river, beyond partick but I'm not sure the amount of freshwater we've had over the last few weeks would help at all. Try the same marks after a (relatively) prolonged dry spell although I wouldn't imagine it would make a difference from the Erskine bridge west.

 

Probably only see them if it’s really calm, have seen massive shoals at Greenock, Port Glasgow and at Erskine but there here today gone tomorrow. Used to fish for them a lot when I lived down in the South of England, fantastic fighting fish but finding them and getting them to feed is another matter!

 

plenty about, Renfrew ferry area is good as is mouth of the Kelvin

 

That's good to hear Davy. Mouth of the Kelvin is quite handy for me.

 

Had them in the Black Cart just above the bridge on Inchinnan road on bread and macaroni.

 

I have seen lots down at Bowling

 

I've seen a few in recent years; either in bays on the Gareloch, or around Millport.

Long ago, they were present in huge numbers. Standing on the old Fairlie pier, you could see shoals of hundreds. We heard they had been netted, but didn't see that ourselves.

Last time I actually caught one was in the tidal water of the Leven - foul hooked on a teal blue and silver!

 

Recent videos of shoals up as far as the science Centre and further up look on river clyde page on fb can't post the videos here

 

Easiest time to spot them is on tides increasing in height, from neep to spring, they like to forage toward high tide around the dead seaweed for maggots and sea slaters etc . You can see them better in calm conditions obviously but they still fin about the edges of weed rafts so you will see tail and dorsal fin movement.
I used to live next to an estuary and loved watching them moving around in the water.

 

Perhaps a stupid question and not related except Clyde related - Do I need any sort of permit to fish the Clyde from Partick/Clydebank?

 

As long as you are not targeting a specific migratory fish e.g. salmon or sea trout then you do not require a permit in tidal waters.