Please Note: We are a membership club, currently operating a waiting list for the 2025/26 season and beyond. To register on our list please fill out our waiting list registration form.
Welcome to Paxman’s Angling Club
The club was founded in 1950 by the workers at Davey Paxman and Co., an engineering firm based in Colchester.
The club was, for many decades, run as a works club, and was one of many sports sections of Paxman’s Athletic and Social Club. During the middle to late nineties, with the continual reduction of the Company and subsequent demise of the Social Club, the Angling club, through the endeavours of the Committee continued as an independent open membership club.
Today we are a friendly thriving club, which welcomes all anglers albeit pleasure, specimen, carp or match, with our club waters holding fish that will cater for every discipline. In recent years, we have greatly increased our efforts in incorporating modern, and ever-improving fishery management techniques into our organisation. We now operate a waiting list for new members, to ensure the best quality angling for current members at any given time. We operate zero-tolerance polices on abuse of our waters or rules, delivered through a devoted committee.
Jack Davison – Chairman & Fisheries Officer
Venue Closures
- Alresford Closure – Sunday 20th October 2024 – Fishery ManagementAlresford Closure – Sunday 20th October 2024 – Fishery Management Alresford will be closed for fishery management activity from 06:00 – 16:00, due to the health and safety risks please do not visit the water without arranging with Jack Davison (Chairman & Fisheries Officer).
- Ramsey Brook (Wix 2) Closure – Saturday 2nd November – Fishery ManagementRamsey Brook (Wix 2) Closure – Saturday 2nd November – Fishery Management Ramsey Brook (Wix) 2 will be closed for fishery management activity from 06:00 – 16:00, due to the health and safety risks please do not visit the water without arranging with Jack Davison (Chairman & Fisheries Officer).
Latest News
- New Website is LiveThe new website is now live, with just a few tweaks still to be made. There are much improved venue pages with overhead images and maps of all club waters and photos of every swim, on every venue. Latest news items reside on the home page still, as do venue closure notices. This site also offers better integration, which is soon to be improved and upgraded again, with the stock management solution we use to track fish growth in Home Farm and Alresford. I will also soon be adding a section for member photo submissions of catches and of the … Read more
- 2023/24 AGM Presentation
Here is the presentation from the 2023/24 AGM. - Rumours – Otters at AlresfordWe are aware there are several rumours circulating regarding otters at Alresford, whilst it is true to some degree, it seems some of the rumours have blown things out of proportion. To clarify our exact position, we have found a small number of fish (less than 10) over the past month or so. This is not new for Alresford, otters have passed through for years, and the occasional fish has been found, there is no denying though, this is the largest number we have seen in one year, and the first kills for a couple of years. We are actively … Read more
- St.Osyth Rectangle Stocking PlansWe have 12,000 mixed silvers due early March for St.Osyth rectangle, which with the thinning of the Carp, and introduction of almost a thousand Crucians and Tench just before Christmas is set to make the Rectangle a great pleasure and match venue without the normal plague of small carp.
- Wix 2 Stocking 6x C6’s (19-22lbs)6x C6’s from Chilston Fish Farm have been stocked into Wix 2.