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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

  • Wix 2 is closed for Carp spawning 30/04/2025 to 07/05/2025 inclusive.
    This may be extended as required, and this notice updated. Whilst we don’t usually enforce closures for spawning due to mixed species in our waters, due to the removal of 99% of the other species and significant value invested in the Carp stock here we have decided to take the decision to protect the Carp in Wix 2. Any questions call: Jack Davison (Chairman & Fisheries Officer – 01206 670189)
  • Home Farm Ardleigh 22-24/8/25
    Home Farm Ardleigh will be closed for the 75th Anniversary Members 48 hour Match 18:00 on Friday 22nd August until 12:00 Sunday 24th August
  • Home Farm Ardleigh 4-6/7/25
    Home Farm Ardleigh will be closed for the Committee Match 12:00 on Friday 4th July until 15:00 Sunday 6th July
  • Alresford Pit – Closure 20th March
    Alresford Pit – Closure 20th March The pit will be closed due to a private match being run by the venue owner, aimed at reducing silver fish stocks. 

Latest News

  • Home Farm Stocking 2024/25
    Over the winter we stock 24,000 mixed silvers into Home Farm. With a large Catfish population this is required every few years to ensure there is a suitable stock of breeding silvers to act as a food supply for the Catfish. Home Farm has also seen large Perch in the past so a good number of these will likely also grow through to be decent silvers to fish for.
  • St.Osyth Rectangle Stocking 2024/25
    As part of our stocking plans for the Rectangle to make it more of a mixed fishery, over this winter we have stocked c.60 Bream, c.120 Tench and 100 large Perch. I hope this shows the club commitment to offering a variety of target species to clubs members.
  • AGM 2024/25 Season Presentation
    AGM 2024/25 Season Presentation for those of you that were unable to attend.
  • Improvements to the parking at Wix 2
    Both parking bays on the village side have been improved and a large parking and turning area at the end of the track created. Path along the end of Wix 1 also levelled to provide access from the Wix 2 car park. Thanks to Steve Cook, Mark Sherman, Allan Heffernan, Paul Marchant for helping with these essential improvement works.
  • Wix 2 Carp Stocking November 2024
    We introduced on Thursday 14/11/2024 9 more Carp between 16-19lb to Wix 2. As we had drastically reduced the biomass we felt it was appropriate to bolster the Carp stock with high quality, good size fish. These were from a well known fishery management company as part of a stock cropping on an unfished estate lake. We got an extremely good deal, so it doesn’t alter our existing plans for the Rectangle and Home Farm this winter in terms of stocking.   Whilst they may not see the same growth rates as the larger farmed fish we have purchased over … Read more
  • Alresford Pit – Access Improvement Works
    In co-operation with Mark the land owner, and kind contributions in terms of materials, equipment and labour from Super Trowel and Altrad Belle we have installed a brand new parking area at the bottom of the slope at Alresford. This parking area can be used year round, as holds 4-5 cars. It is first come first served only and parking is strictly in the new area only, not on the grass. You can see the Altrad-Belle post here.
  • Wix 2 Netting Results and General Fisheries Update
    We had a very successful netting last Saturday. 8 Catfish moved to Home Farm totaling 78lbs. 600-700lb of good quality Roach, Perch and a a good number of tiny Carp moved to Wix 1. 48 Carp, 1 over 30lbs, 20 over 20lbs and 27 upper doubles were left in Wix 2. I think we got over 90% of the stock sorted in this netting. I know of only 2 Cats and 3 20lb Carp we missed. This leaves us with 24 Carp over 20lbs now. We are also due to be adding 10 more fish soon, mostly around the upper … Read more
  • New Website is Live
    The 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
  • Rumours – Otters at Alresford
    We 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 Plans
    We  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.