09/05/2022 - Membership Renewals
All work parties have now been held. All members that haven’t rejoined as yet, can rejoin through the following tackle shops: Clacton Angling, Colchester Bait and Tackle, Elmstead Fishing or the Secretary. If using a tackle shop please note payment is cash or cheque only, no debit cards will be accepted. Any changes to membership category, a change of address or a lost card need to be done through the Secretary not a tackle shop. Night permits are only available to members that had one last year. If you want to upgrade to nights then you need to contact the Secretary to be added to a waiting list. No new members will be accepted until the 1st June and then only through the Secretary. Any members not rejoined by 31st May will be treated as a lapsed member, and to rejoin will have to join the waiting list and wait their turn for a place. There will be no exceptions to this rule.
09/05/2022 - Dogs permitted with Bailiffs
The committee have agreed that bailiffs and club officials will now be permitted to be accompanied by a dog when carrying out bailiff duties. Dogs will be kept on a lead at all times. This reason for this is to increase the available time to bailiffs to be on club waters by being bale to combine two past-times, it will also act as a trial as to whether dogs could ever be permitted to the wider membership, and including whilst fishing, which is currently not permitted and has caused problems in the past.
05/05/2022 - Temporary Rule Changes (Alresford & Wix 2)
Please see notice boards at the above waters upon arrival. 3 rods are now permitted and Zig rigs of all types remain banned. If the notice with these changes on is physically present in the notice board, the changes remain in effect, if it is not present, standard club rules apply.
Please remember your club rules, notice boards take priority over existing club rules, and should be checked each and every time you go to a club water for changes such as these.
04/05/2022 - Health & Safety
As highlighted to the membership last year, please be aware as a member of the club, you must be aware of and abide by our Health & Safety Policy and Risk Assessments. These can be found on our Website under 'Rules & Information > Health & Safety'. Any questions please contact one of the person(s) listed as accountable within these documents.
04/05/2022 - Microchip system for Wels Catfish
Please see the updated Microchip system on our website. I have updated it to a format more suitable for the ever-growing amount of data we have, and also included graphs plotting the weights of each fish, which now we have some meaningful data, will allow us to ascertain growth rates of catfish in different size/age classes.
Please note the ONLY method to report a capture to us, is via the contact form on the top of the 'Microchip Records' page on the website. Reports submitted to individual committee members or via social media/messenger will not be accepted to ensure only one set of accurate, central records are kept and data is not missed when being passed between people.
There are now a number of scanner distributed between committee members, bailiffs and regular catfish anglers. Please familiarise yourself with other anglers on the lake when at Home Farm and Wix 2, as there is a good chance one of them may have a scanner and can scan the microchip of any catfish you catch. Alternatively, the Fisheries Emergency mobile can be contacted but there is no guarantee someone will be able to attend.
31/04/2022 - Work Parties
Our next work parties are planned for Sunday 1st May and Sunday 8th May at Ramsey Brook, Wix.
If you are able to bring general landscaping / petrol tools etc., then please do so. All help will be greatly appreciated .
Please park inside the gate to Wix 1 and not in Wix 2, so we can repair the rear access steps and gate post at Wix 2.
If you plan to renew your membership, remember to bring your membership card and payment as membership will not be re-newed if either of these isn't provided.
01/04/2022 - Renewal of 2022 / 2023 Season Memberships
Renewal for existing members is available from today, 1st April, from Clacton Angling, Colchester Bait and Tackle, Elmstead Fishing or the Secretary. If using a tackle shop please note payment is cash or cheque only, no debit cards will be accepted. Any changes to membership category, a change of address or a lost card need to be done through the Secretary not a tackle shop. Night permits are only available to members that had one last year. If you want to upgrade to nights then you need to contact the Secretary to be added to a waiting list as numbers are limited. No new members will be accepted until the 1st June and then only through the Secretary via the waiting list. Please click on the Contact/Join link shown above if you would like to be added to the waiting list. Any members not rejoined by 1st June will be treated as lapsed members, and to rejoin will be added to the bottom of the waiting list and have to wait their turn for a place.
15/02/2022 - 2021/2022 Season Newsletter
This season's newsletter has been posted and everyone should now have received theirs. If you haven't, please think whether you have moved and not updated your address. To receive a replacement copy, please contact the Secretary either by email, telephone or through our Facebook page.
Hopefully everyone that has received theirs will have noted the date of the AGM, Thursday 24th February, at the Foxash Social Club in Lawford, starting at 7.30pm. There is plenty of parking so please come along, have your say, and support your club. Thank you.
23/01/2022 - St. Osyth Rectangle Netting - Fish Survey Results
Around 100 Carp in a single net sweep today, which wasn’t an easy one. Safe to say stock is 200-250+ as a best estimate. Not many silvers at all, though we may have missed them. Interestingly half a dozen bream of 3-5lbs were caught.
10 fish moved to Wix 2, 4 nice mirrors and some commons, not huge but hopefully some potential to grow on.
10/01/2022 - St. Osyth Rectangle Closed on Sunday 23rd January
Sunday 23rd January 2022 - St. Osyth Rectangle will be closed to anglers due to a stock survey netting taking place. Our intention is to move any large Carp to Wix 2, and establish what stock we have in the Rectangle. There is a loose plan to alter the bias of the Rectangle to be a silvers & Tench water, this survey will be the first step in establishing how viable that will be.
20/12/2021 - Carp Stocked into Wix 2
A stocking of 8 Carp took place into Wix 2 on 19th December 2021 courtesy of Tony Wignall (Fishable At houchins). These fish are from a strain of proven growers. As I mentioned in my mid-season report we are planning to thin out the silvers and self-spawned Carp in Wix 2 in order to give these fish a chance to grow on. The largest common was 14lb 10ozs and one to watch (also microchipped).
03/12/2021 - Otter Fence Complete at Wix 2
Dear All,
The otter fence has now been installed at Wix 2.
There are some basic rules that must be followed:
1) Gates to be kept closed at all times, and never propped open.
2) No leaning gear against the fence or passing your gear over the fence.
3) Loading/unloading of vehicles is to be done only at one of the 4 pedestrian gates and cars should not be parked behind swims, they should be returned to one of the parking areas at either end of either bank.
4) Damages to the fence must be reported immediately to the Fisheries Officer/Emergency mobile number.
5) The fence is electrified - signage is in place, do not touch and be aware of this especially if you bring junior members.