Maldon Angling Society

We have received several reports from bailiffs at Howells over the school holidays of anglers using inadequately small unhooking mats and landing nets.  Please ensure if you are visiting any of our waters with fish into double figures that your kit is up to the task and can cope with a twenty pounder should you be fortunate enough to hook one.

Using a small unhooking mat on top of a larger one gives twice the protection to our valuable carp stocks, as demonstrated with this low double from Howells.

Mark Baldwin, with a catch of a 13lb common carp, could be seeing his last carp from Howells as we could lose this fishery due to litter louts.  Head Bailiff Kim Naish, before taking a photo of Mark’s carp, collected seven, yes SEVEN bags of rubbish left by anglers.

 He was disgusted:

“This is the quickest way to lose a fishery; would you put up with people putting rubbish in your garden or house I do not think so, you would soon stop them. Moreover the best way for a farmer to stop people leaving rubbish on their land is to stop them coming on it in the first place. If I had my way I would stop everyone fishing Howells for a month but that would penalise the vast majority of anglers who act responsibly and ensure that they do take their rubbish home with them.

Take your rubbish home with you or lose Howells.  If you see people leave rubbish report them or lose Howells.  It is up to all of us to make sure that the waters we have are kept litter free or we will lose them all and it’s no good moaning after they are gone.

Take action now to stop the litter louts and get rid of them from the club.  Sorry for the rant”

Please note: Since this item was first posted the committee are strongly recommending that an age restriction be applied to Howells if the litter problem returns during future school holidays.

Myles Hanlon ventured down to Howells for the day:

“I found the point swim free so I shot in, and got my rods sorted. My run came at around 3pm after some rain.  She put up a very good account for herself and I had played her for 20 minutes before she went in the net. What a lovely carp. My mate also bagged 2 fish on the same day, a 6lb Common and a 25lb 8 oz Common. I will be back!!”

Myles Hanlon – happy at Howells.

Jordan New went to Howells on Friday 23rd July and had a brillant days fishing:

‘I had an early take which turned out to be a 22 pound Common followed by a 19 and a half pounder, then nothing else until around 6:30 when my right rod went screaming off.  A 10 minute fight followed before I slipped a big Common over the net and got it up the the bank where it tipped the scales at 28 pounds.’

Jordan’s 28lb Common.

Paul Newton shared some of his ’secrets’ with new member Andrew Layland who promptly upped his PB to 24lb with this impressive Mirror on his first ever visit to Howells.

Success for Andrew Layland.

Paul Newton hasn’t shared the secret of his success on Howells but he is certainly having a good season.  To see some of his other twenties from this prolific venue please visit the gallery.

One of Paul’s fish from Howells, a 26lb 10oz Mirror.