Maldon Angling Society

Our first report of the season has arrived from Beckingham Hall and it appears that we have all been missing out on some great sport and some stunning looking carp:

‘Mayhem  at Beckingham Hall with all five of us catching starting with Paul who had 17 carp then Jack with 9 carp, Chris with 2 and Dave and Paul’s son with 1 each.  That’s 30 carp out Thursday to Sunday with the biggest being 13lb 8oz and some very nice old  Mirror carp.’

The pick of the bunch – a stunning 13lb 8oz fully scaled Mirror for Jack (this and 6 more doubles from the combined haul can be found in the gallery).

On Sunday 23rd May an additional 200lbs of fish were stocked into Beckingham Hall. These were mostly carp to 7lbs and a few mixed silver fish.

At the committee meeting on Wed 5th May it was agreed to stop selling £10 one off night tickets with immediate effect.  Night fishing at Totham Pit, Howells, Slough House Farm and Beckingham Hall is now strictly for full season night permit holders only.

The committee have decided to revert to a single night permit covering all of our night fishing venues for the coming season.  This decision is partly down to a lack of people on the Totham Pit night syndicate waiting list and also to relieve some of the pressure on Howells Lake.  The price of the new night permit has been set half way between the two existing figures at £65 and now allows:

• Night fishing at Totham Pit all year round
• Night fishing at Howells Lake all year round
• Night fishing at Beckingham Hall all year round
• Night fishing at Slough House Farm between 1^st April and 31^st October
• Night fishing at Bog Grove between 1^st October and 30^th April
• Use of 3 rods between 1^st October and 31^st March on all venues

Please note: The maximum length of a night session on Slough House Farm is still 2 days / 1 night followed by a 24 hour break.  The other venues remain as 4 days / 3 nights followed by a 24 hour break.

Please remember that members under the age of 16 cannot buy a night permit.  These must be purchased on their behalf by a current adult night permit holder.

375lb of carp were recently stocked into two of our lakes. 22 carp averaging 8lb each were stocked into Beckingham Hall and around 186 small carp and 100 silver fish were stocked into Bog Grove. We hope to supplement the stocking of these two venues with additional fish in the coming months.