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River fishing will return on 16th June.
Members are reminded to observe social distancing at all times and that individual anglers should be 15 metres apart.
This will present more of a challenge on the Chelmer and Blackwater canal than on the river proper, as anglers will be close to the tow path and therefore closer to passers by.
Please try and ensure that your tackle does not impede walkers from observing social distancing and remember also to use gloves and/or antiseptic wipes.
The Environment Agency in conjunction with the canal company are planning to install fishing platforms which will help, but the timetable for this has been held up by the pandemic.
One has been installed and this work continues, however and you might like to know that it is funded from angling licence income.
If possible, in order to keep numbers manageable, please try and avoid using busy stretches of the canal in the first few days of the season.
Guest Tickets (Accompanied by member) Adults = £9 Concessionaries = £6 Juniors = £5 Guest tickets are available from JP Tackle, Angling Essentials and the Membership Secretary (NOT available on the bank). Online Guest Tickets purchased via this website remain at the old price of £7.50 for the time being as we haven’t worked out how to increase them to £8.50 yet! Day Tickets (Canal and Railway Pond only) Adults = £8 on the bank £7 in advance Concessionaries = £6 on the bank £5 in advance Juniors = £2 Day Tickets are available from JP Tackle, the Membership Secretary or from a day ticket bailiff on the bank. Please remember that the Chelmer & Blackwater canal/river does not re-open for fishing until 16th June 2019. Members are reminded to carry their membership cards with them when fishing the canal or be asked to buy a day ticket. As a result of the blanket keepnet ban on all Society stillwaters the 24th July concessionary match will be fished at Heybridge Basin instead of Rook Hall. Members of Maldon AS, Chelmsford AA, Kelvedon DAA, Colchester APS and day ticket anglers are reminded that our bailiffs and the Environment Agency will be enforcing the long standing three month close season between the 15th March and 15th June 2018 inclusive on the entire river/canal network. This includes the whole of the Chelmer & Blackwater river and canal system including any offshoots, backwaters and the stretch below Beeleigh lock to Heybridge Basin. 16 of our stillwaters remain open during the river close season so MAS members who have joined for the 2018-19 season do not have to hang up their rods for 3 months.
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