Maldon Angling Society

Unfortunately all of our remaining senior club matches, which were all to be fished on the canal, have had to be cancelled following the unexpected resignation of our Senior Match Secretary Russ Samuels at the September committee meeting.  Russ stated that poor turnouts at recent matches had lead to his decision.  Russ was the longest serving member on the current committee and we thank him for all of his hard work over many years of service to the club.

If anyone else would like to pick up the reigns and run the remaining seven matches on the canal please contact one of the committee members as listed in the 2017 rulebook.

The open pike match at Totham Pit on Sunday 26th November will hopefully still be going ahead but any changes will be posted up as we hear them.

The Worms Direct Final was fished on Sunday 6^th August at Hoe Mill upstream of the footbridge. Ten Anglers took part and all caught fish, with some nice Roach and Rudd being landed. The winner of the final was Geoff Forman taking the trophy and prize money provided by our sponsor Worms Direct with a haul of 8lb 1oz of nice Roach and Rudd. Second was Chris Dyall with 6lb 7oz of Roach and Rudd with Andy Stebbing coming third with 4lb 12oz. A total of 35lb 6oz of fish were brought to the net.  All who took part would like to give a big vote of thanks to Worms Direct for their generous sponsorship and continued support.

Geoff receiving the trophy from last year’s winner Chris.

The last qualifying match of the Evening League was fished at Heybridge Basin on Friday, with another poor turnout, which was a pity as the average weight of fish caught was 5lbs. There were no new qualifiers for the final. 

1^st Dave Smith 6lbs 4oz
2^nd Andy Stebbing 5lbs 10oz
3^rd Chris Dyall 5lbs 8oz 

A total of 25lbs 14oz of fish were landed, with one Perch over a pound. 

The ten qualifiers for the final are:

Mark Campion, Chris Dyall, Andy Stebbing, Steve Willis, Geoff Forman, Peter Lamb, Dave Smith, Steve Holdon, Bill Woollcott and Kim Naish. 

Wednesday 26th July see’s the AT Veterans National being fish at Partridge Lakes, Warrington, with a lot of Maldon members as well as other local Clubs taking part. I would like to wish all a good day and hope we can produces the winner. 

Thanks – Kim.

A disappointing turnout of five for the fifth Evening League match at Tesco’s however all caught fish and all enjoyed themselves.  Chris Dyall won the match with 4lbs 5oz and Bill Woollcott was second with 3lbs 3oz.  A total of 12lbs 9oz of fish were landed Roach, Perch and Rudd.  Bill Woollcott and Kim Naish go through to the final.

The next match to fill the last two places in the final is at Heybridge Basin on Friday 21 July, draw 05.00pm at Daisy Meadow car park.

The Final of the Evening League will take place at Hoe Mill upstream on Sunday 6th August.  Anyone can fish the final but the “qualifiers” will be in their own section.

The hot weather has brought with it an increase in the number of reports of illegal fishing on the Chelmer & Blackwater navigation.  If you see anyone taking fish from the river please refer to this Illegal Fishing 2017 pdf for more info and call the Police on 101 or the Environment Agency on 0800 807060 to report the incident.