Maldon Angling Society

Unfortunately the owner of Ashmans Farm Lake and the two sections of the River Blackwater at Braxted has decided to terminate our lease at dusk on 30 Sep 2010.  Members are asked not to visit these fisheries from 1 Oct onwards.  Until then fishing is available from dawn until dusk.

You have 3 months left to tackle Ashmans Farm.

Members trying to fish the Ashmans Farm River Blackwater stretches at Braxted will have noticed padlocks have been fitted to the entrances to the car parks.  These are not MAS padlocks so have a different number which is 5118.  A further update on Ashmans Farm (river and lake) will be posted soon.

We have today received news via the Ilford Angling Club that there is a suspected oil spill in or around the Witham area and the oil has apparently made its way into the local water course and travelled on into the River Blackwater somewhere above the Wickham Bishops area. The EA are aware, and are dealing with the situation. If anybody has any more info, or if any members have visited our Station Road or Wickham Hall stretches and seen signs of pollution or distressed fish, please could they contact our Fishery Management Officer or email the Webmaster.  Our new river sections at Ashmans Farm, Braxted are upstream of Witham so are hopefully not affected.

…and we are yet to receive any photos for inclusion in the gallery of Chub, Dace, large Roach, Gudgeon (the one caught at Bog Grove doesn’t qualify) or the very elusive Barbel caught from the River Blackwater or the Chelmer & Blackwater canal.  I am sure these fish are being caught so please do not hesitate to send them in and if the photos are of reasonable quality we will add you to our gallery (honestly its not just for carp) and hopefully replace this item with some real news from our river sections.  Photos from day ticket anglers as well as from our partner clubs (CAA, KDAA and DDPS) will be gratefully accepted.