Maldon Angling Society

Maldon Angling Society currently has 15 stillwaters and 15 miles of river and canal.

Totham Pit – Great Totham

Totham Pit in the summer

Location: Great Totham
Close season: None
Opening Times: 5am to 10pm (night fishing via night permit)

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Howells Lake – Langford

Howells in the winter

A five acre carp lake containing an exceptional head of common and mirror carp to 30lbs.  This venue can get quite weedy in the warmer months but the carp prefer it this way and respond well to stalking and floater tactics.  Night permit fishing allowed.

Location: Langford
Close season: None
Opening Times: 5am to 10pm (night fishing via night permit)

Howells in the summer

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Bog Grove - Great Totham

Bog Grove in the summer

A well stocked tree lined reservoir with 25 swims containing tench, crucian, rudd, carp to mid doubles and some smaller species to keep the float angler guessing.  Night permit fishing allowed between 1^st October and 30^th April.  

Bog Grove in the summer

Bog Grove in the winter

Location: Great Totham
Close season: None
Opening Times: 5am to 10pm (night fishing allowed between 1st October and 30th April) 

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Beckingham Hall – Tolleshunt Major

Beckingham Hall in the summer

Location: Tolleshunt Major
Close season: None
Opening Times: 5am to 10pm (night fishing via night permit)

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Langford Little Park

Little Park Main Lake summer sunset

A pair of small lakes with easy access.  The lower lake with the island contains tench and bream to 7lb along with roach, rudd, big crucian and carp to mid doubles.  The upper lake is shallow and fed by a small stream.  Following restocking after de-silting it now produces catches of roach and perch along with hard fighting single figure carp and the occasional bream to 6lb+. 

Location: Langford
Close season: None
Opening Times: 5am to midnight (both waters)

  Little Park Top Lake

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Slough House - Heybridge

An attractive lake of around five acres with extensive marginal reed beds and an island.  The fish in this lake continue to flourish and the larger of the carp are now approaching thirty pounds.  Also contains plenty of perch and rudd to occupy float and feeder anglers along with some tench and big bream.  Night permit fishing allowed (max 1 night).

Slough House Farm sunset

Location: Heybridge
Close season: None
Opening Times: 5am -10pm

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Little London Reservoir

Smaller than Bog Grove at around 1½ acres and stocked with roach, perch and crucian over the last few seasons.  Has produced some good bags of silver fish in the right conditions along with tench, bream to 8lb and carp to mid doubles.  Night fishing for all members allowed.

Location: Goldhanger
Close season: None
Opening Times: No time restrictions

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Rook Hall (3 Lakes) – Little Totham

Rook Hall No.1 in the spring

Three very different waters all fed by the same stream.  The closest water to the car park is a very interesting array of spits and bays and contains a good head of tench, roach, bream to 7lb+, perch, rudd, crucian and a few carp.  Each season sees bags of tench landed with individual fish ranging from a few ounces to in 6lb+.  The smaller central pond is nicely coloured and full of small carp and silver fish.  The furthest lake from the car park holds bream to 7lb, roach, rudd and carp to mid doubles.

Rook Hall No.2

Rook Hall No.3 in the spring

Rook Hall No.3 from the first swim

Location: Little Totham
Close season: 1st October – 31st January
Opening Times: Dawn to Dusk

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 Railway Pond – Heybridge

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Possibly more renowned for its weed rather than its fish this roadside pond has produced some wonderful bags of fish for those anglers willing to try it.  Small tench, roach, crucian and ghost carp keep most anglers busy.  Can now be fished on a day ticket available from JP Tackle in Maldon. Night fishing for members only.

Two shots of the Railway Pond in February

Location: Heybridge
Close season: None
Opening Times: No time restrictions

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New Hall Reservoir

Resembling a truncated section of canal this small stillwater is always well coloured, even in the depths of winter.  20lb+ bags of roach to 1lb+ have been reported along with skimmer bream, rudd and occasional tench.  This venue also contains some large eels which have caught some anglers unaware.

Location: Purleigh
Close Season: Whole month of April each year
Opening Times: 5am to 10pm

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 Chelmer and Blackwater Canal from the Gasworks at Chelmsford to Heybridge Basin

Chelmer and Blackwater Rushes Lock

Over 12 miles of canal including popular stretches at Hoe Mill, Papermill Lock and Heybridge Basin along with quieter stretches such as the Speeney. Known to hold roach, big shoals of bream, tench, chub, perch, pike and carp to over 30lbs but most of the more remote stretches still remain largely unfished. Night fishing allowed and day tickets available on the bank. The whole of this stretch is shared with Chelmsford AA, Kelvedon DAA and Dunmow AC.

Close season: 15th March to 15th June inclusive
Opening Times: No time restrictions for members, 5am to 10pm for day ticket anglers

River Blackwater – Wickham Bishops to Langford. Over a mile of untamed river with two parking areas along its length. This stretch has produced chub to 5lb along with roach, perch, dace and gudgeon with the added incentive of the occasional barbel. Perfect for the roving angler. 

Close season: 15th March to 15th June inclusive
Opening Times: 5am to 10pm
 

Ashmans Farm – Little Braxted.  This lake opened to members in August 2009.  A picturesque ¾ acre clay pit containing roach, rudd, bream, perch, carp to 20lb and plenty of tench.  Depth is a uniform 3-5 feet dependant upon the time of year.  Fishing is from dawn to dusk with the lake closed from 1^st October to 31^st January to allow for shooting parties.  Off road parking is available by the lake. 

Whitehouse Farm – Tolleshunt Darcy

Our newest water which opened in Spring 2010.  Early indications are that this 1.6 acre farm reservoir contains bream to 7lb+, decent roach to 1½lbs, hybrids to 4lb+ and carp to upper doubles.

View from the west bank

View from the east bank near the car park