Had a nice 23lb 3oz out of Whitehouse Farm yesterday (Wednesday 24th) wasn’t really prepared for it, not being a carp man, on 6lb line, 10 foot quiver with a hybrid feeder, 2mm pellets with coconut sticky mix flavour and a size 14 hook and sweet corn.

Took me a while to get in but was chuffed with it. Lovely condition.

Thanks to the chap who took the picture. Sorry I didn’t ask his name.   Cheers - Ian.

The new 2019 blue rulebooks are now printed and are being posted out to all adult, concessionary, intermediate, junior, associate, honorary and life members this week so expect one to drop through your door soon.  JP Tackle and Angling Essentials both have the new rulebooks as well if you are yet to re-join for the 2019-20 season.

As of today (1st Apr 2019) night tickets for Howells go on general sale to all members and ex-members who have been members of MAS for at least two seasons and have a clean record.

At the moment 31 of the 60 Howells night permits are unsold and all will now be sold on a first come first serve basis for £98 each in addition to your usual subs.  For more info please see our Night Permits page.

Keifer Brewer with a cracking 23lb 1oz heavily scaled Mirror landed from Howells this month.

The Angling Coaching Initiative for juniors was most successful last year and the KDAA and Maldon Angling Society together with the Braintree and Bocking Angling Society are intending to continue with coaching sessions this year. Over 100 juniors and some parents took part with 50 attending the regular coaching sessions. With the very small numbers of juniors coming into the sport this is our attempt to provide a means to introduce youngsters who may not have a family member or friend who can or do not have the time to teach them.

Dates of the coaching sessions on MAS venues will be in our new 2019 rulebook and on the ACI website at www.anglingcoachinginitiative.co.uk

However, the limiting factor was the number of volunteer coaches from the two clubs to the point where we were having to turn youngsters away. At the beginning of the year ACI had about sixteen possible volunteer coaches, some did not pursue it, others owing to other commitments and holidays could only do a few sessions. For many of the sessions we only had six coaches and twice that number of participants, ideally we would like to coach on a one to one basis.

We really need a larger pool of volunteer coaches to make this year more successful. If more members are willing to commit to just one or two sessions between May and September on any of the club venues then that would be great. You just have to be an experienced angler bearing in mind we are teaching a range of fishing methods, whip, waggler and method feeder to youngsters new to angling or those wishing to improve their skills. The only qualification required is having a calm and patient nature. It is rewarding and fun.

Please can you bring this request to the attention of your angling friends who, although may not be members of the KDAA, MAS or BBAS, might be interested in volunteering to help.

Please visit the ACI website for more information or contact Chris Burt on 07917 781299 to discuss what is involved.

ACI Advert

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.