We thought we would reiterate some fish handling best practices to ensure that our fish are being properly cared for by members. – Use a landing mat. Fish shouldn’t be put on the ground at any stage. Rigged and Ready make a mat that is easy to travel with and has a rule for measuringContinue reading “A word on fish care”
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Beautiful Bordeaux (pit)
Bordeaux Pit this evening looking stunning! Lots of Carp and F1s moving.
Match Report – Rockell’s Farm – 22 May 2022
1st Place – Samuel Robinson – 94lb 4oz 2nd Place – Roger Phillips – 93lb 13oz 3rd Place – Stuart Bradford – 91lb 13oz Well it ended a tight match! Sam Robinson drew peg 10 (Again) but this time the fish played ball. Sam started off slowly fishing shallow then managed to catch better stampContinue reading “Match Report – Rockell’s Farm – 22 May 2022”
SWAC youth day 14th May 2022
A great day was had by all at the SWAC open day today. We had a great turnout on a beautifully sunny day and some great prizes were given away! The day started out with everyone arriving in the car park, strolling down the lake to meet our anglers and get their eye in onContinue reading “SWAC youth day 14th May 2022”
Lake Maintenance Spring 2022
As I’m sure many members are aware, there is an awful lot of work that goes on behind the scenes at the club to keep the lakes safe, fishing well and looking tidy. As we’re all aware, however, to make an omelette one has to break a few eggs. So, we thought that we shouldContinue reading “Lake Maintenance Spring 2022”
Winter League Round 6 – Rookery Waters 13th February 2022
Rookery Waters – Rook Lake First Place – Mark Evans – 8lb 9oz Second Place – Roger Phillips – 7lb 10oz Third Place – Peter Warren – 6lb 12oz A very hard days fishing was had by all at Rookery Waters (Rook Lake) with the wind and rain beating down most of the day. MarkContinue reading “Winter League Round 6 – Rookery Waters 13th February 2022”
Fish stocking – 9th February ’22!!!
This morning, members of the committee welcomed the latest stocking of Bordeaux Pit – roughly 5,500 5″ and under skimmers and roach AND roughly 45 2.5lb+ bream! The small silvers were predominantly stocked into the large pit, however roughly 1,000 were stocked into the little pit to grow on and provide good sport for theContinue reading “Fish stocking – 9th February ’22!!!”
Sunday 9th January Winter League Round 4 – Rockells Farm
Match Result – Sunday 9th January Winter League Round 4 – Rockells Farm 1st Place – Mark Evans – 20lb 12oz2nd Place – Kieron Mcdonagh – 16lb3rd Place – Sam Robinson – 13Lb 1oz Round 4 of the SWAC winter league was a tricky one held at Rockells farm with lots of cold water goingContinue reading “Sunday 9th January Winter League Round 4 – Rockells Farm”
Match Result Sunday 19th December Winter League Round 3 – Lawn Farm/Willow Lake (Silvers Only)
Match Result Sunday 19th December Winter League Round 3 – Lawn Farm/Willow Lake (Silvers Only) First Place – Roger Phillips – 20lb 13ozSecond Place – Stuart Bradford – 20lb 11ozThird Place – Adam Salter – 18lb 2oz Round three of SWAC’s winter league was held at Lawn farm on Willow lake. Roger was handed pegContinue reading “Match Result Sunday 19th December Winter League Round 3 – Lawn Farm/Willow Lake (Silvers Only)”
Match Result – Sunday 5th December Rookery Waters
Magpie Lake 1st Place – Roger Phillips – 55lb 5oz2nd Place – Adam Salter – 41lb 4oz3rd Place – Graham Carter – 37lb 5oz SWAC travelled to Rookery Waters today for round two of the winter league. After yesterday’s result on the lake where some anglers didn’t catch a Carp we knew it was goingContinue reading “Match Result – Sunday 5th December Rookery Waters”
Saffron Walden Angling Club 