There is a Working Party on Seabrook's Reservoir starting 8.30 am on Saturday 11 May.  Volunteers welcomed.  Contact Steve Mason or just turn up.

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To save printing and postage costs the AGM agreed that future copies of Newsletters and meeting notices should be sent to members via email.

Our membership Agents have been asked to record email addresses when members renew their membership this year, however, these are sometimes difficult to read.

Members are , therefore, being asked to confirm their email addresses.

Please click here to open up your email program and type 'Confirmation of email address' in the Subject area and your name and membership as an email message and send.

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If you do not have an email address then newsletters and notices will still be posted.

The February 2013 Newsletter is being posted as normal and should be with members by the end of next week.

The AGM was held on the 13 January.  All existing Officials and Committee members re-elected.

Subscriptions to remain the same.

The following new rule as agreed:-

'Members must not have in their possession on the bank or put into the water more than a total of 2Kg boilies and 2Kg of other feed (includes dry groundbait and/or particles) in any 24 hour period. No pre-baiting is allowed.'

Lads/Lasses and Dads Free Invitation to Fishing Day at Seabrook's Reservoir Sunday 10 June and on Saturday 1 September

In an attempt encourage children to take an interest in our country side and outside activities the Kelvedon DAA organised a “Lads/Lasses and Dads Free Invitation to Fishing”. day on the 10 June at Seabrooks Reservoir at Lt Leighs.  Click here for a report on the June event and photographs

and click here for a report on the September event with photographs.

Member Roy Lewis has made a new gate and erected it at Silver End Pit. The stronger lock obtained by Ryan Williams is in place within a solid box.

Access to the combination is from the bottom. Members may have to slip under the gate bar to obtain easy access to the lock.
So long as members lock the gate after entering and leaving the site then the lock should be well protected and hopefully last a bit longer.

The Committee have employed a contactors to improve access around the Front Pit and improve access to swims.  Access to the Back Pit from the rear car park has also been improved by cutting a new slope to the bottom path saving a walk across the corner of a ploughed field. Follow the hardcore path from the rear car park to find the slope.

On Friday 18 December 2009 further restocking was carried out at the Marney complex.  Bream 180 lb, tench 180 lb, crucian carp 150 lb and 200 chubb were introduced into Marney 2 and 100 chubb introduced into Marney 3.

See pictures here 

Restocking 2008

On Wednesday, 19 November 2008, Layer Marney 2, was electo-fished and netted to transfer some of the larger carp into Marney 3. Forty nine common, mirror and ghost carp mainly doubles were transferred.

On Sunday 23 November, Layer Marney 2 received 400 lb bream ranging from 2lb to 3lb and a few 4lb and 100lb tench all over 1lb plus a few skimmers and roach. The restocking was organised by Ron Matthams and witnessed by Nigel Young and Graham Sutton.

The intention of the Committee by transferring the large carp and stocking with bream and tench is to revert Marney 2 back into a general fishery.  Hawkeye bird scarers are to be installed to hopefully deter the cormorants from eating the newly stocked fish !!

Silver End Front Pit had substantial work undertaken by contractors in April 2004 work to create a pathway all the way around the Pit, cutting back trees, building steps and improving swims..

View pictures .

Signal Crayfish have been caught in Layer Marney 3 and the EA are known to be laying net traps in the Blackwater. If members catch any, feel free to kill these creatures that are alien to our waters. eFishBusiness - Controls on Non Native Fish Species