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NRA Anglian 94 GUIDE TO FISHING CLUBS

Great Ouse, Cam and Fenland Waters Close Seasons - rod and line INTRODUCTION ★ Brown and rainbow trout: 30th October to 31st March This booklet is a guide to some of the angling clubs inclusive except rainbow trout in enclosed waters controlling waters on the Great Ouse (also known as the which are exempt. Ouse) between and and on the Middle Level System, Bedford Levels, Ely Ouse and ★ Salmon and migratory trout: 29th September to 28th/ the downstream of , with maps to 29th February inclusive. show which club controls each stretch of water. The list of ★ Coarse fish: 15th March to 15th June inclusive except club names is not exhaustive and the Anglian Region of enclosed waters in the area of the former Lincolnshire the National Rivers Authority would welcome any further River Authority where there is no close season for information from angling organisations controlling coarse fish. stretches of water not listed. Every effort has been made to ensure that map details are as accurate as possible although given their scale the exact boundaries of club waters cannot be guaranteed. It is therefore important that Anglers must not before fishing the appropriate clubs are contacted to check membership details or the availability of day tickets. ★ Introduce any fish without written permission from the The maps show the course of rivers and drains with National Rivers Authority. major towns and villages marked for reference, as well as ★ Remove more than two trout from rivers or two coarse some of the important access roads. The stretches of water fish from any water in any one day, except for live- controlled by each club are marked alongside the river, baiting where a maximum of ten is permitted (no limit with a name and a contact for the club they refer to listed for minnow and bleak). alphabetically. The NRA is grateful to angling clubs for their help in compiling this guide and would appreciate ★ Use live bait in any waters other than water from any up-dates on waters controlled or changes in contact which the fish were taken. points for the club. ★ Fish for eels during the coarse fish close season except as permitted in the byelaws. ★ Fish for salmon and trout during the coarse fish close Fishing Licences season with any lure or bait other than an artificial fly. To fish the rivers shown in this guide every angler aged twelve years and older must possess a current National The Fishery Rivers Authority Anglian Region Rod Licence. Licences are available from most fishing tackle dealers or may be The River Great Ouse flows a distance of 148 kilometres obtained by writing to one of the following offices: between Buckingham and Earith offering an interesting National Rivers Authority National Rivers Authority variety of fishing with over twenty different species of Anglian Region Central Area Anglian Region coarse fish present. Bromholme Lane Kingfisher House The fish population of the river is surveyed every three Brampton Goldhay Way years by the NRA Anglian Region Fisheries Department as Orton Goldhay part of the routine fisheries monitoring programme, and PE 18 8NE the latest surveys were carried out between 1988 and 1989. PE2 OZR Results from the Buckingham to stretch Telephone 0480 414581. Telephone: 0733 371811. indicate good levels of fish stocks with roach the dominant species by weight and chub locally important. Licences are valid for the calendar year. Concessionary Roach and dace populations exhibit healthy levels of licences are currently available to juveniles (12-15 years recruitment which should support the fishery in inclusive) and to retired or disabled persons. A 7-day forthcoming years. Towards Newport Pagnell good sized licence is also available. A maximum of two rods may be barbel are frequently reported in angling catches. used on any occasion and a valid licence must be held for Between Newport Pagnell and Bedford the channel each rod in use. It must also be remembered that it is meanders extensively and contains a varied sequence of important to obtain the necessary permission before pools and riffles over a gravel bed. This section contains fishing on privately owned waters or on fisheries some good sized roach and chub and there is a successful controlled by angling clubs. breeding population of barbel. The last fish population Anglers should take care to avoid damage to banks and survey highlighted the importance of shallow riffle must not discard litter, fishing line or weights. sections as fish holding areas and recent spawning Anglers must observe fisheries byelaws and relevant Acts successes should continue to support excellent angling at all times (copies of byelaws available from Area Offices catches on this part of the river. by sending sae). Some of the principal regulations Downstream of Bedford the character of the river alters affecting anglers are: considerably as the channel becomes navigational and there are numerous locks and weirs. Here the waters Key become deeper, wider and slower flowing creating a for Club considerably different habitat for fish. Between Bedford map Name Contact and Huntingdon moderate fish stocks are dominated by B7 Brampton Angling Club Mr S Clark roach, although where located shoals of common bream 89 High Street feature strongly in angling catches. Chub are locally Buckden, important and tend to be concentrated in side channels Cambs PE 18 9TA and backwaters and occasional tench can be found Tel: 0480 810667. associated with dense lily pads. Biomass estimates indicate moderate to good stocks for this section of river. B8 British Aerospace Space Mr D Linford The waters downstream of Huntingdon perform well as Systems Angling Club Tel: 0438 313456 a roach and bream fishery and have benefited from re­ ext. 6656. stocking with large specimens of both these species in recent years. Match fishing regularly occurs on these B9 Buckingham and District Mr B Lewis waters and recently the average winning weight has been Angling Association 38 Queen Catherine Road over 91bs. Steeple Claydon, Bucks Tel: 0296 730702. G1 Angling Mrs L Christian and Fish Preservation 33 Road LIST OF ANGLING CLUBS ON THE Society Godmanchester Huntingdon, Cambs RIVER GREAT OUSE Tel: 0480 451260. Key HI Houghton Hemingford Mr A Wilkinson for Club and Wyton Angling 22 Erica Road, St Ives map Name Contact Society Cambs PE 17 6AE A1 ARC Mr B Hunt Tel: 0480 66525. 69 High Street H2 Huntingdon Angling Miss A Wallis and Fish Preservation 8 Claytons Way Huntingdon, Cambs Society Huntingdon, Cambs Tel: 0480 212815. Tel: 0480 458935. A2 Ampthill and District Mr R Dempsey K1 Angling Club Mr N Birdsall Angling and Fish 34 Falcon Crescent, 66 Hastings Road Preservation Society Flitwick Kempston, Beds Beds MK45 1LZ Tel: 0234 272000 Tel: 0525 714743. ext. 2569. B1 Barnet and District Mr A H Druce LI Letchworth and District Mr C Pell-Walpole Angling Club 21 Arnos Road Angling Association 12 Burwell Road London N il 1AP Shephall, Stevenage Tel: 081-368 1020. Tel: 0438 350657. B2 Bedford Angling Club Mrs M Appleton 18 Moriston Road L2 Linear Fisheries Mr L Gurd Brickhill, Bedford Linear House Tel: 0234 354708. 2 Northcroft Shenley Lodge B4 Biggleswade and Hitchin Mr P Currell , Bucks 10 Poplar Close Tel: 0908 607577. Sandy, Beds Tel: 0767 82619. L3 London Anglers’ Mrs Ellis Association Forrest Hall Road B5 Blunham and District Mr G Palmer Hervey Park Road Angling Club 22 Farsands Walthamstow Oakley, Beds London E17 6LT Tel: 02302 3959. Tel: 081-520 7977. B6 Bourton Fisheries Mr S Martin L4 Luton Angling Club Mr G Buss 21 Foxway, Badgers 179 Tithe Farm Road Buckingham Houghton Regis MK18 7EH Beds LU5 5JF. Tel: 0280 817107. Tel: 0582 864746. Key Key for C lub for Club map Name C ontact map Name Contact M l Milton Keynes Mr P Oxley R3 Royston and District Mr D N Hellier Angling Association 23 Breton Angling Club 60 Heathfield Fairfield Estate Royston, Herts Tel: 0763 241762. Milton Keynes, Bucks Tel: 0908 694022. R4 Rushden Angling Club Mr D Parkin 31 Mountfield Road N1 Newport Pagnell Mr R D Dorrill Irthlingborough Fishing Association 7 Bury Street Northants Newport Pagnell, Bucks Tel: 0933 651400. Tel: 0908 610639. N2 Nene Mrs J Ringer SI Shefford and District Mr C Rose Angling Club Haddon House Angling Association 120 High Street Guilsborough Road Stotfold Ravensthorpe Hitchin Northants NN6 8EW Herts SG9 4LH Tel: 0604 770001. Tel: 0462 733373. N3 North Priory Country Park S2 St Ives Angling and Mr H Pace County Council Barkers Lane, Bedford Fish Preservation Society 48 Fairfields Tel: 0234 211182. St Ives, Cambs Tel: 0480 69254. 01 Club not currently active S3 St Neots and District Ms D Linger Angling and Fish Skewbridge Cottage Preservation Society Paxton Hill 02 Club not currently active St Neots, Cambs Tel: 0480 216730.

0 3 Offord and Buckden Mr A E Plumb VI Vauxhall Angling Club Mr R W Roulton Angling Society 75 High Street 20 Leeches Way Great Paxton, Cambs Cheddington Tel: 0480 77252. Beds LU7 OSJ. Tel: 0296 668985. 0 4 Olney and Clifton Mr K Osborne Fishing Association 10 Gilping Way V2 Verulam Angling Club Mr J Trew Olney, Bucks 128 Benson Close Tel: 0234 713144. Luton, Beds LU3 3QR Tel: 0582 593748. 0 5 Olney Working Men’s Mr A R Wills Club 41 Bradshaw Way W1 and Mr KJ Billington , Wellingborough District Nene Angling 22 Hillary Road Northants Club Rushden Tel: 0933 663947. Northants 0 6 Over and Swavesey Mr D Cook Tel: 0933 53636. District Angling Society c/o Happy Eater W2 Weston Underwood Mr D Adams Red Lodge Angling Club 12 The Close Nr Newmarket, Suffolk Weston Underwood Tel: 0638 751670. Nr Olney R1 Ramsey and District Mr P E Aldred Bucks Angling Society 9 Blackmill Road Tel: 0234 711418. , Cambs Tel: 03543 2232. W3 Wyboston Lakes Wyboston Golf and Leisure Centre R2 Redland Aggregates Mr I May Great North Road Fishing Section 5 Hayling Avenue Wyboston Little Paxton, Cambs Beds Tel: 0480 212059. Tel: 0480 219200. River Gt. Ouse Buckingham to Newport Pagnell

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(n) River Cam Downstream of Cambridge ANGLING CLUB LIST This section of the River Cam flows downstream of Key Cambridge for approximately thirteen miles (21km) to its for Club confluence with the Ely Ouse near . A recent map Name Contact fisheries population survey undertaken by the NRA indicates the River Cam to be an excellent fishery, B1 Benwick Angling Club Mr C Onyett dominated by roach and pike. Anglers over the past two 82 Ramsey Road seasons have seen particularly good sport with best catches Ramsey Forty Foot invariably found in the section between Baitsbite Nr Huntingdon and Clayhithe Bridge. The Lock area is also Tel: 0487 814671. worth a visit. B2 Blacksmiths Arms Mr M A Burrows Angling Club 6 Sachwood Avenue Ely Ouse River Emneth, . The Ely Ouse begins near Stretham where the Rivers Cam Cl Cambridge Albion Mr D Turpin and Old West meet and continues for approximately Angling Society 79 Kings Hedges Road nineteen miles (30km) to Denver where it joins the Tidal Cambridge CB4 23D River Great Ouse. A recent fisheries survey indicates the Tel: 0223 425032. Ely Ouse to be an excellent fishery, dominated by roach and common bream. The best angling catches in recent C2 Cambridge Fish Mr G Tweed years have come from the areas around Ely and also Ten Preservation and 27A Villa Road Mile Bank. Angling Society Impington, Cambridge Tel: 0223 234616. The Middle Level System C3 Chatteris Working Men’s Mr B Kightley Old Club and Institute Ltd 18 West Street, Chatteris Twenty Foot Drain Well Creek Tel: 0354 32015. Sixteen Foot Drain Yaxley Lode Middle Level Main Drain Kings Dyke C4 Coopers Angling Club Mr J Dickens Pophams Eau Dyke 2 Road, Ely Bevills Leam Monks Lode Tel: 0353 663398. Twenty Foot River Great Raveley Drain The Middle Level system consists of a network of thirteen El Ely Beet Sports and Mr RJ Oakman major drains in the Fenland, covering a Social Club 15 Berry Close distance of approximately eighty miles (130km). The most Stretham, Cambs recent survey indicates a good fishery, dominated by Tel: 0353 649451. roach, common bream and pike. The enormous area covered by the Middle Level system means good angling FI Five Bells Angling Club Mrs S J Archer catches tend to depend on finding the whereabouts of 6 Glenfield Close shoals of roach and common bream, particularly when Outwell, Wisbech winter fishing. Cambs Tel: 0945 772694.

The Bedford Levels System HI Histon and District Mr C Dodd Angling Club 11 Rockmill End River Delph Counterwash Drain Willingham, Cambs Hundred Foot River Tel: 0954 60365. The Bedford Levels system consists of three rivers beginning at Earith and running parallel for approximately H2 Holme and District Mr K Burt twenty miles (32km) to Denver. The most recent fisheries Angling Association 55 Windsor Road survey on the Old Bedford Rivers indicated an excellent Yaxley overall fishery, dominated by roach and common bream. Peterborough The best angling catches in recent years have come from Tel: 0733 241119. the areas at and . The Hundred Foot river is not routinely monitored by II Angling Society Mr A F W Mayes the NRA because of its tidal nature and is only fished for 88 Churchill Avenue approximately half its length. The Earith end is, however, Newmarket, Suffolk. a noted summer fishery. Tel: 0638 662665. Key Key for C lub for Club m ap N am e C ontact map Name Contact K1 Kings Lynn Mr R Grief W2 Angling Club Mr H Reynolds Angling Association 67 Peckover Way 3 Crosskeys Court South Wooton , Cambs Kings Lynn Tel: 0223 351696. Tel: 0553 671545. W3 Well Creek Trust Mr C Brown LI Angling Club MrJ Shelsher Pamolin 8 Victoria Street Wisbech Road Littleport Outwell, Cambs Ely, Cambs Tel: 0945 773342. Tel: 0353 860787. W4 Welney Angling Club Mr P H Redman The Post Office Stores L2 London Angling Mrs Ellis Welney Association Forrest Hall Wisbech PE14 9RA Hervey Park Road Tel: 0354 71201. Walthamstow London E17 6LT W5 Whittlesey Angling Mr R Palmer Tel: 081-520 7477. Association 11 Crescent Close Whittlesey M l Manea Angling Club Mr R Dent Peterborough 1 Lynford Cottages Tel: 0733 351037. Fodder Fen, Manea Cambs PE15 0HH W6 Wildfowl Trust Tel: 0354 78411.

M2 March Working Men’s Mr R Fitzjohn Angling Club 43 North Street W7 Wisbech and District Mr B Lakey March, Cambs PE15 8LS Angling Association 28 Hill Street Tel: 0354 53223. Wisbech, Cambs Tel: 0945 585278. PI Peterborough and District Mr M Yates Angling Club 75 Lawn Avenue Y1 Yaxley Angling Club Mr K Burt Dogsthorpe 55 Windsor Road Peterborough PEI 3RA Yaxley Tel: 0733 67952. Peterborough Tel: 0733 241119. P2 Prince Albert Mr R Fitch Angling Club 54 Dunstan Street, Ely Tel: 0353 666047. FREE FISHING R1 Ramsey and District Mr P E Aldred Ely Ouse (Ely) East Cambs District Council Angling Society 9 Blackmill Road Tel: 0353 665555 Chatteris Tel: 0354 32232. River Old Nene (March) Council Tel: 0354 54321 SI Mr N Roberts Angling Club 55 St Marys Road River Cam (Cambridge) River Cam Conservancy Tel: 0223 860484 Tel: 0223 836773.

S2 Sutton Angling Club Mr M Day

W1 Walton Highway Mr C Coulson Angling Club 270 Elm Low Road Wisbech, Cambs. Old West River M n River Cam Downstream of Cambridge

Swaffham Bulbeck Lode

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ADVISORY COMMITTEES Three Area Fisheries Advisory Committees serve the Anglian region of the NRA. They provide a direct link between anglers and the regional organisation. The Committees are consulted on a wide variety of policy and local fisheries matters and are represented on the main Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee, a statutory committee of the NRA. Local Advisory Committee representatives for the Great Ouse area are: Mr C J Clare (Chairman) Mr K Ball (Vice Chairman) 1 Mount Pleasant Road 48 Little Linford Lane Wisbech Newport Pagnell Cambs PE13 3NF. Bucks MK16 8DL.

POLLUTION Anglers who see any pollution or notice dead fish on the Great Ouse system should call or notify the NRA immediately either at the Central Area Office, Bromholme Lane, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs (Tel: 0480 414581) or Regional Headquarters, Kingfisher House, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough PE2 OZR where there is a 24 hour call facility (Tel: 0733 371811).

LEAD WEIGHTS

REMEMBER — It is ILLEGAL to sell or use lead weights of greater than 0.06 grams and less than, or equal to, 28.35 grams. Maximum penalty for illegal use is £1,000.

BEWARE OF POWER LINES Overhead power lines are extremely dangerous. Please check before choosing where to fish and do not take unnecessary risks. The National Rivers Authority Guardians of the Water Environment As Europe’s leading environmental and protection agency the National Rivers Authority is responsible for a wide range of regulatory and statutory duties connected with the water environment. Created in 1989 under the Water Act it comprises a national policy body co-ordinating the activities of 10 regions in and Wales. The main functions of the NRA are: Water resources the planning of resources to meet the water needs of the country; licensing companies, organisations and individuals to abstract water; and monitoring the licences. Environmental quality and maintaining and improving water quality in Pollution Control rivers, estuaries and coastal seas; granting consents for discharges to the water environment; monitoring water quality; pollution control. defence the general supervision of flood defences; the carrying out of works on main rivers; sea defences. Fisheries — the maintenance, improvement and develop­ ment of fisheries in inland waters including licensing, re-stocking and enforcement functions. Conservation — furthering the conservation of the water environment and protecting its amenity. Navigation and Recreation — navigation responsibilities in three regions — Anglian, Southern and Thames and the pro­ vision and maintenance of recreational facilities on rivers and waters under its control. En v ir o n m e n t Ag e n c y

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