Newsline & Info for 2014 -’15 Society of Responsible Anglers Founded in 1970

Newsline & Info for 2014 -’15 Society of Responsible Anglers Founded in 1970

MILTON KEYNES Angling Association 12 pages of news newsline & info For 2014 -’15 Society of responsible anglers founded in 1970. Members of the Angling Trust and UOFCA OH HAPPY DAYS! Roach over a pound JUST some of the fish keeping MKAA members happy (left to right) G Over 1/3 tonne of fish going into canal going into the cut! G Danny Doyle & 20-9 Lodge ‘ghostie’ Connor Godfrey, aged 9, & 2-8 Tear Drops’ perch on whip Like so many fish in MKAA waters - WILLEN’S carp just keep getting... BIGGER AND BIGGER! At 43lb Dean Seath’s ZANDER MENACE – pg 4 This 43 is Willen’s Willen whacker is the largest Invasive alien species threatening officially reported from the the local canal and rivers – and best. So far... lake. But there are bigger what’s being done about it. ones yet to be landed BITING BACK – pg 8 listening in the camera flash How to deal with the irresponsible Dean Seath’s Willen common dog owners who can spoil life on Glooks every ounce of the 43lb the banks it pulled the scales round to. LOCAL LAD’s TOP JOB – pg 10 It was the latest in a string of captures which Former MKAA officer now leading The Tenchfishers had seen the water’s – and MKAA’s – record creep up from 39-10 (Sam Willis) to its new ‘FURZTON’ FESTIVAL –p 12 high over a period of 12 months. Carp match back for this year’s annual Willen Hospice fund-raiser But while Dean’s fish had yet to be beaten at the time of going to press, a number of significantly larger fish (some mirrors) have been seen in WILLEN: DRONE’s EYE VIEW Willen. See Willen as you will probably Dean is used to fishing all-year-round and never have seen it before. coming up with the goods. For the best seat in the house go to In the space of little more than a year he had https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LkA3i8_lNy8 ALSO landed – among other other good fish: A local man used a ‘flying camera’ He’s a STAR! A 31-8 winter common from Teardops to put the 5 minute clip on A 9-2 tench from Caldecotte YouTube. Great for spotting gaps Matchman Michael Buchwalder A 12-13 bream from Willen in the weed. Larger, missile-carrying, military has good reason to punch the air A Top Man on the banks is Dean. – the former MKAA junior is about versions are called ‘drones’. Could to trouser £5,000! Willen may have moved firmly to the front of be great for deterring rule MKAA’s big carp stakes, but it would be breaking, that... Like That was his prize for winning the premature to write off the chances of Furzton or national 2013 Drennan Knock-out Caldecotte bouncing back into the title race. Championship. Furzton’s best reported fish is Mick Dowsett’s NEW MINI FUN FISHERY A whole summer of knock-out 35-8 and Caldecotte’s a 37-13 caught by Neil A new, small, ‘commercial’-style rounds had culminated in a two- Richardson. fun water would have been open day head-to-head against Lee by now but for a failed grant Kerry, on a Worcestershire And, at the rate the ‘supa carp’ MKAA stocked application. Watch MKAA website into Bradwell a while back are growing, that water ‘commercial’, in which ‘our lad’ & local tackle shops for progress I floored the bookies’ favourite. could be a contender, too, in a few years time. Great picture by on-the-spot MKAA If you haven’t done so, why not give them a committee man John Hewison I crack? All four fantastic waters are available on day and season tickets I MKAA: Want to know more - or BUY ON-LINE? Call 01908 270000 / 07759 129800 / visit www.mkaa.co.uk / see facebook Newsline 2014/15 Page 2 MILTON KEYNES AA... Lodge Lake It can be all things to all people ne of MKAA’s longer-established It can, on the right day, give you a net-full of Ofisheries, Lodge is deservedly roach (an Angling Times league final a No Monday popular among match and specimen couple of seasons back saw numerous morning blues anglers alike. double-figure roach nets caught by those for Daniel Doyle – who kicked off And it is a firm favourite for many leisure who knew how to fish it – on both match day and in practice). his week with anglers too, especially those happiest never this 20-9 Lodge knowing what they might hook into next. This July Ernie Sattler won an MKAA ‘ghostie’ match there with 30-4-4 of redfins. Maver MK Photo by bailiff Its heaviest recorded matchweight is matchgroup’s Ian Pledger Pete Patton 142lb! Don’t expect to do that with part of a everyday. The shoals are notoriously 57-6 catch nomadic...but well worth trying for! Or it could be a near 30lb carp, a slab-sized bream, or a hard fighting tench. On other days it can be gudgeon, big perch or crucians...or a so-called ‘exotic’. A cracking fun fishery, it is also an ‘all-weather water’ and has produced many carp topping 20lb in the depths of winter I Loads more fish for Lodge – this time FISHING LODGE NO parking on the H4 verge, and no night fishing UNLESS you are in the courtesy of the Fishing is from more than 40 Environment Night Syndicate – see below Wolverton Mill permanent pegs. Depths vary between 2 Agency and 18 feet. Most baits work at some G In recent years MKAA has, as part of olverton Mill is two tiny stormwater lakes with time – and don’t forget the pegs in the routine fishery improvements, added Wjust over a dozen pegs between them. small ‘pond’ where the brook comes in. several hundred crucians, carp, and Open all year, they are heaving with carp of all sizes up They can be great, especially in winter! skimmer bream into Lodge plus – thanks to mid-20s, plus crucians (and, curiously, loads of TWO rods only, traditional close season to the Environment Agency’s fishery gudgeon) which can make it fun for all ages. (March 15 to June 15 inclusive) applies team – more than 5,000 small silverfish I Have fun and keep it simple, this is NOT a multiple rods, bolt rigs and bivvie water I So with the consent of the Dieo FISHING T’MILL Working to help keep fishery in shape Parks Trust, bailiff Ian Pledger Rennie, 7 spent a large part of June 14 No night fishing. The ‘pond’ on the inlet working in the area, and they with a Lodge regular whipping 45 pegs into nice, stream of Lodge – over had cut up the tree and ’Mill No keepnets in the Brian Brooks accessible, shape. mirror interests of fish gets back to towards the badminton dragged it back onto dry land welfare. catching after centre site – can produce within 24 hours of MKAA Thank you Ian. He drinks G fallen tree was cracking catches, reporting the problem. Magners – if anyone is feeling Fishing only allowed I removed from especially in winter. that grateful... from immediate the ‘pond’ Thank you Parks Trust. vicinity of the So it was a disaster for A mild winter and concrete peg markers some regulars when, in warm spring caused a Stay away if you February, burrowing real bankside DON’T have a rod ‘creatures’ toppled a far vegetation growth spurt ...and licence. Wolverton bank tree which fell into around Lodge, and with Mill is the first place the pond and completely Reece the June 16 opening An overgrown Keane EA enforcement blocked a prime swim. day in sight many pegs Lodge peg BEFORE with officers (often an 11 Fortunately the Parks were completely Ian put in best part accompanied by Trust had contractors overgrown. of a day’s work police) check on their numerous ‘anti- dodger’ sweeps of allowed for members of the night syndicate. the city area I Lodge night fishing ban Mindless behaviour by a tiny number of idiots has forced the That is open – NO CHARGE – to anyone with a record of decent Parks Trust (and MKAA as its tenant) to ban night fishing on bankside behaviour. Syndicate members (who carry photo ID) Promote your fishery or club! Lodge for everyone EXCEPT members of a new night MUST commit to bailiffing the water at night on a rota basis. syndicate. Interested? Call 07742 078680 or email [email protected] • Colour brochures • Leaflets • Postcards Ignoring warning after warning, those whose ‘activities’ caused But, PLEASE, wherever you fish with MKAA, if you see loutish • Calendars • Day tickets • Business cards the ban, habitually – seemingly deliberately – continued using anti-social behaviour, please call a bailiff (list on page 11) or, in • Posters • Membership cards • Adverts bankside shrubbery as a midden. extreme cases, the police (101 unless it is an emergency). • Illustrations & maps and much more! Unacceptable in a public park, that brought the association, sport If we don’t banish the idiot minority, bans will be brought in for any printing please contact us and our landlords into disrepute. If caught the culprits will be elsewhere...and next time it might be ALL FISHING (24/7) for a quote or samples permanently banned from all MKAA waters. which gets stopped! YOUR choice. Now fishing between dusk and dawn on Lodge is ONLY Thank you Tel: 01604 820380 e-mail: [email protected] See us on facebook – Like MK15 0SF Section F V11 Tongwell St MK8 9LG x WillenWILLEN NorthNOR V10 Brickhill St Section E MK12 5RB Peace Pagoda If YOU can’t be asked to ✖ landmark P H5H x x xx Section D Take YOUR Rubbish Willen Lake Section C P WillenWILLEN Home – DON’T come to SouthSOUTH P MKAA waters!!! HOTEL H6 H^ Childs Way Newsline 2014/15 Page 3 ...THE VOICE OF ANGLING..

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