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Blunts Mere CM9 6QX
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A Chelmsford Angling Association Venue
Blunts Mere, Ulting - Drive to Crouchmans Farm Lane, Ulting from Hatfield Peverel. Turn left on to a track
before Ulting Wick Garden
or from the south drive past Hoe Mill Lock. Turn right at the end of The Causeway past Ulting Wick Garden and turn right onto a track.
Proceed to the end of the track to a car park and gate to Blunts Mere.
Blunts Mere at 2.7 acres is a picturesque mature gravel pit set in the Ulting Countryside. Mirror carp to 30 lb,with a good head of Carp averaging 10 - 20 lbs. Tench are also present. Bag's of Rudd, Roach and perch make this a great venue for the pleasure angler. The odd crucian carp to 2 lb and crucian hybrids to 5 lbs.
With depths ranging from 3 - 14 ft and an average of 7ft, all methods will produce and simple baits such as sweetcorn pellet & meat will catch both good bags and specimens alike.
Chelmsford Angling Association Blunts Mere
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Bog Grove - CM9 8NL
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A Maldon Angling Society Venue
Take the B1022 from Maldon towards Colchester and as you enter Great Totham village, turn right down the track adjacent to the first house on the right. Proceed down the track for 150 yards and bear left into the carpark.
Bog Grove is a man made reservoir of approximately 3 acres with 26 swims averaging 11 foot in depth. Stocked with small carp, tench, crucian, rudd, roach, ide, gudgeon, ruffe and eels.
Bog Grove - Maldon Angling Society
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Brookhall - CO5 0RJ
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A Colchester Angling Preservation Society water
Take the B1023 from Tiptree towards Tolleshunt Knights on approaching the village bear left onto Brook Road approx 200yds further track on left leads down to lake.
Parking : Through gate at end of lane.
Heavily stocked 4 acre lake with 50 pegs set in picturesque Essex countryside near the village of Tiptree. Tremendous head of Carp to 29lb. Many Carp average between 6lb and 15lb, with Bream to 7lb and Tench to 8lb. Roach are plentiful and fish to 1lb are possible along with some large Perch.
Match record currently stands at 191lbs with pleasure catches exceeding 100lb regularly. In Oct 2020 300lb of bream were moved from Layer to Brookhall.
Margin fishing is a popular method in the summer. Fishing at around 8m on the bottom becomes effective in the cooler months. Pellets, paste and bread work well, as does sweetcorn and meat baits. Fishing maggots in the summer will bring regular bites from the Roach.
Brookhall Lake | Tiptree | CAPS
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Heron Hall - CM9 8TU
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A Maldon Angling Society Venue
Go through the village of Tolleshunt Major heading towards Tolleshunt D'Arcy. Go round the double bend at the bottom of the hill and continue up Beckingham Road. At the top of the hill, about half a mile before reaching Tolleshunt D'Arcy, the entrance to the fishery is on the left hand side of the road. There is a rough lay-by opposite.
Once through the gate, turn immediately left and follow the track to the parking area. The lake is about a 100 yard walk from the car park.
Cars are not to go beyond the area marked red (shown on the picture on the left) and then walk along the track marked blue.
Heron Hall is approximately 4 acres with an island and a depth up to 14 feet. Features include reed beds, lily pads and overhanging trees. Stocked with carp to 20lb, Tench, Roach, Bream, Perch, Rudd, Ide and a few Grass Carp
Heron Hall - Maldon Angling Society
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Layer Marney 2 & 3 - CO5 9UF
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A Kelvedon District Angling Association Venue
From the junction of the B1023 and the B1022 in Tiptree, take the B1022 out of Tiptree towards Colchester for approximately 1.25 miles. Go past the turning to the left sign poster to Messing and turn right into a narrow road, Hayes Green Road. After approximately 0.25 miles, turn right into the entrance of Haynes Green Farm. Follow the "Kelvedon District Angling Association" signs around the farm buildings and down the farm track. At the bottom of the track, turn right.
Please drive very slowly and quietly from the road to the water.
There is a carpark located at the top of the second reservoir and another one between the second and third reservoirs. Meeting point will be to the right of the third reservoir.
The three reservoir complex at Layer Marney has seen a massive infusion of fish in recent years as part of the clubs policy to create a good general fishery. The fish have thrived in these very fertile waters and now offer match and pleasure anglers consistently good sport throughout the season. Roach, rudd, crucian carp, bream, tench, common and mirror carp are present. The third reservoir has high carp and roach stocks.
Three very good waters where double figure bags are common and the larger carp that run to just over 30 lbs
Layer Marney Complex - Kelvedon District Angling Association
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Olivers - CM8 3LJ
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A Colchester Angling Preservation Society water
From Colchester take the A12 towards London leaving at the Witham exit. Continue until you reach a crossroads with traffic lights before turning left. Follow this road for 400 mtrs going straight on at the two small roundabouts, you will then come to a T junction by Tesco's. Turn Left towards Maldon. Follow this road beneath the A12 flyover, through a series of bends past Olivers Nurseries and continue along for about 400 mtrs of straight road. Turn left down a track signposted James Cooke Wood and proceed straight on past the car park for the Wood to the the entrance to the fishery..
A lake of 4 acres set in open countryside near Witham, and Hatfield Peverel. The lake is a general fishery with a high stocking density of fish of varied species including Bream, Tench, Crucians, Roach, Rudd and Ghost Carp. Also present are many Carp with the average fish into double figures and a couple of 20's as a bonus.
CAPS removed the catfish in 2009, 45 VS Carp were stocked in Jan 2021
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Pebmarsh Lake - CO9 2NJ
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The lake is situated in the centre of Pebmarsh village, approximately three miles from Halstead. Access is via the lane opposite the Kings Head public house after approximately half a mile turn right into the car park, and please park on the right hand side. Walk along the left-hand bank past the island, you will find peg one. This is the shallow end of the lake and produces well in the warmer months.
Species Carp ( Mirror, Common and Crucian ) Roach Rudd, Tench and Bream. Method All methods work well here, ledgering is popular for the larger fish although this is a beautiful lake to float fish. Fish are generally evenly spread and don’t forget the margins. Bait Maggot, caster, bread, corn, worm, paste etc. …
Pebmarsh Lake – colnesanglingsociety.co.uk
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Seabrooks Reservoir - CM3 1PQ
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A Kelvedon DIstrict Angling Association Venue
From Braintree, take the A131 Chelmsford Road past the Essex show ground and on to the next roundabout. take the exit signposted Seabrooks Farm then turn right and left into Church Lane.
From Chelmsford, take the A131 Braintree Road to the roundabout and pickup the Seabrooks Farm signed exit as above. Continue along Church Lane and turn left just before the church onto a dirt track
A well established water, located in Leighs just outside Chelmsford, of over 5 acres and holding common and mirror carp, roach,rudd, crucial carp and tench.The large head of carp in the low double range make the water a relatively easy carp water with the chance of fish to over 20lbs.
The carp respond well to all baits and surface fishing is oarticularly successful. The water is also a good general fishery with a large volume of roach and rudd up to 2lbs, small carp and tench.
Meat, sweetcorn, pellet and paste will tempt the smaller carp and larger roach and rudd. Maggots will catch smallroach and rudd. Casters fished over hemp in the late autumn can result in bags of the larger roach.
Seabrook’s Reservoir - Kelvedon District Angling Association
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Slough House - CM9 8JA
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A Maldon Angling Society water
Take the B1022 from Maldon to Colchester and just before leaving Heybridge turn right into Scraley Road. After approx. half a mile find the fishery and car park on the right hand side opposite Slough House Farm.
The water contains Carp from all sizes to upper twenties along with good sized Roach, Perch and Rudd to occupy float and feeder anglers. There are also a Tench to 6lb+ and Skimmers up to the occasional big Bream to over 8lb along with some Eels to around 4lb. You may even be lucky enough to bump into some exceptionally large Ide. The last few remaining remnants of a stocking in the early 2010’s, but they come out to over 4lb! There’s also the odd “Crucian” type fish to around 3lb. These are not genuine Crucian Carp. Recent nettings have revealed a small stock of Pike to which the club had no knowledge of!
The water is a firm favourite amongst all types of angler, as it has good sized Carp, regularly produces good match weights (mainly of silvers) and pleasure bags of all species can regularly top 50lb+ It is also a water where the Carp anglers can tend to expect a few runs in a session.
Slough House can get very windy as it is fairly open and surrounded by flat land. The fish often follow the wind.
Defined by the club as a mixed fishery because of its popularity with all parties, although it does tend to have a bias towards Carp anglers.
Slough House Farm - Maldon Angling Society
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River Stour - CO4 5QA
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A Colchester Piscatorial Society water
Near Low Lift Cottage, Langham - situated between Stratford St Mary and Boxted
At the triangle junction on the right between Dedham Road and Whalebone Corner, Langham just past Langham Hall, take the lane New Road north that leads into Low Lift Cottage Road as far as you can go, until you reach a footbridge over the River Stour. A pumping station can be seen on the left. Park just before the footbridge making sure not to block anyone in. Access to the Colchester Piscatorial Society river stretches is on the right.
We will be fishing the Essex side of the river. Roach, Dace, Bream, Perch, Chub and Pike, with the occasional Trout showing.
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Bounds Farm - Goldhanger CM9 8BQ
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A Police fishing club venue.
A track on the east side of the B1026 Heybridge to Goldhanger road nearly opposite Cobbs Farm. An ACI coaching sign will be placed at the entrance to the track.
A farm reservoir, stocked with bream, tench, roach, carp and perch
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River Stour - Stratford St Mary - CO7 6JR
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A Colchester Piscatorial Society Venue
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The River Stour in Stratford St Mary - Essex Bank Only - Superb fishing along this stretch of the River Stour. Upstream to Low Lift and downstream to Stratford Mill Pool. Carp, Bream, Roach, Dace, Pike, Perch, Barbel, & Chub, plus the occasional Trout showing. Access river stretch over footbridge in Lower Street (marked red on the map to the side), Stratford St Mary opposite Mill House. Car Parking on the public road where permissible (marked blue on the map to the side where possible).
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