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Lake & swim closures for essential maintenance and repair work.
 

Once again we must remind people posting to our social media that foul language or promoting illegal acts will not be tolerated and your post will be deleted and you will be banned from our social media.

In addition, if you are sending an email to the club, please ensure you type in a subject line, emails received without a subject are automatically deleted and are never seen.

The Chairman & I, would like to express our personal thanks to all whom were involved with stage 1 of the recent ground works at Goose Green.

Thank you
 

Mark Emery - Fishery Manager

The structural work party that was scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd 2019 at Goose Green has been cancelled, all ponds will be open to anglers, with the exception of previously noted and published peg closures (1 - 16 inclusive).

The next planned work party will be tree planting along our boundary in Peacocks Lane, at the current time no date has been set as all we know for a delivery date for the trees is they will be here anytime between now and the 23rd November.

Further details to follow when known, we will give as much notice as we can for the planting, but it may be called at very short notice, nothing we can do about that we are afraid, as the delivery is out of our control.

From close of works today (20-10-2019) pegs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 are CLOSED until April 2020 to allow the area to recover and regenerate after the extensive ground works that have been undertaken.

Anyone found fishing these pegs or in the closed off area during the closure WILL be asked to move.

Please be advised that the planned work that was due to take place on Heron Pond at Goose Green this weekend has been cancelled on safety grounds.

We will rearrange for a later date and advise when the new work dates are known.

All ponds at Goose Green are therefore open to anglers this weekend.

This weekend (12th & 13th October 2019) sees the start of the bank repairs on Heron Pond at Goose Green.
 

Heron & Canada Ponds are CLOSED all weekend, anyone found fishing these ponds will be asked to move.
 

Access to Heron & Canada ponds will be limited to those who are directly involved in the works.
 

Anglers,

If visiting Goose Green on Tuesday 8th October, please can you park on the Kingfisher Pond side of the car park, we have a large delivery arriving during the day and need access to the Wildlife Pond side of the car park so a forklift can operate.

Thank you.

Would members please note that the work party scheduled to take place on 28 & 29 September on Heron Pond at Goose Green has been postponed, next scheduled work party is the 12th & 13th of October.
 

Additional dates will be added shortly

Pulborough AS 2019 Members Survey

Many thanks to our dedicated band of volunteers who turned out for today's work party at Goose Green, the place looks amazing thanks to your hard work, it's appreciated.

Spike - Fishery Manager.

The decision follows a detailed review of the evidence and responses provided to a public consultation which indicate that removing the close season would pose a risk to coarse fish in some locations.

The close season for coarse fishing on rivers was introduced in 1878 and is in force from 15 March to 15 June. It aims to reduce risks to spawning fish caused by angling.

The review also showed that amending the start and end dates of the close season would increase protection for some fish that spawn later but would increase risks for those that spawn early.

Support among anglers for retaining a close season and removing it is finely balanced. The 8 week public consultation received 13,680 responses with 38.8% of anglers supporting retaining the current close season; 9.2% support retaining a close season, but changing the dates to 15 April to 30 June; and 49.8% support removing the close season altogether. 2.2% were undecided or didn’t respond.

The responders were invited to provide evidence to support their view and the Environment Agency has assessed that evidence, alongside other considerations, and determined that there is not a case for changing the current close season.

In addition to the evidence supplied through the consultation, the experience of the Environment Agency’s own fish farm at Calverton has shown that some species, notably Chub and Barbel, form large spawning aggregations that can be very sensitive to disturbance. Where disturbed, spawning females may reabsorb their eggs and defer spawning to the following season rather than spawning elsewhere or later.

Kevin Austin, Deputy Director of Fisheries at the Environment Agency said:

“We are really grateful to the people who took the time to respond to the consultation. We have analysed the many comments from the 13,680 responses to understand the evidence and opinions around the close season. Given the limited further evidence on risks to coarse and other fish stocks, we have decided to retain the close season.”

“We would also like to thank the joint Angling Trust/Institute of Fisheries Management study group for its work to collate, analyse and interpret the available evidence on the close season. This enabled an informed public debate. While the group concluded a more risk-based approach may be possible, our priority is to find the right balance between angling and protecting fish stocks. The current close season is risk-based and maintains protection for the majority of coarse fish.

“We recognise that some anglers will be disappointed in this outcome, while others will welcome it. This reflects a shared passion for fishing.

“We will continue, working with partners, to consider any new information on the close season as and when it becomes available.”

Original article here https://www.gov.uk/government/news/close-season-retained-following-public-consultation

A massive thank you to the band of volunteers who worked incredibly hard today at Goose Green, we couldn't do it without you.
 

Spike.

Due to the warm weather and subsequent reduced Do2 levels in the ponds, we have taken the decision to temporarily ban the use of keepnets/carp sacks on all club lakes & ponds with immediate effect.

Keepnets may still used in bona fide club matches as detailed on the fixture list, if it's not on the fixture list, the answer is "no you can't".

Instagram - Centenary Fun Day Photos

Facebook - Centenary Funday Photos

Centenary-Social Fishing Day - Mini Match.

I will be running a mini match as part of this event. The draw will be at 8am, fish 9-12am. Contact me on 07913908512 to book and for details.

Barry Ginnaw

My thanks to everyone who turned out for today's work party at Goose Green, namely;

Eddie, Allan, Ian, Terry, Dudley, Nick, Barry R, Ant, Tim, Paul, Mike and Lee.
 

The work you undertook today looks amazing and will certainly alleviate some of the muddier areas next winter.
 

Our thanks to everyone who turned out for today's work party at Goose Green, namely;

Ant, Allan, Ian, Terry, Mark T, Graham S, Glen, Tim, Doug, Barry R, Dudley and Eddie.

Sorry i couldn't make it today, had every intention of being there, but was too unwell to attend im afraid.

Club Chairman, Steve Moulding, resigned from his position at the AGM after 8 years in the role.

The committee and members wish to thank Steve for his work and dedication over the past 8 years as chairman and also the work he has done with the juniors over the years.

Paul Hazeldine was elected at the AGM as Chairman.

Visitors to Goose Green over the past week will not have failed to notice the construction of a new rain shelter in the car park.

We would like to thank Paul Holden for donating his time, labour and expertise to the club in constructing the shelter.

We have set up a YouTube account, its very much in it's infancy at the moment, but over time as we add video's it will hopefully turn into a powerful resource about our fisheries.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi0xT2ncmj61tFbRvfu5-Q

***UPDATE 22 Feb 2019***

Net found and owner contacted, our thanks to Paul Holden who found it this morning.

*** LOST ***

Landing net head lost at Goose Green today in the car park by Tench Pond path.

Should anyone find this, please get in touch with us and we will put you in touch with the rightful owner.
 

From 1st April 2019, braided lines, both reel and hook lengths, are banned at Goose Green.

Your chance to have your say about the future of the close season on Rivers. Consultation closes on 11th March 2019.

https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/fisheries/consultation-on-the-review-of-the-close-season/

May we remind members that per our rules you ARE NOT PERMITTED to cut down any trees or vegetation and to do so risks you losing your membership, today we found a number of trees between pegs 18 - 21 that have been cut very recently and left with high stumps.

We will not let all the hard work of our volunteers who work tirelessly to keep the fishery looking nice to be destroyed by a few idiots who feel the rules do not apply to them, well to these idiots we simply say the rules DO apply to you and they will be enforced, we therefore suggest that you read & inwardly digest them.

If our rules are too difficult for you or you feel they do not apply to you, then with respect, we suggest you find an alternative angling club to join as we do not vandals and litter louts in our club.

An excellent turn out for the work party at Goose Green today, i had hoped to attend for a short while today, but unfortunately my health situation decided otherwise.

My personal thanks go to the following members for helping to maintain the fishery;
 

Ant, Allan, Eddie (also for the photo's), Barry R, Paul, Terry, Mike R, Dudley, Ian, Charles, Lewis & Martin.
 

Members.

You will have by now or will shortly receive your newsletter and membership renewal reminder.

When sending in your completed membership application, would you please ensure that you have completed the data protection (GDPR) section of the application, this is vitally important if you wish to receive club communications, if we do not receive your signed consent, you wont get a newsletter/membership reminder next year.

We are pleased to advise that we have opened a twitter account, you can follow us here  https://twitter.com/pasfishing and/or tweet us on @pasfishing

Following last evenings committee meeting, we are pleased to announce the winner of our logo competition that we launched earlier this year, where we asked you to redesign our logo with next years centenary in mind.

The winning entry comes from Paul & David Hazeldine and will be incorporated into our website, Facebook page, membership cards etc in time for our centenary membership year in 2019.

Thanks to all who entered.