Rainy weather, but happy anglers! A trio of fish all caught this week from Sharnbrook. Firstly Tom Russell with a great looking mirror carp of 10lbs, secondly James Hoffman with a lovely 15lb common and thirdly Ray Holtum (hope I have the name right! ) with 15lb pike taken on a dead bait. Pike season is truly here…
Guest Permits – Clarification for Vauxhall Members
Only Vauxhall members may apply for a guest permit
They are never sold ‘on the bank’.
You cannot send an online payment through and then immediately take your guest fishing.
You MUST be in possession of the guest permit before fishing any Vauxhall venue.
The member is responsible for ensuring their guest complies with all Vauxhall rules.
No guest permits are issued for Tingrith.
They cost £10 and run for 24 hours.
Please help our bailiffs by not putting them in an awkward position of having to ask your guest to leave……
Congratulations to new member Alex Richardson who caught this lovely 15lb common on his first trip to Sharnbrook…
This weekend from about 4.00pm on Friday October 5th to about noon on Sunday October 7th a branch of the Caravan Club will be using the car park. Please be advised that this will mean there will be les parking space available.
The river open match took place at Kempston with 13 anglers taking part.
Results can be found here.
River Open Matches Results 2018/2019
A meeting was held in June by the Ivel Protection Association to discuss the current state of the river. From this an action plan was created. For those who are interested here’s the email from Graham Palmer (IPA Secretary/Treasurer) and the associated action plan docs.
To all IPA member clubs & IPA Delegates
The June meeting of The Ivel Protection Association discussed the state of The River Ivel and agreed to move forward with an action plan. The article by Graham Inwood distributed to all delegates at the beginning of May called for member clubs to discuss the issues and come back to meetings throughout this year with their considered responses. A copy is attached for reference.
Feedback at the meeting was very positive although not all clubs have had time to fully consider the article. There is ample time for this, the action plan will be an agenda item at all meetings for the foreseeable future, so if your club still wishes to respond please do so. The consensus at this meeting was that the river is in severe long term decline and the IPA should exercise its constitutionally defined role to ‘protect and improve’ the fishing on the river. In particular a vote of thanks went to the committee of Shefford DAA for producing an extensive and well considered document dealing with the issues facing the river environment and some detail proposals for action. A copy is attached for all clubs to discuss and respond. Whilst the IPA welcome ideas and suggestions in writing, your delegates will of course need to be present at future meetings in order to vote on any propositions.
For any plan to succeed it will require effort from individual members of the IPA. This in turn requires communication. For this reason the meeting agreed to add all relevant documents to the IPA website and to create an IPA Facebook page. Member clubs will be asked to add links on their own websites and to help distribute information via their own Facebook groups. The aim is to reach out to all keen river anglers amongst our members and give them the opportunity to assist with The Ivel Action Plan.
Graham Palmer Secretary/ Treasurer
Links to the associated docs.
Action Plan for the IPA (12 June 2018)-1 Shefford DAA
We had a great result today with Vauxhall team coming third overall against a strong field of top teams.
Alex Graham, fishing for Vauxhall, won the match with 11 kilos of roach and dace from the first peg on the shallows.
Congratulations Alex!
As expected all the top weights came from Kempston.
A very good match, Chub to 5lb caught and even a 4lb tench and lots of good roach.
Link to results page here River Open Matches Results 2018/2019
For those that missed it here’s the recent article in the Angling Times about the excellent bream fishing at Sharnbrook.