Important message about litter

Some members are leaving litter behind after fishing.

Most worrying has been line discarded, including entire pole rigs. These are dangerous to birds which can become tangled in the line and die as a result.

The Marl Pit is a special fishery because of its natural beauty and wildlife. The club serves to protect that for the entire community. Anyone leaving litter even cigarette ends can expect to be banned from the club with no refund of membership. If you don't like this, the Marl Pit isn't the place for you

Sorry to be so strict but others of us end up clearing up the rubbish left behind. We should not have to do that.

Full rules below:

Swynnerton Youth and Community Angling Club

Rules

The Club is a Community Angling Club with membership open to people from the village of Swynnerton or with family, work or strong community links to the village.

Behaviour

1. Members shall at all times respect the Marl Pit and it's surroundings
2. No member shall engage in anti-social behaviour while fishing or visiting the site or fishing
3. Respect the rights, privacy and peace of others using the Marl Pit
4. Respect the privacy and peace of the Club's neighbours
5. Do not leave any litter or waste (this includes cigarette ends)
6. Do not do anything that may leave the Club open to prosecution or invalidate any insurance policy the club holds
7. No member shall by their actions cause the Club to come into disrepute

Fishing Conduct

     8. Treat all fish and other wildlife with due care and respect
     9. Only barbless hooks may be used
   10. No carp to be kept in keep nets
   11. Use appropriate tackle for the species in the Marl Pit
   12. Boats may only be used with the agreement of the Chairman, Secretary or leaseholder
   13. No dogs are permitted while fishing

Guests and Young Members

   14. Members may occasionally invite a guest, however guests must yield their peg to a member if all pegs are occupied.
   15. Anglers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
   16. Although membership for under 18s is free of charge, they must join the club before being permitted to fish

Fees

   17. Membership fees are:
                                                Adult: £20 per year
                                                Child: Free of charge (please see rule 16)

   18. There will be no day tickets as this is a condition of our lease and insurance

Please carry your membership card when fishing

The first Saturday of any month is maintenance day when members will carry out tasks on or around the water. It may not be practical to fish at this time. All members are welcome to help look after the Marl Pit on these occasions. We meet at 10:00 am.


All membership enquiries should be directed to us via  E - Mail

Club Rules

Swynnerton Youth and Community Angling Club

Rules

The Club is a Community Angling Club with membership open to people from the village of Swynnerton or with family, work or strong community links to the village.

Behaviour

1. Members shall at all times respect the Marl Pit and it's surroundings
2. No member shall engage in anti-social behaviour while fishing or visiting the site or fishing
3. Respect the rights, privacy and peace of others using the Marl Pit
4. Respect the privacy and peace of the Club's neighbours
5. Do not leave any litter or waste (this includes cigarette ends)
6. Do not do anything that may leave the Club open to prosecution or invalidate any insurance policy the club holds
7. No member shall by their actions cause the Club to come into disrepute

Fishing Conduct

     8. Treat all fish and other wildlife with due care and respect
     9. Only barbless hooks may be used
   10. No carp to be kept in keep nets
   11. Use appropriate tackle for the species in the Marl Pit
   12. Boats may only be used with the agreement of the Chairman, Secretary or leaseholder
   13. No dogs are permitted while fishing

Guests and Young Members

   14. Members may occasionally invite a guest, however guests must yield their peg to a member if all pegs are occupied.
   15. Anglers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
   16. Although membership for under 18s is free of charge, they must join the club before being permitted to fish

Fees

   17. Membership fees are:
                                                Adult: £20 per year
                                                Child: Free of charge (please see rule 16)

   18. There will be no day tickets as this is a condition of our lease and insurance

Please carry your membership card when fishing

The first Saturday of any month is maintenance day when members will carry out tasks on or around the water. It may not be practical to fish at this time. All members are welcome to help look after the Marl Pit on these occasions. We meet at 10:00 am.

All membership enquiries should be directed to us via  E - Mail

Want to fish at the Marl Pit ??

If you are a member of the local community in Swynnerton, you can join the Angling Club at the Marl Pit. Membership is for a year and costs £20 for adults, and free for under 18s.Please see the club rules on this blog for details

Contact the club for more details by clicking on this link

Yesterday evening

After a tough day driving the laptop around the desk I was feeling wound-up and ready to relieve tension by drowning a few maggots.

Since the weekend I've been preparing maggots in krill powder, following the advice of Match Ace, Jamie Masson they have been into plastic bags with the krill powder, out to breathe, into the bag overnight again and out again into the bait box.

Seeing the weather forecast and knowing my timetable for the rest of the week that was it, now or never for the krilled maggots.

I started fishing at around seven o'clock on peg four. Feeding my maggots, infused with the wonder-powder I was certain that a large, hitherto uncaught tench would be on the bank within minutes. For over an hour I watched my float remain motionless. I tried changing the shotting and started feeding goundbait too in an effort to get fish on my hook.

A few bubbles showed up in the swim where the wonder maggots had landed but still none of the fish showed any interest in the hookbait.

Finally at nine, my patience and the light running short, I picked up all tackle and shifted to the new peg. This time tried and tested groundbait joined the maggots, which I was rapidly losing faith in. Twenty minute later and having  changed to a very light float, I was finally into a 3/4 pond roach. It tried to lose me amongst the lilies in the swim but I kept it high in the water until it finally graced the bottom of my net.

From then fishing was hard but produced some beautifully coloured roach. None were as large or gave me the same short but hard battle in the stems but all were looking very well with pewter flanks and backs almost black.

The final fish of the night did manage to get amongst the lilies and somehow transferred the hook to the stem. I pulled against the stem and the knot broke. It was almost dark and I didn't feel like tying another on in the gloom.

I left very happy that I may have only had a few fish but I had earned them. As for krilled maggots, I'm yet to be convinced. Maybe another day, maybe it's time to try something else.

To contact the club; email here

Get fishing and have fun.



July work party

Every month we meet at the Marl Pit to carry out maintenance, improvements and conservation work. The group meet on the first Saturday of every month at 10.00 am and usually work until lunchtime.

On Saturday 2nd July we shall be concentrating on putting the finishing touches to the new peg, clearing lilies from swims and doing some experimental dredging of the swims using the highly technical equipment of a bucket tied to a rope.

You don't have to be a member of Swynnerton Y.C. Angling Club to join in, so come along if you like. It's a great way to get outdoors and have a little bit of exercise and a laugh.

Starting a new blog for the Marl Pit, Swynnerton

Ages ago one of our members suggested I should start a blog to keep people interested in what goes on at the Marl Pit in Swynnerton. Finally I'm getting around to it. 

To start it off I thought it would be good to post the series of videos that were made in 2009 as part of the original "Pond Project. " (I also thought this might be cooler than me simply writing stuff)

 

I plan to add more updates and information soon, so keep checking in on the Marl Pit blog.