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MBL weed clearing done - for the moment
The Mainstream Fisheries team were hard at work on Tuesday with weed clearing and then liming the lake. Hopefully this should help...
Gary Pickard
Jun 131 min read
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Wickham Hall works are done
Apart from a final bit of tidying up the works at Wickham Hall to create a water level path are pretty much completed. There is now a...
Gary Pickard
Jun 61 min read
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MBL closed Tues 10 June
Apologies for the short notice. We have just found out that the fisheries team we have lined up to carry out weed removal work at MBL can...
Gary Pickard
Jun 61 min read
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Work underway at Wickham - update
The work to create a proper path around the lake at water level and some much gentler slopes down is now well underway. The work is going...
Gary Pickard
May 241 min read
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Wickham Hall update
As the newbie to the Club's waters this year has been a year of learning. This is an unusual venue with it being a lot deeper than many...
Gary Pickard
Jan 181 min read
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Events in Jan and Feb - updated
Happy New Year all It is going to be a busy start to the year and there are a couple of the Sunday matches that have needed to be...
Gary Pickard
Jan 61 min read
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Beggars Hall update
This year has seen the work party refreshing most of the swims - adding extensions to some and rebuilding others to help cope with the...
Gary Pickard
Jan 11 min read
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Malcolm Barker update
After a mild winter in 2023/24 MBL, along with many other clear water venues, had an explosion of weed growth. Great for the fish but...
Gary Pickard
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Happy New Year & January Update - updated again
I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Below are a few things happening in January - yes quite a busy month: Sunday 7 Jan - Hall Farm Large...
Gary Pickard
Jan 5, 20241 min read
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Pike season starting 1 Oct
Hi All 1st October is the start of the pike fishing season on our waters (through to 14 March). And the pike in MBL are very active at...
Gary Pickard
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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A Malcolm Barker update
As you will have spotted if you have been at MBL lately a lot of work is happening and a lot more will be going on over the next few...
Gary Pickard
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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What have the Work Party been up to recently?
A key part of the Club is the weekly work party that meets up each Thursday (when not too wet or cold) to put in the background work that...
Gary Pickard
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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February update
Well the waters are ice free but we are still a long way from Spring with the fishing being a little tricky at present. We have a couple...
Gary Pickard
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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Yes all frozen again (Sat 21st)
In case you were wondering the lakes are frozen Malcolm Barker - 1/4 inch or so of ice and may clear in the next day or so - water is...
Gary Pickard
Jan 21, 20231 min read
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A Happy New Year to all
If you are itching to try out some of your Christmas gifts all the Club waters are open River Stort - it has a bit of flow and colour so...
Gary Pickard
Jan 1, 20231 min read
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New gate at Beggars Hall
As there have been a few issues with unauthorised parking our Landlord has installed a gate at the start of the private road leading to...
Gary Pickard
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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August update
Hi All A few things to tell you about for the coming month. This Saturday (30 July) is the annual "His'n'Hers" fun match at Beggars Hall....
Gary Pickard
Jul 26, 20222 min read
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Malcolm Barker update
Hi Further to my previous email/post regarding the fish deaths at MBL, I can now confirm that the problem was "Golden Algae" which...
Gary Pickard
Apr 22, 20221 min read
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A roundup of how our waters have fished in 2021/2
Beggars Hall This lake has again produced some fantastic fishing this year. Carp catches continue to be spectacular in the summer and...
Gary Pickard
Mar 28, 20222 min read
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Malcolm Barker Lake update
Hi All Unfortunately we still have to keep the lake closed as fish mortalities are still occurring on a daily basis. To date we have...
Gary Pickard
Mar 10, 20221 min read
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