Exeter & District Angling Association - Club News
Important Notice – Fishing Guides on EDAA Waters
Recently we became aware of an instance where a fishing guide brought paying customers onto our waters but did not hold an EDAA ticket themselves, on the basis that they were “not fishing”.
This situation was discussed by the committee at last night’s meeting, as it raised a number of important concerns.
EDAA is a not-for-profit association, run for the benefit of our members. It was felt that allowing someone to make a commercial profit from access to our waters without being a member themselves was not appropriate.
We also reviewed the terms of our leases and agreements with landowners. These clearly reserve fishing rights for EDAA members only, and do not allow the subletting or assignment of those rights to third parties.
Allowing commercial guiding activities without membership could therefore create both moral and legal complications within the framework of our agreements.
For these reasons, the committee has agreed to introduce a clarification to our rules:
👉 Any independent fishing guide operating on EDAA waters must hold a valid annual EDAA membership in order to access the waters while carrying out their business.
As always, these decisions are made to protect the association, our agreements with landowners, and the interests of our members.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
There has been a white Skoda purporting to be a member of our association fishing along the road to SWW and even parking outside their gate overnight. It would be a real shame if we lost access to the Willows due to the actions of one rogue angler. There is no parking on the approach road at all under any circumstances. We have highlighted this many times. If you see anyone report them to us they are risking your access to the willows. There will be no excuses if we catch any member doing this. Help us help you. We do not want to be creating a post explaining why we have lost access to your Willows Carpark. It's a great asset and one everyone worked really hard to secure. Please dont allow others to ruin it for you!!
Today’s match took place at a cold Fennick ponds. First on the top pond, from peg 1. Alan Crouch weighed 13lb 8ozs. Alan had 6 carp, with silvers. All the carp fell to pellets fished with a method feeder. Second from peg 3, Dave Cave had 9lb 12ozs. Boosting his weight was a carp of 8lb 8ozs. On the bottom pond, from peg 8, Graham Davie weighed 6lb 4 ozs. All silvers caught on pole fished expander pellets. There was a tie for second, both Tony Potter and Barry Westerly with 5lb each. Barry had 2 tench in his catch, whereas Tony had a mixed bag of silvers. Both anglers used pole tactics.
The next match will be on the 8th March at S. Peverell. Book in as usual.
FENNICK Ponds OPEN again.
Beware Heavy Plant is still on site and parking space limited. Plant not expected to be moved until next week. We are asking them not to do it on Wednesday due to Over 55's Match.
If fishing be ready to move cars if asked to for Plant pickup.
Pictures of fish stockings Video in the comments
Exeter & District Angling Association
The E&DAA now controls over 26 miles of fishing in and around the Exeter area, covering canal, ponds and rivers. The Associations aim is to provide low-cost, varied fishing for local anglers
Our membership runs from 1st January to 31st December and we welcome new & returning members of any age.
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