The KD Johnson Memorial Trophy sits on Kenny’s bench, about to be presented to the winner,

A great days fishing was had by all. A little bright and sunny early in the day but with clouds and a slight breeze coming in later conditions were excellent and the lakes fished very well. (more…)

The guage at Witton Park peaked above 1 metre last night, a welcome rise in the river level and great news for the large numbers of fish waiting below Chester-le-Street for water to run.

If the fishing is good please let us know.

The EA July upstream fish counts for the River Wear at Durham show 3464 fish, which is down on last year, but are they accurate? The count for the Tyne at Riding Mill is a record with more than 10,000 fish through the counter. The Tyne has suffered very low water too. (more…)

A quick tip for the summer.

The warm weather may well take you out into open countryside, fishing or for family fun. We do not want to spoil your fun but please be aware of the risk of ticks from deer. These can hang in trees and long plants waiting for a host to pass when they will tranfer to exposed areas.

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Further to the item about Giant Hogweed we are currently not aware of any on our waters though we know it exists further down river.

We do have the native, much smaller Hogweed which does not pose the same dangers but if you become aware of any Giant Hogweed ( and GIANT is the word) be sure to report this to the club and to the EA.

Giant Hogweed has recently been highlighted in the Daily Mail. (more…)

Circumstances beyond our control caused the Dr Chesters Senior Trophy ( sponsored by Anglers Lodge at Jubilee Lakes) to be fished one week late. However we still enjoyed an improved turn out on previous years. We apologise to any angler who intended to fish but was unable to make the re-arranged event. (more…)

The club has now completed stocking for the year with 250 marked fish, these really are excellent fish. These are Triploid (infertile) fish in line with the new EA regulations.

We really need your help now, we need to try to understand the effect of Tripoild fish on our waters. How far they move , up or down river and how long they remain in our waters. From this information we can begin to consider our future stocking policy.

The fish are marked with a black spot (see photo).

BLack Spot identifies our fish.

Please check for this spot when catching these fish, and keep a record of size, when and where caught and let us have this information with your end of season catch return. A form is provided on this site for your convenience.

All information will be helpful. Thank you.

It was previously announced that we had a single winner for this trophy, however some exceptional circumstances have been found which result in the trophy being jointly awarded to Cieran and Seth. (more…)

For the second year running the Junior Competition has needed to be postponed. The river is running very high and coloured.

The date will be re-arranged for either May 17th or 24th, watch this space for more news.