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Afternoon all anyone fishing Withy Pool on Wednesday 7th there will be a little bit of noise due to on going work. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

R I P Stuart Knee. The committee heard the sad news recently. Stuart was elected to the committee in 1978 he became Head Bailiff about 1984 to 2024. Stuart was heavily involved with all the projects the club took on. Reinforcing the main-lake dam wall at Hunstrete, creating the first Withy Pool, the restoration of Newton Park lake, the creation of the first Bridge Pool and building the Hunstrete Complex as it is today. Plus swim clearing on the river. Stuart’s health had been declining slowly over the past several years and became less active around the fisheries but still managed the bailiffs. Tight lines Stu.

Notice is given for the Bathampton Angling Association, Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025.
Monday 9th June 2025, 7pm start

Location – Keynsham Royal British Legion.
8 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol. BS31 2AZ.

Should members wish to raise a proposal at the AGM, this must be issued in writing to the Chairman, giving 28 days notice of the AGM. Proposals received within 28 days of the AGM will not be actioned.
Please email proposals to philmorris1944@gmail.com, copied to timcooper965@gmail.com (General Secretary).

Please note. Proposals raised are discussed during the AGM and will be carried to the following Committee meeting for further consideration. No results of any proposal will occur during the AGM.

There are currently no proposals raised by the committee for this AGM.

Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year from all at BAA.
We are all hoping that 2025 will be a much better year and we can start getting some normality back.

We would like to give a HUGE thank you to all of you that have helped us this year. We wouldn’t have got where we are without you. We have achieved a huge amount but still have a lot to do.
Bridge Pool now has fish stocked, with another delivery of fish now expected mid-January (date unknown), where we will be adding more Tench and Ide. I’ll update everyone when we have more detail.
We are now concentrating on Main Lake, any help on Saturday’s or Wednesday’s would be really appreciated. The more help we get, the quicker we get the work done and we can plan fish stocking.

Just a reminder we are now active on Clubmate and have good numbers joining, plus we have been able to get others active memberships where needed.
Please remember you will need an active membership and buy day tickets to fish from tomorrow, 1st January 25, or purchase river and canal day tickets as needed.

Hope to see you on the banks this year.
Thanks, Tim

After a lot of hard work this year, and the amazing work done by a small team of dedicated people, we had a significant milestone today….
1000 Crucian Carp, 500 Tench and 250 Rudd were stocked into Bridge Pool. All 18 months old, of varying sizes, as can be seen in the photos. Plenty of space to grow for a short while.

This is an initial stocking, supplied by the EA Agency from their Calverton Fish Farm. These fish are supplied, funded by revenue from rod licences.
More fish will follow, once these have had time to settle. We will confirm when these will be stocked, and when we can open the lake in the New Year.

Thanks again to all those who have helped us get to this point, it wouldn’t have been possible without you!!

Tim