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Reduced Membership TariffAnyone wishing to join the association for the remaining season - running to 31st May 2012 can do so at a reduced rate:
| Standard Membership | £20 |
| Concessions | £10 |
| Juniors | £5 |
This reduced membership is only available at
Londis, 41 Nelson Street,
or by post to the
Membership Secretary,PO Box 4012, Buckingham.
MK18 1ZR or
by contacting the treasurer at info@bdaafishing.org.uk
This will allow fishing at Woodfields, the Middle and Little lakes at Hyde Lane to the 31st May 2012 and fishing on the rivers to 14th March 2012. Pike Fishing is only allowed on the lakes until 31st March 2012. New card required from 1st June 2012.
Note - Fishing on the Big Lake at Hyde Lane is still restricted to the Special Ticket holders with the exception of those members that have paid the Pike Supplement.
Good News - for Hyde Lane Middle Lake
Early in December 2011 - 110 new carp (average weight 4lb) were introduced to the Middle Lake at Hyde Lane - this is part of our on-going re-stocking policy for the venue. Pictures below:-
Current Pike Match Fixtures at Hyde Lane
Sun 29 Jan 2012 - Club Rover Pike Match
Sun 26 Feb 2012 - Trevor Fenables Pike Plaque Rover
Sun 11 Mar 2012 - ACA Open,Alf Linford Memorial Cup
All matches - Draw 07.30am
Note: the ACA Open & Alf Linford memorial match was originally scheduled for Sun 4th March has been moved to the 11th March 2012.
This page will be kept updated - so please check back a few days prior to each match to confirm venue and times.
Mugs Mug Winner
Pictured below is John Harris winner of the Mugs Mug 2011 being presented with the trophy by Pete Williams.
The Mugs Mug is an annual match fished mainly by committee members. In addition vice-presidents, members who have attended working parties or helped with the Come & Try sessions are also invited to fish - however the trophy goes to the committee member with the highest weight. The best fish of the day was a carp weighing in at 4lb 13oz caught by Derek Paxton. Full results below:-
| Pos | Peg | Name | lb-oz-dr |
| 1 | 18 | Derek Paxton | 10-10-0 |
| 2 | 16 | Jack Robinson | 8-9-0 |
| 3 | 22 | John Harris | 6-12-0 |
| 4 | 17 | Nigel Bidwell | 4-4-0 |
| 5 | 21 | Simon Bumstead | 3-0-0 |
| 6 | 24 | Pete Williams | 1-9-0 |
| 7 | 19 | Walter Davies | DNW |
OAP Tankard Trophy Winner
Pictured below is Jack Robinson winner of the OAP Tankard Trophy 2011 being presented with the trophy by Bernard Lewis.
The OAP Tankard, which was kindly donated by Bernard Lewis in 2003, is fished over three legs every summer
with the aggregated weight taking the trophy. Full results
on the Match Results page.
Junior Open & BBQ
The annual Junior Open Match and BBQ held on Saturday 11th June at Woodfields was a great success with 11 young anglers taking part in the Junior Open match. A very good turnout when compared with previous years. Josh Dowdall, pictured below with Walter Davies receiving his prize, won the match with 3lb 12oz.
The adult match, which went down very well with the members - along with a few burgers, was won by Barry Smith with 7lb 6oz.
Nigel Bidwell, pictured below, was awarded the Chairman's Award for Effort - an honour which is well deserved for his work at making Woodfields such a picturesque venue.
In his closing speech our Chairman, Bernard Lewis, thanked all those that helped make the day
extremely enjoyable. A special thank you went
to Walter Davies and Nigel Bidwell who helped organise the junior match; Pete Williams, our president, and
Jack Robinson
whose culinary skills on the BBQ were very much appreciated and also to Barry Smith - who helped organise the adult match.
See you all next year!
Come & Try Sessions for Local Children - 2012
We will be holding more "Come & Try" sessions at our Woodfields Lake, next year during July. If you wish to reserve a place for your child please email us at:- info@bdaafishing.org.uk
Woodfields - (c) Photograph by John Credland 2008
Two Day Fishing Venture - "Better than Working" Steve Plant, pictured below, recently visited our stretch of the Gt Ouse. Steve came all the way from Preston for his two day visit and landed this fine chub. His account is given below.
"Just to let you know how I went on Monday & Tuesday(7 & 8 March)...Here we go with the excuses but I fancied it was always going to be hard work, but with frosty nights, brilliant sunshine in the day & not a cloud in the sky, & the river as low & clear as I’ve ever seen it in winter, I knew that the perch would be hard work... Knowing that perch chances would be dusk only (from previous trips we’ve always struggled during the day even in better conditions) I decided to prebait a few swims for chub instead (bread mash & cheesepaste), fished about half a dozen swims in rotation on the first day & managed a lovely chub of 5lb 10oz from one of ‘em. Then went to the Twins stretch to try for the perch for a few hours at dusk, Trotted lobs down the edge of the reeds, float fished in a prebaited spot & ledgered under snags etc, no bites whatsoever.
Second day was more or less the same, chub fished during the day, no bites this time during the day but kept a bit of bait trickling in to a few spots, & then tried for the perch again late afternoon..failed miserably for the perch again but had to go back to the chub swim for an hour after dark...first cast on cheesepaste again saw my second chub of the trip in the net, slightly bigger at 5lb 12oz this time... So, a tough trip but 2 nice fish made it worthwhile, and at least I wasn’t in work"
Last Updated 4 February 2012
While talking to John Burgess, pictured above, during an OAP match he mentioned that he still used the Allcocks Aerial reel
which he won while fishing a BDAA junior match back in 1959 at Tilehouse. He was 15 at the time and recalls he won the match with a weight of 4lb 3oz.
If you have any stories or pictures from the past then please let us know by emailing: 
The previous record of 7lb 13 oz has stood since November 1974.
