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LATEST NEWS for 2010/2011
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The Andrews Stream Restoration Project
Our Hon. Secretary, Dave Brown, writing in the latest newsletter, mentioned that this season would see habitat enhancement/restoration work carried out on the Andrews Stream under a project involving the Sussex Ouse Conservation Society (SOCS) and OAPS.
The main body of this restoration work, some of which is visible from Pike's Bridge (right) both upstream and downstream, was completed on 08 August 2010.
Its progress will be monitored as it matures over the next few years to assess its development and impact.
A detailed description of the work carried out, including photographs, is being prepared and will be added to this site shortly and an information board will be put in place in the Parish Council car park at Barcombe Mills showing what has been done.
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Other news:
*** THE SOCIETY'S ALLOCATION OF SEA TROUT FISHING PERMITS FOR 2010 HAS NOW SOLD OUT. ***
*** PLEASE CHECK BACK AFTER THE END OF OCTOBER FOR NEWS OF SEA TROUT PERMITS FOR 2011 ***
Andrew Woolley, OAPS Permit Secretary - 13 August 2010
Day Tickets are available from all outlets. Please remember that Day Tickets should be bought BEFORE fishing. If you fish our Day Ticket waters and start without buying a Day Ticket first our bailiffs will sell you one on the bank but the price you pay will include a surcharge - it WILL be cheaper to buy your Day Ticket IN ADVANCE.
Fishing on the lower Bevern Stream: The fields here (below the old railway bridge) house horses and, last summer, one had to be rescued from the river at the Mill Pool sluice gates having gone into the Bevern Stream here before working its way downstream as far as it could get. To try and prevent a repetition, the farmer has installed single strand electric fences. Please be aware that, if there ARE horses in the fields, these fences will almost certainly be turned on. If the location of the fences causes any problems, please email the Society.
Non-native (or alien) species in the Sussex Ouse. This is a reminder that there are non-native species, particularly Wels catfish, present in the river and that their capture is covered by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Please click here for details.
PERMITS & DAY TICKETS
THE SOCIETY'S ALLOCATION OF SEA TROUT FISHING PERMITS FOR 2010 HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
PLEASE CHECK BACK AFTER THE END OF OCTOBER FOR NEWS OF SEA TROUT PERMITS FOR 2011
From this year, the Society is issuing two types of Annual Permits both covering the period 01 May to 30 April.
Coarse anglers need the Society’s Annual or Winter Coarse fishing permit, available from all of our usual outlets as in previous years.
Sea Trout anglers need the Society’s Annual Sea Trout permit (which also allows Coarse fishing). This permit is ONLY available from Jim Smith, our head bailiff Details, including an application form, are on the Sea Trout permits page on this site.
Anglers wanting to fish the Mill Pool and surrounding streams during the Sea Trout fishing season (01 May to 31 October) still should buy Pool permit(s). These are ONLY available from Jim Smith for an additional charge, and ONLY to holders of Sea Trout permits.
The Society has also made changes for our younger anglers…
Our ‘Junior’ age range (12 to 16 years) has been replaced with an ‘Under 19s’ age range covering anglers aged 14 to 18 years.
As a result, our upper age limit of 11 years for anglers allowed to fish free when accompanied by an Adult or Senior permit holder or Adult day ticket holder has been increased to 13 years.
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2010/2011 PERMIT PRICES
| Permit type |
Sea Trout |
Coarse |
Winter |
| Adult |
£78.00 |
£68.00 |
£42.00 |
| Senior (60+ yrs) |
£44.00 |
£34.00 |
Not available |
| Under 19s (14 to 18 yrs) |
£27.00 |
£17.00 |
Not available |
Pool permits will be available at £10.00 per rod per day with a maximum of 2 rods available.
(Pool permits are only available to holders of Sea Trout Annual permits.)
Guest permits will be available at £7.50 per Adult guest or £3.75 per Under 19s guest per day for a maximum of 2 guests.
(Guest permits are only available to holders of Adult - including winter - or Senior permits.)
2010/2011 DAY TICKET PRICES
Adult Day Tickets will be available at £7.50 each per day.
Under 19s Day Tickets will be available at £3.75 each per day.
RULE CHANGES
- Over the last couple of seasons some confusion has developed over who is and isn’t allowed to fish the Mill Pool and surrounding streams during the Sea Trout fishing season. In order to make this situation clear, the following new rule will be added by the Society…
“From 01 May to 31 October each year, the Mill Pool and surrounding streams (the area bounded by the circuit of roads from the main Barcombe Mills road to the south, to the old toll road to the north) are reserved SOLELY for Sea Trout anglers who are in possession of the Society’s Sea Trout permit PLUS Pool permit(s) for the day they are fishing.
Any anglers found fishing in this area without the Society’s Pool permit(s) during this period will have their current season’s annual permit withdrawn immediately and be given a lifetime ban from purchasing further permits from the Society.”
- Last season a question was asked about who could purchase guest permits. The guest permit rule has been amended to read as follows…
“A maximum of two guest permits per day are available to any Adult or Senior Annual permit holders and must be purchased in advance from either the Head Bailiff or Permit Secretary – prices for 2010-2011 are £7.50 for adult guests and £3.75 for Under 19s. The guest(s) must be accompanied at all times by the permit holder.”
- The Society needs to restrict the number of anglers who can fish from the field to the south of Barcombe reservoir and the fields bounded by the Andrew’s stream to the south and east. Although it is highly unlikely that these numbers will be reached, the following rules will be added…
“The field to the south of Barcombe reservoir (bordering the main river from the reservoir south to where is joins the Andrew’s Cut, together with the north bank of the Andrew’s Cut): A maximum of 12 anglers to be fishing at any one time.
The fields bounded to the north by the Andrew’s Cut from Andrew’s weir, west to the first gate and to the south and east by Andrew’s Stream: A maximum of 6 anglers to be fishing at any one time.
If either of these maximums have been reached before you arrive, do not fish these areas until numbers allow.”
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Ouse Angling Preservation Society
The Society was formed in 1875, and gives access to coarse and game (mainly sea-trout) fishing on several miles of the River Ouse.
Starting from a point about a mile and a half north of Lewes, our waters consist of most of the west bank of the river through to the limit of the tidal reach at Barcombe Mills (including most of the Hamsey Cut). As well as Barcombe Mills Pool and surrounding streams we control a mile or so above this, and also have a stretch on the east bank by the Anchor Inn, including the weir. In addition to the main river we offer about a mile and a half on the Bevern Stream, from its confluence with the Ouse opposite Barcombe reservoir upstream to a point above Clappers bridge at Barcombe Cross.
The Society shares waters with the Copthorne DAS, giving access to most of the River Ouse between the Anchor Inn and Newick, and some stillwaters in the Copthorne area. Piltdown Pond is available to permit holders for year round fishing under this arrangement.
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