Sea trout guidance during periods of high water temperature
We are constantly monitoring water temperature with a view to advising anglers on whether it is appropriate to fish for sea trout....
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Permit Secretary
Jun 29
Sea trout fishing re-starts 1/7/2024
The water temperature readings this morning have fallen to 18. We are expecting a warm day today followed by cooler temperatures...
Permit Secretary
Jun 27
Sea trout fishing temporarily suspended from 27/6/2024
Based on our monitoring water temperatures have increased steeply over the past few days. Water temperature over 20 degrees make it...
Permit Secretary
Jun 26
Spinning / lure fishing rules
After several reports from the bailiffs and concerned friends of OAPS it seems that the rules on lure fishing need restating. These rules...
Permit Secretary
Jun 7
Day tickets available for 2024
The committee is pleased to announce that day tickets will be available to non members when the new coarse season starts on June 16th for...
Permit Secretary
May 17
Warm welcome to new OAPS bailiffs
The committee are delighted to have been joined by 2 new bailiffs for the coming season. Jim Page and Callum Brown will be doing the...
Permit Secretary
May 17
2024 New Seasons Preparations
The sea trout season has already started of course and with that in mind OAPS committee members were out in force on Saturday 11th May...
Permit Secretary
Jan 19
Love Our Ouse event at Barcombe Village Hall 27th Jan
Stewart Allum and Mike Deacon will be giving a talk titled "Fish of the Ouse" at the Love Our Ouse event at Barcombe Village Hall on the...
Permit Secretary
Dec 31, 2023
New Year Round Up
Wishing all our permit holders, landowners, farmers and friends a very happy New Year and successful 2024. Love Our Ouse: A date for your...
Permit Secretary
Dec 31, 2023
Car Parking at the Anchor Sluice
OAPS now has a dedicated car park approx 50m up the road from Keepers Cottages and the disused railway, on the left if you are facing...
Permit Secretary
Oct 6, 2023
Caution required at Cowlease
Thanks to Stewart Allum for reporting that a section of bank has fallen away just down stream of our access point at Cowlease Farm. The...
Permit Secretary
Oct 6, 2023
Pike fishing resumes 1st October
Confirmation that pike fishing resumes for both dead bait and spinning on the 1st October this year. The committee would like to take...
Permit Secretary
Aug 31, 2023
Bankside Report - Coarse
A wet day at the tail end of the holiday season, so an ideal time to round some of the coarse action on the Ouse for the summer period....
Permit Secretary
Aug 7, 2023
OAPS - Nature Watch
I was delighted when friend of the OAPS, perch enthusiast and nature fan Nick Allen got in touch with this video of a pair of sea...
Permit Secretary
Aug 5, 2023
Bankside Report - Sea Trout
What a difference to this time last year when we'd suspended sea trout fishing due to the drought. Not ideal for beach holidays at the...
Permit Secretary
Jun 16, 2023
June 16th 2023 Opening Day
The committee would like to take the opportunity to wish all our permit holders the best of luck for the coming season. We will be...
Permit Secretary
Apr 13, 2023
‘Wild Food’ on the Society’s Fishery
A landowner has previously told the Society that he found evidence that ‘wild’ food has been removed from land he owns. This is a...
Permit Secretary
Apr 13, 2023
The Society’s Car Park at Barcombe Mills
The Society’s car park at the Mills is accessed through a combination padlocked gate to provide adequate parking space for permit...
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