Langport & District Angling Association
June News
It's the new river season!!
The new season started today, Monday 16th June, and you can now fish rivers until next March.
If you've never fished rivers, maybe now's the time to try them. Together with SLAC waters, we can fish about seven miles of the River Parrett from Oath Lock up to Kingsbury Episcopi.
The river's full of fish; roach, dace, bream, perch, chub, tench, carp, rudd and pike. There's even the odd barbel as well!
Season Tickets 2025/2026
The new season tickets are now on sale in the outlets.
Prices are still the same as last year.
The season ticket is valid from 1st June for Combe Lake and 16th June for the River Parrett.
Day ticket prices have been increased this year to £2 for Juniors (up to and including 16 years of age) and £6 for adults.
These are for fishing the River Parrett only and are available from the 16th June.
Eel stocking
The Environment Agency have contacted me to say they are stocking the River Parrett with a consignment of elvers (baby eels) in Langport on Monday 28th April 2025.
Please lock the gate correctly!
Arriving at the lake, I found the padlock had been locked on the handle of the bolt on the gate. So I was able to open the gate without first opening the padlock. Talking to an angler that day, he said he had found exactly the same situation on two occasions the week before. We thought it must be the same person who was locking it incorrectly.
This is a photo of how the padlock should be positioned to ensure the gate can not be opened without first opening the padlock.
Please lock it correctly; this will stop poachers and fish thieves accessing our lake and protect our fishing for our members.
The Close Season has started.....
The River Parrett (and all other rivers) are now closed for three months. We can start fishing the rivers again on Monday 16th June. During the Close Season, you can fish Combe Lake, if you are a Season Ticket holder.
Please take your litter home with you!!
This is just a small part of the litter we found around the lake during the winter.
You may think throwing it into the undergrowth, it won't be found. But when the grass and brambles die back in the winter, all is revealed!
Put you litter in your bag and take it home with you; it's dangerous for wildlife and spoils our environment!
Please Close the gate!!!
This was what I found when I fished at the lake recently. The last angler couldn't be bothered to close the gate when they left. There's signs on the gate telling everyone to close it. Obviously ignored!! I don't know how many days the gate was left open. We know otters patrol around the fence, at times, looking for a way in. Whether one has found its way in through the open gate, we don't know. We'll only know one is in there when we start finding half-eaten carcases of double-figure carp on the banks! Lets hope we don't!!!
Think before you leave! Keep all gates shut at all times! Protect our fish from the otter!
Night fishing on the River Parrett
Following concerns about privacy by a few Oath residents, we ask any members who night fish for carp on the river, not to fish opposite any of the houses in Oath.
New River Season
The new river season has now started and you can fish the River Parrett once more.
If you have never fished a river before, it's worth giving it a try.
There is usually very little flow at this time of year. The river is quite deep, typically up to about 10 feet. The banks can be high above the water although there are sections where the bank is nearly at water level as you can see from the photo above near Combe Lake.
All the usual species can be found in the river including carp and a few barbel.
With a pint of maggots you can soon put a nice net of roach, rudd, perch and skimmers together.
Match Organiser
There is currently a vacancy for a Match Organiser. If anyone is interested in organising matches on the River Parrett, please contact us.
Boilies
An angler was caught recently fishing boilies at Combe Lake. They are not permitted in the lake. If you want to fish with boilies, find a lake somewhere else that allows their use. Please read and comply with all rules in the Season Ticket, otherwise you will be asked to leave the lake.
New Angling Trust Website!
The Angling Trust have created a new website with all sorts of videos and information to entertain us during the coronavirus lockdown.
See www.fishingbuzz.co.uk
Somerset Levels Angling Club (SLAC) Maps
I've put the maps of the SLAC waters on the Club Waters page.
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