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19lb 10oz Astbury Mirror for Carl Sheppard
We've just received this picture of a stunning 19lb 10oz mirror from Astbury Mere, banked by SOTAS member Carl Sheppard.
Jack Bradley with 21lb 4oz Astbury Carp
Jack Bradley has sent in a picture of his first carp of the year from Astbury Mere, which he banked on January 4th in freezing ...
SOTAS Update, February 2013
Astbury Mere A few hardy carp anglers have ventured out onto Astbury. One member reported a mid double over Christmas and one had a ...
SOTAS NEWSLETTER 2012
2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING This year’s AGM was attended by 37 Members. Mick Hann was elected as Treasurer and Trustee; Kevin Edwards and Andy ...
MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2013.
Stoke-On-Trent Angling Society Membership Subscriptions for 2013 will be: Senior £60, Senior Citizen/Lady/Disabled £33, Juvenile age 12/13 on 1st January 2013 £5, age 14/15 on ...
Fishery Update September 2012
Astbury Mere It's been a mixed month on Astbury mere some members are catching on a regularly basis and others are finding it very slow, ...
Fishery Update June 2012
It's been another mixed month at Astbury; when the weather’s been good then fish have been feeding. One member reported fish of 31lb (pictured), 30lb, ...
Astbury Mere Update; May 2012
It’s been a patchy start to the spring on Astbury Mere due to the extreme weather conditions; the end of March saw the mini heat ...
22lb Stanley Reservoir Pike for Matt Owens
Matt Owens has sent us in a lovely picture of a pike he caught at Stanley Reservoir in January. The pike weighed in at an impressive ...
Astbury Rules Reminder
The Society would like to remind members that they must clearly display their car stickers when parking on Astbury Mere County Park car park. Also, members ...
Astbury Season Highlights for Nathan Dixon
Nathan Dixon had a cracking year on Astbury during 2011, and he’s sent us in some images of his favourite captures for the website. ...
Kayak Pike From Rudyard for Glen
Glen Pointon has been in touch about a nice catch from Rudyard. Glen is a new member to the Society this year and on his ...
Dove Barbel for Allan
Allan Fryer has been in touch with a lovely catch report. Allan fished with Alan Price on the Dove at Scropton on the 27th December ...
20lb 9oz Stanley Pike for Kevin
Kevin Grocott sent us in this picture of a lovely pike he caught from Stanley Reservoir recently. The fish weighed in at an impressive 20lb ...
STOKE-ON-TRENT ANGLING SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 2011
GOOD NEWS - NO INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 20122011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThis year’s AGM was attended by 21 Members. Tony Burt was elected Match ...
SOTAS September Update
Brian Banks reports that work on Astbury Mere has been progressing extremely well over recent weeks. The Society has been working hard to dig channels ...
SOTAS August Update
It was another busy month at Astbury with plenty of fish being caught, the best carp reported was a mirror of 32lbs with several mid twenties ...
21lb 4oz Rudyard Pike on the fly for Dru Lunney
John Davy has passed on this picture of a 21lb 4oz pike caught on the Fly by Dru Lunney. The fish was taken whilst boat ...Litter at Astbury
Brian Banks has requested that we remind all members that all litter must be taken home from the venue. It has been observed that some ...
Astbury July Update
Pete Conway sent this picture of a common from Astbury. He had 5 commons in a day session on fathers day, he then returned ...
April Astbury Update
After another bitterly cold winter it was a welcome spell of very warm weather in April and the carp responded to this and started feeding ...
19lb 4oz Stanley Pike
John McDermott has sent us this stunning picture of a Stanley Reservoir pike, which he caught on his first visit to the water. The fish ...
13lb Dove Barbel for Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke has sent us this lovely picture of a 13lb barbel taken on the new Brookhouse Farm stretch of the Dove at Scropton. ...
28lb Rudyard Pike for John Dean
John Dean has sent in a picture of his fantastic pike capture from Rudyard. The fish weighed in at 28lb 6oz and was taken in ...
STOKE-ON-TRENT ANGLING SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 2010
2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThis year’s AGM was attended by 34 Members. Gerry Brookes was elected as Assistant Match Secretary, Mick Hann and Dave Hulme as ...
17lb Astbury Pike for Rob Whiston
Rob Whiston has sent in a picture of a stunning 17lb pike he caught on Astbury Mere in November this year. The fish was caught ...
Astbury Update for October
Brian Banks reports that October was another good month on Astbury Mere, one angler has reported over 60 fish in the month with two thirties ...
Astbury remains on form through August
Brian Banks reports that Astbury has carried on fishing well through August and several members have caught carp in the mid twenty range both mirrors ...
First twenty for Dan Belfield
These are pictures of Dan Belfields new PB from Astury, he's over the moon with it as he's been fishing it for a couple ...
Rudyard result for Rob Hill
New Society member Rob Hill has sent us some images of carp caught from Rudyard on the 7th - 8th august. Rob caught three ...
New Astbury Lake Record at 34lb 6oz
We've just received pictures from Paul Jones showing some of the stunning fish he's been having from the Society's Astbury Mere venue, including the new ...
More Astbury Twenties
Brian Banks has just sent in couple more pictures from Astbury, first is Matt Wilson with a 25-14 mirror, and Brian reports that John ...
SOTAS Match Results
Below you can read the latest batch of match results from Tom Dean Ivan Nixon Cup, Rudyard Lake, 20/06/2010 1. D ...
Astbury Mere Update
Brian Banks reports several more fish coming to the bank at Astbury Mere last week. MW had two carp of 15lb and 26lb both mirrors ...
SOTAS Match Results
Below you can read the latest batch of match results from Tom DeanGordon Critchlow Cup, Stanley Pool, 27/06/20101. D Bosworth 53-4-0 2. A Stevenson 17-8-03. ...
Astbury Upper Double for Sonny
Sonny Cockayne had a nice result on the Society's Astbury Mere venue recently banking this stunning upper double common. ...
Horseshoe Lake Open Day - 3rd July
There will be an open day at Horseshoe Lake on Saturday 3rd July between 10am and 4pm. It should be a great event with lots ...
Astbury mere carp go on a feeding frenzy
After an unconfirmed report of a 38lb common being caught, we can report that a stunning 34lb 06oz mirror was caught on Tuesday morning at ...
SOTAS Match Results
We've just received the latest batch of match results from Tom Dean, some cracking catches on Ellenhall with 1st placed bags averaging just under 30lb, ...
Astbury Mere Update
Brian Banks has forwarded images showing how many of the pegs at Astbury Mere have now been fenced off to improve angling for members. Brian ...
Rigmaster Demonstration on April 15th Angling Evening
Wayne McKenna from Rig Master will be giving a demonstration on using the Rigmaster tool for tying hair rigs on the Thursday 15/4/10. Gary Knowles ...
April 8th Angling Evening Canelled
THE SOT ANGLING EVENING THURSDAY 8TH APRIL HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY 15TH APRIL WITH A TALK ON RIVER FISHING ...
New Member scores on Astbury
We had a nice email in recently from new member Rob Whiston;My name is Rob Whiston I am a new member of SOTAS this year ...
Society Acquires New Stretch of Dove
The Society is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new stretch of the River Dove. The new 2.3 mile stretch it is at Brookhouse ...
Astbury Mere Stocking Confirmed
The Society is pleased to announce the stocking of 102 carp from Furnace Mill Aquaculture into Astbury Mere. The weights of the fish were between ...
Astbury Path Completion
The new footpath around Astbury has now been completed. The path sits behind the immediate perimeter of the lake, and is designed to segregate pedestrians ...
Catfish Evening 11th February 2010
This Thursday sees a Catfish Evening taking place at the Society’s Pioneer Working Mens Club Headquarters in Smallthorne. The talk will be given by respected ...
26lb 8oz Stanley Pike for Matt Goldstraw
The pike fishing on Stanley Pool has been in excellent form over recent weeks with several fish over 20lb reported. Society member Matt Goldstraw was ...
Rudyard Result for John Whalley
Society member John Whalley from Baddeley Green sent us this stunning picture of a 27lb common carp caught at Rudyard 2 weeks ago 27lb 6oz ...
Dove on form for Double Figure barbel
SOTAS Chairman John Davey has been getting amongst the big fish on the Dove recently, taking two fine double figure barbel, but he’s not alone, ...
Brian gets off to a flier on Fauld
Brian Banks reports some excellent sport on the Society’s Fauld stretch of the Dove, taking this stunning looking double on his first visit of the ...
Short Astbury Sessions produce the goods for Simon
Society member Simon Cockitt has been in touch to tell us of his recent results on Astbury Mere. Simon explains “I did my first night ...
Rudyard on form for Pike
John Davey has just sent us some cracking pike images of fish taken in recent weeks. Unfortunately I don’t have any names to add to ...
Calling all Fly Fishermen!
Geoff Beckett has been in touch in order to gauge interest relating to Fly Fishing within SOTAS.- Do you fish for trout, salmon, perch or ...
Rigmarole Tackle Evening
Members are reminded that this Thursday’s Tackle Demonstration evening at SOTAS HQ features a tackle demonstration by Rigmarole.The evening starts at 8pm and members are ...
River Sow provides good sport for Rich Lindop
We’ve just had a nice email from new member Rich Lindop which reads;This is my first year as a member of SOTAS and would just ...
Serious Incident at Knypersley Reservoir
Serious concerns were expressed at last Thursday’s SOTAS general meeting concerning the reported conduct of two of our members using radio controlled boats on Knypersley ...
Astbury Session Brings 26lb Linear for Jase Taylor
Jason Taylor bagged this stunning 26lb linear from Asbury Mere at the weekend, and although not entirely sure, Jase thinks the same fish came out ...Log in
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19lb 10oz Astbury Mirror for Carl Sheppard
We've just received this picture of a stunning 19lb 10oz mirror from Astbury Mere, banked by SOTAS member Carl Sheppard. ...Jack Bradley with 21lb 4oz Astbury Carp
Jack Bradley has sent in a picture of his first carp of the year from Astbury Mere, which he banked on January 4th in freezing ...