Annual General Meeting
For A Section members, the company AGM will be held on Thursday 11th February 2010, 7.30 pm at the Fairfield Hotel, Fairfield. Nominations for officials or directors and notices of motion for changes in the Rules must be sent to the secretary together with the names of the proposer and seconder not later than 14th January 2010.
Please note that there is currently a vacancy for one director.
Bank Maintenance
Work is required in the Spring to clear banks at the Dovecot Field and below Black Scar Pool at Gainford. Volunteers are urgently required. If you would be willing to help with this work could you please contact the Secretary or by email to stocktonanglers@btinternet.com to have you name added to the list.
The Tees Barrage
The saga of the Tees Barrage continues but with little prospect of major improvements in the short term. British Waterways are now ending the second year of the three year study into the upstream migration of salmonids. The results so far seem to indicate what we already knew, that the fish pass is ineffective and seal predation throughout the estuary is a problem. Other means of encouraging migration are being trialled, use of the boat lock and projected alterations to the canoe slalom by the addition of another fish ladder, and changes to the flow patterns through the slalom.
Fish that have been caught and tagged for the purposes of the study will carry an external yellow tag in addition to the monitoring sensors implanted in the fish. IF YOU CATCH ONE OF THESE FISH IT MUST BE RETURNED ALIVE. The study needs to follow the path of the fish through the river and killing tagged fish impairs the effectiveness of the study. You can remove the yellow tag and claim a £25.00 reward.
Salmon and sea trout anglers: when renewing your subscription could you please let us know of any salmon or sea trout caught on our waters. We need to keep records to monitor the improvement, or otherwise, to the fishing by the actions being taken at the Barrage.
Fishing Seasons
The River Tees close season for the following species of fish are:-
| FISH | FROM | TO |
| Salmon | 1 November | 31 January inclusive |
| Sea Trout | 1 November | 2 April inclusive |
| Trout | 1 October | 21 March inclusive |
| Coarse Fish | 15 March | 15 June inclusive |
Please Note that the use of maggots during the coarse fish close season is forbidden by Environment Agency byelaws.
Last modified January 2010
Stockton Angling Limited takes the threat from poachers very seriously. Our waters are patrolled
regularly by bailiffs and we will prosecute any poachers found on Stockton Angling Limited waters.