Category: Our Waters

A STUNNING RIVER PIKE Our old cheese factory stretch in Ilchester has been fishing well lately and our bailiff Simon landed this stunning fish weighing in at 17lb 12oz, congratulations Simon for a fantastic river pike and many thanks for sending it in …

Ysaa Newsletter February 2025 Dear Member Hope all is well and you have had a good New Year and have been enjoying your fishing NEWS The committee over the last month have been sorting out their action plan for this year and …

YSAA ILCHESTER Our river stretch at Ilchester is proving popular with our members and is fishing well, we are seeing many good Chub being caught the biggest reported is just under 5lb, our pike anglers have been catching a fair few pike …

250 Chub stocked by EA in memory of Andrew Sweet Monday 16th December saw the Environment Agency stock 250 Chub into our river section at the Old Cheese Factory Stretch in Ilchester as a memorial to Andrew Sweet, the fish were from …

LAKE TENCH Friday 22nd November saw the first of our two Tench deliveries by priory fisheries from Devon, The Tench that were stocked this morning were in fantastic condition and will be an asset to the lake, we put in 500 eight …

SUTTON BINGHAM COARSE FISHING     The reservoir was created in 1955 to supply water to the Yeovil area. It cost £1,000,000 to build and involved flooding the valley. The remains of Sutton Mill, dating from 1699, are under the water and …

RIVER YEO ILCHESTER Fished a short session on our new river section again today and chosen swim was one I used to fish as a boy growing up in Ilchester so I knew it would hold fish, the target species were chub …