The Scunthorpe Police Angling Club was formed over thirty years ago
predominantly from serving and ex police officers with their family's as
part of the then sports and social section within the Humberside
Police force, these police officers friends and family acquired the
now main club lake just outside the village of Flixborough on a
yearly lease from Sir Reginald Sheffield this being part of his Normanby park estate, the lake was originally formed from excavation
work carried out by the local ore mining section of the then British
steel Company B.S.C for its seam of iron ore, after work had
finished it was abandoned and took on the role of irrigation to the
adjacent farming land used by the farmer today for such purposes
causing a level instability throughout a particularly hot summer,
the sports and social section has now long gone and the lake has
been passed over to a more general group of anglers from all over
the area yet it still remains under the name Police Angling Club and
boasts many of it's original members, the lake has undergone many
changes over the years but remains a first class fishery with a good
head of mixed species with new fish being introduced as part of the
ongoing fishery management program. The club has grown under the
supervision and hard work of many anglers within it and is today a
first class old school angling club much like the older clubs that
have disappeared throughout the past years, it has a healthy member
database and now boasts many excellent waters on which to fish which
are all very different and hold their own particular challenges,
these being, Flixborough, Medge Hall, Lady Pit Farm on the River
Trent and the Warping Drain all having their individual stocking and
fishery management agendas, if you are new to the area or visit on a
regular basis and wish to find a club that contains like minded
people whom will help and advise where they can and also want some
terrific fishing then join the Scunthorpe Police Angling Club as
it's members will welcome you, the club also caters for younger
members, organising adult and junior matches throughout the year.
We try hard to adopt a healthy angling environment for all anglers
within the club helping and advising on differing angling skills,
the environment and countryside, we believe that all anglers should
protect the countryside and all animals that live within it, we have some hard and fast rules for anglers that
wish to litter or damage the areas in which we spend our time
enjoying this sport, if you are caught you will be banned for life
and we will make sure that all other anglers and associated clubs
find out as we will not tolerate such behaviour and wanton
destruction of our beautiful countryside
We aim to encourage the education of younger anglers in good angling
practices and the effects of all people whom use the countryside, we
maintain a safety first campaign and try to ensure the correct laws
and practices are adhered to, we are all keen conservationists and
believe that the work that we do now to help our natural environment
will not only help us but help the future generations to enjoy this
great sport of ours.
Please adhere to all local fishery rules when fishing, carry your
club membership card at all times, please be aware that whilst
visiting these fisheries, fishing at any other club water, or
wearing the club clothing you are an ambassador for the club and the
rest of it's members please be a kind, considerate angler and help
others to learn about safe angling practice and the conservation of
the countryside.
There may be waters that have just been acquired or block bookings
for still waters in and around this area, please make sure that you
check this website on a regular basis for updates, all new waters
can be found in the
club waters
section and will be announced on thehome page
as well for the first few months.
The club have in place a safety first campaign to teach young or
inexperienced anglers how to safeguard themselves from dangers
beside the water, you can download or print from this site a safety
information leaflet from the
safety first campaign section.
Keen on environmental issues.
This club is very keen to attract the correct sort of angler or to
educate anglers in general about environmental issues and the
preservation of our wildlife and countryside please visit the
conservation section to learn more.
Litter Louts.
Unfortunately this country has a very backward approach to our
litter problem and to the general litter bred culture which starts
from a very early age, I find it astounding that an individual can
dump a huge pile of rubbish in the countryside and not give it a
second thought but surly this non caring attitude starts at an early
age with the individual not feeling responsible for dropping litter
elsewhere, The Scunthorpe Police Angling Club try to make a
difference to this litter culture by imposing a strict ruling to
those uncaring individuals whom wish to leave their litter on the
bank side, which is if you are found to be littering you will lose
your permit, we understand that this will not necessarily change
some individuals littering habits but it will at least stop them
from littering on our club waterways and may condition them into
being a more caring angler and general individual, we realise that
the litter culture of this country will be very hard to change but
if every individual try's to make a difference then maybe one day we
will find the solution.
The wildlife that lives within the countryside does not need any
special attention to sustain it's life as it has done well for
hundreds of years on it's own, nor will it need any intervention
from the angler in general but it is your duty to safeguard the
wellbeing of all animals and wildlife that live in, upon or beside
the water, you can make sure that you do your bit by following the
simple guidelines that you will find at the bottom of the
club rules
section.
The Scunthorpe Police Angling Club welcomes all new members and
tries to maintain a healthy angling environment for all
We work hard to maintain all waters under our control for the
benefit of all members including the disabled providing access and
parking close to the waters edge
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P.Thompson 2006 Scunthorpe Police Angling Club
