Norfolk Fishing Network 2004 - 2024 - North Yorkshire Fisheries

Fishery Name: Whinny Gill Reservoir

Address: Whinny Gill Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2RP

Grid Reference: SD 99755 51080 Car Park Grid Ref: SD 99753 51059

Sat Nav: BD23 2RP

Phone Numbers: 01756 794022

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Description: The club attempt to maintain Whinny Gill as a more 'natural style' fishery rather than a 'overstocked commercial' style venue, which are all too common these days. Instead of being a muddy puddle, Whinny gill offers its visitors clear water, so make sure you bring your polarised glasses and be prepared for a challenging day of enjoyment, just don't get too distracted by the beautiful scenery and keep an eye on that float/quiver tip.

Fish Species: Barbel Bitterling Bleak Bream Common Bream Silver Bullhead Carp Common Carp Crucian Carp F1 Carp Carp Ghost Carp Grass Carp Leather Carp Koi Carp Mirror Catfish Wels Chub Crayfish Dace Eel Goldfish Goldfish Brown Grayling Gudgeon Minnow Orfe/Ide Blue Orfe/Ide Golden Orfe/Ide Silver Perch Pike Pumpkin seed Roach Rudd Rudd Golden Ruffe Schelly Stickle back Stone Loach Sturgeon Tench Tench Golden Walleye Zander

Fish Game Species: Blue Trout Brown Trout Brook Trout Golden Trout Rainbow Trout Tiger Trout

Whinny Gill reservoir Rules: The water is enclosed within a perimeter fence with a key required to gain access through the gate, (available to members from the club secretary for a deposit). All legal baits and fishing methods are allowed. Day-ticket holders must be accompanied by a member with a key, cars can be parked just inside the gates. 1. This Club shall be designated: "THE SKIPTON ANGLING ASSOCIATION" The main purposes of the club are to provide facilities for and to promote participation, in the amateur sport of freshwater angling in the neighbourhood of Skipton, North Yorkshire and to promote the protection of fish from netting, poisoning, habitat loss, etc. 2. This Club shall be governed by a President, Vice-President, General Secretary, Treasurer, other duly appointed Officers and a Committee of twelve members, all of whom shall hold office for three years, but are eligible for re-election. The Committee at its first meeting shall elect a Chairman for the year from its own number, and that he be supported by a Vice-Chairman who will be Chairman-elect for the following year, the system to be perpetuated by the annual election of a vice-chairman. Five to form a quorum at any meeting of the Committee. The Chairman of any meeting and the General Secretary shall both have a deliberative vote, and in the case of equality of vote, the Chairman shall have the casting vote in addition. Any member of the Committee absenting himself from three consecutive Committee Meetings without satisfactory reason for his absence, shall be no longer in office.An Honorarium shall be paid each year to the Secretaries and Treasurer. The amount shall be determined by a vote at the Associations AGM. 3. There shall not be more than four Trustees of the Association. The Trustees shall be appointed by the committee and the property of the Association (other than cash which shall be under the control of the Treasurer) shall be vested in them to be dealt with by them from time to time as the Committee shall direct by resolution (of which an entry in the minute book shall be conclusive evidence). The Trustees shall be indemnified against risk and expense out of the Association property. The Trustees shall hold office until death or resignation or lapse of membership or until removed from office by a resolution of the Committee who may for any reason which may seem sufficient to a majority of them present and voting at any meeting remove a Trustee or Trustees from the office of Trustee. In the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office of a Trustee, the Committee shall nominate a new Trustee in his place, and shall as soon as possible thereafter take all lawful and practicable steps to procure the vesting of all Club property into the names of the Trustees as constituted after such nomination. For the purpose of giving effect to any such nomination, the General Secretary for the time being is hereby nominated as the person to appoint new Trustees of the Club within the meaning of Section 36 of the Trustee Act 1925 and he shall by Deed duly appoint the person or persons so nominated by the Committee. 4. The financial year shall end on the 30th November in each year, and the Annual General Meeting of Members of the Association be convened in January at a venue, time and date to be confirmed the previous month. At this meeting the Annual Report and Balance Sheet shall be presented, and the Officers and Committee elected for the ensuing year. All surplus income or profits are to be reinvested in the club. No surpluses or assets will be distributed to members or third parties. 5. A Special General Meeting may be held to consider any matter of special urgency which the Committee may consider necessary or upon a written request to the Secretary signed by not less than ten members, clearly stating the purpose of the desired meeting. 6. All alterations to Rules decided at a Special General Meeting shall be subject to confirmation at the following Annual General Meeting, though in the event of a unanimous vote such alterations may become operative forthwith. 7. All propositions for the General Meeting must be given to the Secretary no later than 30th NOVEMBER. 8. The votes of members not residing within five miles of Skipton town centre, shall at any General Meeting be restricted to a total of 10 of the adult membership if necessary. In addition Members may only vote on matters appertaining to their category of membership. 9. (a) Membership of the Club shall be open to anyone interested in the sport of angling on application regardless of sex, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs. Membership may however be limited according to available facilities on a non-discriminatory basis. (b) Membership subscriptions will be kept at levels that will not pose a significant obstacle to people participating (c) The Club Committee may refuse membership or remove it, only for good cause such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club or sport into disrepute. Appeal against refusal of membership may be made to the members. (d) Persons shall be admitted as members on payment of the relevant annual subscription which shall entitle the member to the privileges of the Association as follows: Adults and juniors aged 12 and over - all the Association's waters. Members 11 and under - May fish all the Association's waters but MUST be accompanied by an adult who need not be a member of the Association. In the interests of safety it is recommended that juniors are accompanied by an adult at all times and venues. Tickets of membership to terminate on the 27th February each year. All subscriptions are to be paid by the 24th March. Failure to do so may result in automatic expulsion from the Association. There will be no appeal. 10. Every angler holding a ticket from the Association shall, on request, show the same to any owner or occupier of land or servant of the same upon which the Association's members have fishing rights; to any bailiff or member of the Association. 11. Members must not leave refuse or litter of any kind on the banks of the rivers or reservoirs. Anyone found doing so is liable to expulsion from the Association. Members must take all discarded fishing line home in order to prevent unnecessary suffering to birds and wildlife, thus avoiding adverse publicity falling on the Association and the Angling Fraternity in general. 12. If any member holding an Association's ticket be known to wilfully or carelessly do any damage to property of any occupier of land on the Association's preserves, or be the cause of the same, he shall be required to pay to the person whose property is damaged an amount equivalent to the damage done or caused to be done. Any member contravening Association Rules will receive not less than one month's suspension. Also at any meeting, the Committee shall have discretionary power of expelling any member, subject to the provisions of rule 9(c) if it is thought desirable for the good character of the Association; the member thus expelled to forfeit all monies paid by him or her to the Association. This rule shall also apply in the case of any member being found guilty of trespassing on other preserves. 13. No member shall take fish out of the Association's waters under the lengths and in greater number than shown in Rule 30. All undersized fish to be liberated, and no attempt made to disgorge the hook when same has been swallowed, but the line must be cut close to the fish's mouth and the fish returned to the water as gently and quickly as possible, and with the least injury practicable. Forceps are recommended for unhooking lip hooked fish. All members MUST carry a measure to accurately ascertain the length of fish. 14. No member shall be allowed to attend Committee meetings except through permission of the Committee. 15. Members must enter the waters by the recognised entrance and must not cross fields except down wall or hedge sides. 16. No official of another Association or Club can hold an official position in the Association. 17. Anglers must not leave any rod and line with its hook and bait in the water unattended, on any of the Association waters. 18. No member may put any boat or floatation tube on any of the reservoirs nor may he fish from a boat owned by a member of the Sailing Club. 19. Fishing is not allowed on the reservoirs between dusk and dawn. 20. Members are strictly forbidden in any way to pollute or throw any substance in the water in the reservoirs or streams running into them, or damage any of the fences, walls or other works of Yorkshire Water. Any member found so doing will be immediately expelled from the Association and will be required to pay the cost of reinstating damage. 21. No ground bait or loose feed of any description shall be put by members into Embsay Reservoir or streams running into it. 22. No vehicles are allowed inside the reservoir enclosures, except for the designated parking bay at Whinny Gill, nor are allowed to remain on the car parks overnight. 23. Dogs are not permitted on any of the Association's waters, whilst fishing. 24. Members may only fish with one rod and line at any one time. A second rod and line may be partially but not fully assembled ready for use. (Amendment 08.01.2014, when fishing for trout, members may only fish with one rod and line. Members fishing the river Aire or Whinny Gill for course fish, may upon the purchase of a second rod permit, use two rods. Any trout caught while using two rods are to be returned alive. Both rods must be fished within 10 feet of the angler). 25. The use of a net other than a landing net is strictly prohibited. Keep nets may be used for Fish when the Environment Agency rules allow. 26. Members shall neither cause nor permit (i) Any litter, fragments of food or other refuse, matter or things to be left within the curtilage of the Reservoirs. (ii) Any fires to be lit or any other act whereby damage by fire may be caused. (iii) The use of any noisy instrument or loudspeaker. (iv) Any tent or caravan to be brought on to the car parks or within the curtilage of the Reservoirs or upon any adjoining lands of Yorkshire Water, nor any person to remain overnight on any of the lands of the Yorkshire Water Authority at or adjoining the Reservoirs. 27. Members must use non-toxic split shot in accordance with the Environment Agency Bylaws 4f. This prohibits the use of lead weights attached directly or indirectly to fishing lines of between 0.06 gms. [spilt shot No.8] and 28.35 gms [1oz.] 28. Embsay Reservoir will be closed for all fishing between the dates of the 28th of February to the 24th of March inclusive. 29. ALLOWED BAITS: River Aire: Fly, worm, minnow and artificial lure from the 25th of March until the 15th of June. All legal baits and lures from the 16th of June until the 14th of March. Embsay Reservoir: Fly, worm, minnow and spinning. Ground baiting or loose feeding is strictly prohibited. Whinnygill Reservoir & Canal: All legal baits and lures.Note: Yorkshire Water request that groundbait is only used in reasonable quantities to prevent water pollution. Note: Members must be in possession of an Environment Agencies rod license prior to starting fishing on any of the clubs waters & may be asked to produce proof of, upon request of club bailiffs. 30. SIZE AND BAG LIMITS: Trout [Brown and Rainbow] may be retained by members to the following minimum size and maximum bag limits from either of the reservoirs. All brown trout caught from the river Aire are to be returned Alive. Trout 28cm (11 inches), 2 fish per day. If a member retains the limit of two trout from one reservoir, they are not permitted to take any trout from the other reservoir within the same day. Pike May be retained up to the following maximum Size/weight and bag limit Due to Environment agency byelaws, fish can only be retained up to a maximum size of 65 cm [2ft 1.5inch] which is approx 2250g [5:0:0], 1 fish per day. Pike may not be retained during the Coarse Fish Close Season and must not be discarded into the water or left on the banking. All other species including Grayling are to be returned to the water alive. In order to help the Committee decide the re-stocking policy each year, all members must send in their returns form when renewing their membership. 31. Adult members are allowed to take a Juvenile (under 16 years) non-member fishing and the Juvenile may fish with the adult member's rod provided that: (i) The Juvenile is accompanied at all times; (ii) That no other rod is assembled; (iii) That all the Association Rules are carefully observed; (iv) That the Juvenile is in possession of an Environment Agency rod license if they are of the required age. Members infringing this rule will be severely dealt with by the Committee. 32. Any pollution or dead or dying fish must be reported to both the Environment Agency on 0800 80 70 60 and the Clubs' General Secretary ASAP. 33. All members must familiarize themselves with, and adhere to, all guidelines as laid out in the risk assessments available for download at: www.skiptonangling.co.uk (Hard copies are available upon request from the General Secretary). In addition, members must follow any health and safety advice offered by warning signs or club officials. 34. DISSOLUTION OF THE CLUB: Upon dissolution of the club any remaining assets shall be given or transferred to another registered CASC, a registered charity or the sport's governing body for use by them in related community sports. 35. PRIORITY: Interpretation of all the above rules must be consistent with the statutory requirements for CASCs (which means Community Amateur Sports Clubs as first provided for by the Finance Act 2002). 36. REVISION HISTORY: This Constitution was formerly adopted at the AGM held on 17:01:2017 and replaces the club's original Constitution used since its formation in 08:11:1950.

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