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Somerset Fishing Venues
Fishery Name: Century Ponds
Address: Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Somerset, BS31 2AW
Entrance Grid Ref: ST 63814 68700

Car Park Grid Ref: ST 64085 68538
Sat Nav: BS31 2AW
Phone Numbers: 07445 895900
Email Address: [email protected]
Description: Century Ponds is a two pond Carp and silver fish venue located at Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, containing a good stock of Carp, with some twenties.

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


Rules:

Day tickets will not be sold on the bank.

Day tickets are not transferable.

Fish at designated platforms only.

No fishing the ponds when a shoot is in progress.

Two rods maximum per angler.

Do not leave your rods unattended.

No tin cans.

No bait boats.

No nuts.

No loose feeding boilies.

No floating baits.

Cereal groundbait 1kg per day max.

Carp pellets (not trout) 1kg per day max.

One large tin sweetcorn per day max.

One large tin meat per day max.

No limits on maggots, caster or worms.

No braid.

Barbless hooks only.

Max hook size (Island Pond) 14 barbless.

Max hook size (Old Pond) 10 barbless.

No fly fishing allowed.

Carp anglers must use unhooking mats.

All fish to be landed with nets.

No Carp to be kept in keep nets, sacks or slings.

Silver fish can be kept in nets for 5 hours max, weather permitting.

No fish to be transferred between ponds at any time.

Bailiffs reserve the right to check tickets, membership and tackle at all times.

No vehicles allowed on the bank.

Strictly no fires or BBQs.

No loud music.

No alcohol.

Take your litter home with you.

No night fishing allowed.

Gates unlocked from 7am to 10pm from 1st Apr to 31st Oct.

Gates unlocked from 7am to 6pm from 1st Nov to 31st Mar.

A £30 gate unlocking fee will be charged.



Century Ponds Day Tickets

Century Ponds Day Ticket Century Ponds is a day ticket only water available to all Keynsham Angling Association Members. Tickets cost £4 and can be bought from the shops listed below. Members will be asked to show a current Keynsham A.A. licence before being sold day tickets. Day tickets are not sold on the bank.

Junior Members must be accompanied by an Adult Member when fishing at Century Ponds. Members must also be in possession of current Environment Agency rod licence. A PIN code is required to pass through the security gate at Century Ponds, which will be issued by the tackle shop upon purchase of day tickets.

Century Ponds 'Plus One' Day TicketThe Club have now introduced a new 'Member Plus One Guest' Day Ticket for Century Ponds, which allows a Club Member to fish Century Ponds with a non-Member guest. One £10 'Plus One' Day Ticket is required for both anglers. This is £4 for the Member and £6 for the Guest, bought as one single ticket.

The 'Plus One' Tickets are now on sale at all official outlets.

Association Rules

Rule 1

The Association shall be called the "Keynsham Angling Association" and shall consist of Ordinary Members, Senior Members (aged 65 and over), Junior Members (aged 16 and under), and Honorary Members. The Annual Subscription payable shall be as follows: Ordinary Members £30.00, Junior Members £18.00, Senior Members £18.00, Disabled £18.00. Honorary Membership may be granted by the Association in General Meetings to persons recommended by the committee for election "pro honoris causa". Such Members are not required to subscribe to Association Funds. Each Member shall be given a copy of the Association's current Rules and Bylaws on payment of his/her subscription.

Rule 2

Members are entitled to fish in conformity with the Rules and Bylaws ALL waters of the Association.

Rule 3

No persons shall fish the Association's waters without being in possession of their Member's Licence.

Rule 4

The management of the Association shall be in the hands of a Committee consisting of the President and twelve Members, who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting and hold office until the next Annual General Meeting. Members serving on, or accepting appointment to the Committee of any other Angling Association shall not be eligible to serve. Any elected Member of the Committee absent from three consecutive meetings without adequate reason will be deemed to have resigned. Five Members shall form a quorum.

Rule 5

The Committee shall in particular have the following powers:

(a) To appoint a Secretary and a Treasurer who may be the same person as the Secretary, with power to rescind or vary the appointments. The duties of the Secretary shall be to attend all meetings of the Committee, keep full Minutes of the proceedings of the same, and to conduct correspondence and carry out such other duties as the Committee may require. The Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer shall receive all monies belonging to the Association, and shall deposit the same in such Bank or otherwise deal with the same as the Committee may from time to time direct.

(b) To frame Bylaws for the governance of the Association, such Bylaws not being contrary to these Rules, and to alter and rescind such Bylaws.

(c) To fill any vacancy in the Committee during the year by co-option.

(d) To forego the collection of a Member's subscription for any reason appearing satisfactory to them.

(e) To suspend or expel any Member for any breach of the Rules or Bylaws, or for any misconduct considered to be detrimental to the interests of the Association. Seven days notice of the Committee's intention shall be given to such Member, to give him or her an opportunity of making any representation he or she may think fit, after which period the Committee's decision shall be final.

Rule 6

At the Annual General Meeting there shall also be elected the following Officers: Vice-Presidents, Auditors and Bailiffs, none of whom shall be ex-officio a Member of the Committee.

Rule 7

Committee Meetings shall be held on such days as considered necessary and notice thereof shall be given by the Secretary to each Committee Member.

Rule 8

The Annual General Meeting for the election of officers and for other business shall be held on the first Monday in October of each year, unless for some special cause the Committee deem it necessary to fix another day. Any Member being desirous of proposing a motion shall send notice of the same to the Secretary at least 10 days before the Meeting.

Rule 9

Any notices required to be sent to a Member by these Rules shall be deemed to have been served if sent by post or email, addressed to the Member at his or her last known address. A Special General Meeting shall be called by the Secretary at the express desire of any six Members of the Association. The Secretary shall give notice by post, email or via the website, to every Member at least 7 days before the Meeting. At either Meeting, only Adult Members are entitled to vote.

Rule 10

No new Rule or alteration of an existing Rule and no new resolution having the effect of altering an existing Rule shall be made or passed unless it is made or passed by not less than two-thirds of the Members voting at an Annual or Special General Meeting.

The decision of the Committee as to the interpretation of these Rules and Bylaws or in any case not provided for therein, shall be final.



Association Bylaws

Bylaw 1

Keynsham Angling Association waters shall consist of waters rented by the Association as defined on Association Licences and on the website, and are available to Members.

Bylaw 2

No fish are to be taken away from the Association's waters, apart from a maximum of one brace (i.e. two fish) of trout per angler per day.

Bylaw 3

Members fishing the Association waters must be in possession of an Environment Agency Licence.

Bylaw 4

The Bylaws of the Environment Agency are hereby made Bylaws of the Association.

Bylaw 5

No vehicle of any kind, or dog, must be taken on to the land adjoining the Association's waters without the consent of the Association.

Bylaw 6

The indiscriminate digging of banks, excessive noise and the lighting of fires is prohibited. Any Members breaking this Bylaw will be expelled from the Association.

Bylaw 7

Every Member shall produce for inspection his/her Membership Licence and all fish in his/her possession and permit the inspection of his/her tackle upon request by a Member of Bailiff of the Association who shall first of all produce his/her own Membership Licence or other Authority.

Bylaw 8

Litter of any description must not be left on the banks at the close of a days fishing.

Bylaw 9

Night fishing is prohibited on any of the Club's waters, except during official Association contests.

Facilities:

The easy to access venue holds a total of 26 anglers and has ample onsite parking.

Disabled access facilities include exclusive bankside parking, five double width platforms and level access to over ten platforms.

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