Taunton Angling Association was founded around 1948 and currently offers fishing to well over 500 members.
Taunton Angling Association is run by a team of dedicated and enthusiastic anglers driven by passion to ensure the club can providing the very best angling experience and quality waters. Whether you’re interested in pleasure fishing, match fishing, carp fishing or pike fishing we have a quality waters and venues to suit your interest.
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K.O.C – 2nd Qualifying Round Match Report
Today saw the our first qualifying round of the K.O.C, with 28 anglers booked in.
The original plan was to fish Creech and Greenway, but that quickly changed when the road into the Creech car park was closed at the railway bridge.
This forced a late switch to the lower Maunsel section (BAA water).
The weather was windy and damp, though the water colour wasn’t too bad. Unfortunately, the fishing was pretty grim 🩲 for most of the field.
So, who did enough to qualify? 😰
Section A
Ian Burton drew the much-fancied Bramble Bush and made no mistake.
Ian put together a solid net of 6 tench and a perch, finishing comfortably on 20lb 11oz to take the section.
Section B
A much tighter affair, with the whole section struggling.
Only two anglers managed a tench:
• Tony Cinicola – 1 tench for 3lb 4oz
• Russell Hilton – 1 tench plus a few small roach
Russell spent plenty of time pacing the towpath waiting for the scales 😅, but it was worth it — his catch went 3lb 9oz, just enough to qualify for the final.
Well done to the qualifiers in very tough conditions 👏
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‼️ UPDATE ON THE FORTHCOMING:‼️
Taunton & Bridgwater Canal Teams of 4 League
Sponsored by COLMIC
We’ve had a great response to the second iteration of our Spring Teams of 4 League on the canal.
We have 11 teams booked in as follows:
1. Colmic Somerset
2. Amigos
3. Milo Ringers Bait
4. 4 Skins
5. Enterprise
6. TCC
7. Sensas Devizes
8. Watchet
9. Sharp Chard
10. Somerset Angling
11. Van Den Eynde Chard
✋ If I’ve missed anyone, let me know ASAP!
We intend to use both Taunton AA and Bridgwater AA sections in each round, taking into account the weed situation and any colour entering the canal following rain.
The league will be contested over 6 rounds on the following dates:
🗓️ Sunday 8th March 2026
🗓️ Sunday 15th March 2026
🗓️ Sunday 12th April 2026
🗓️ Sunday 26th April 2026
🗓️ Sunday 10th May 2026
🗓️ Sunday 17th May 2026
💰 LEAGUE ENTRY FEES
- £120 per team, payable before the draw on round 1
- This money is solely used to fund the league payout
💰 MATCH DAY FEES
- £25 per person, payable before the draw on every round
This money funds the following:
- £15 pools payouts, £5 peg fee, £2.50 league payout top-up, £2.50 towards end-of-league tackle prizes
💰 MATCHDAY POOLS PAYOUT (individuals only)
1st - £120
2nd - £100
3rd - £80
1st in Section of 11 - £50
2nd in Section of 11 - £40
🚫No double-bubble 🫧
💰 LEAGUE PAYOUT (teams only)
We will pay out the top 5 teams at the end of the league to make this league as competitive and interesting as possible for everyone.
Payout will be as follows:
1st - £540
2nd - £480
3rd - £400
4th - £320
5th - £240
There will also be Colmic tackle prizes for every competitor, to be distributed at the results on round 6.
All payouts based on 11 teams of 4 fishing every round.
📊 SCORING SYSTEM
We will use a penalty‑points system in the sections:
1st in section = 1 point
11th in section = 11 points
👔 If anglers tie on weight, the points for the tied positions are added together and divided by the number of tied anglers.
👉 Example: Two anglers tying for 1st share 1st + 2nd = 3 points, so both receive 1.5. This applies to ties of any size and at any position.
👬👬Team Scoring (Per Round)
Your team’s combined section points will give you an on-the-day total which will determine your position on the day.
Your team will then be awarded points equal to your team position on the day. This will again be on a penalty points system with tied teams sharing points in the same way as individual section points.
The total team points you collect through the rounds will determine your position in the league table. Remember:
Low points = 😃
High points = ☹️
🏆 League Table & Final Tie‑Break
If teams are tied on the final league table, the tie is decided by lowest aggregate section penalty points scored across all rounds.
If teams are still tied after this, the tie will stand and any prizes will be split equally.
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🔴 Hi all the match will now be on the canal at lower Maunsel and greenway.
We will be meeting at the Somerset Boat Centre for the draw 🔴
Hi all the we have a river match this weekend (Sunday the 1st) It’s an outside booking with the KOC match group.
If your fishing this is the please see below 👇🏼
Please check the up-to-date list of names. If you’re unable to attend, please message me as soon as possible.
Match Details:
• Pools: £25 per person
• - £5 peg fee
• - £10 towards the King of Clubs Final
• -£10 towards match-day payouts
• Draw time: 8:15am
• Draw venue: Somerset boat Centre.
• Fishing time: 10:00am – 3:00pm
• Reserve venue will be the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you’d like to book on, as places will be limited.
I will do it on the time posted. Once it’s full I’ll add names to a reserve list.
1. Dan Baldwin
2. Stan (chairman)
3. Monkey (president)
4. Russell Hilton
5. Martin Heard
6. David Hilton
7. Steve Hall
8. Ivan Curry
9. Will Bate
10. Pete Grainger
11. Mark Webber
12. Andy ankers
13. Mark Broomsgrove
14. Paul Purchase
15. Tony Cinicola
16. Gappy
17. Kevin Williams
18. Craig fletcher
19. Ian Burton
20. Steve Bishop
21 Les Braunton
22. Sam Johnson
23. Adam Rich
24. Steve Maynard
25. Chris Parr
26. Simon Garbutt
27. Adam Beachgood
28. Lee Holliday
29. Martin Chiffers
30. Richard Bull
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Tight lines,
Dan Baldwin
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