Club Information
The KDAA established in 1947 caters for pleasure, specimen and match fishing. With waters within eight mile radius of Kelvedon, in mid – Essex located between Chelmsford and Colchester. Accessible from the A12.
KDAA is a friendly angling club that provides some of the best uncrowded fishing in Essex.
We have ten still waters that are open all year round and fishing on stretches of the river Blackwater
Night fishing is allowed on six of the still waters.
Adult subscription is £95 per annum with many concessions.
Please note that all our waters are member only waters and we do not issue day tickets. Members may purchase Guest tickets.
Please visit the Join KDAA page for information about the joining arrangements.
We are accepting new members for the 2025/26 season
Latest News Announcements
Silver End Front Pit tench stocking
In line with keeping our waters stocked for all members interests, 500 tench, 8 to 10 inches, were delivered to Silver End Front Pit on Friday 9th February
Shemmings Pond transformation
Shemmings Pond has had a transformation. This water which has been rented by the club since 1958 had become overgrown with widespread lilies that we found impossible to control with the spraying of herbicide. We had contractors on site for three days last week with a...
New joining arrangements next year using Clubmate
The Association will be using Clubmate to manage our membership database next year. The workload of the Membership Secretary has become unstainable particularly in the past few years. The current Membership Secretary has been undertaking that role for the past...
Recent stockings into four stillwaters
The club recently introduced stockings into four waters Layer Marney One and Two, Seabrooks Reservoir and Silver End Back Pit Marney 1 five C4s from nine pounds to twelve and ten C3s averaging about eight pounds each.Marney 2, twenty-two C3, averaging about 6 pounds...