A rumour has spread that a lake near to ours has been reported to the EA because it has a nasty fish disease.
We are awaiting confirmation.
Until further notice NO NETS of any kind will be allowed at Horseshoe Lake!
There are clean landing nets available at the lake - DO NOT USE YOURS!!!
If you do use your net there is a good chance you will be spreading the disease - so please do notuse your own nets!
Thank you
Here at Morecambe & District Junior Anglers we teach young people how to enjoy angling and how to look after the environment.
We have our own lake, HorseshoeLake at DockerPark Farm near Carnforth, which is strictly for members and their guests only!
We teach the country code, how identify and look after different species of fish. We have numerous bird and bat boxes at our lake and soon we will have lots of hedgehog houses. We have a variety of native trees, wild flowers and fruits which all help to encourage wildlife to make a home and thrive at our lake.
MAD strongly encourage families to visit our lake, we have made various provision including hot drinks facilities, a toilet and a picnic area.
MAD are a non-profit making voluntary group based in the North Lancashire/ South Lakes area and receive no government funding. We rely totally on donations to keep operating. If you would like to help us by becoming a volunteer or would like to make a donation please email the club at the above email address.
We have rescued various animals since we started the club. We have taken in a rehoused 2 ducks, 1 chicken and a hedgehog. We place food at the lake for our hedgehogs, we have put various bird and bat boxes on trees to encourage them to make a home there, we have log piles and wildflowers to encourage insects.
The wood has come for the platforms.
We will be making a start on them soon if anybody wants to help us.
Please remember that if you say you will help at a working party you MUST help, if you sit and fish for several hours and help for 5 minutes, it will not count!
Can anybody do a working party?
Hi everyone, just to let you all know that I am making contacts and arranging dates for fundraisers for the coming year. SO WATCH THIS SPACE. I WILL NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Any ideas or suggestions then let me know. Julie Mcclements
Thank you to all who helped at the Overton School fair.
Sam, Julie, Di & Jo worked really hard.
Others seemed to play footie really hard!
Thank you to everyone who did the sponsored walk on the 15th of April. See latest info page.
Sorry but the MD match at Borwick on the 25th of May has been postponed. We will inform you of the new date as soon as it is known.
We have a collection at Morrisons in Morecambe on the 25th of May, 10am - 4pm. Can anybody help us for a few hours?? Please??
The toilet at the lake is now to have a lock fitted on the outside.
Anybody wishing to use the toilet should ring Jo to find out where the key is kept.
If you take anybody to Horseshoe Lake as a guest, please make sure you filled in their guest ticket & that you have filled in the return form and handed into a member of the committee.
You have to do this or your guest will NOT be covered by our insurance.
If you require another guest ticket please contact Jo or Diane and hand your guest ticket request form.
Remember to sign in and out, even if you or anybody else stays just 30 seconds - it is needed as part of our child protection.
Please Can U Help?
We are going to do our famous teddy-bola again this year to raise funds.
If you (or know anybody) have any unwanted soft toys could you please donate them to us. For every one we get donated it raises 100% profit! For every one have to buy it raises just 40% profit.
Remember we need to raise £2000 to go on the holiday! (so how many teddies is that??)
Also we need to collect used ink and toner cartridges, stamps and mobiles with chargers.
You could get points of you collect lots for us.
Sponsored Adult & Child Team Match - the date is 19th of July.
Contact the club for a sponsor form.
Sunflowers are now available for our giant sunflower competition.
Each plant costs just 20p each.
The person who grows the tallest sunflower, measured & photographed, will win a prize.
Competition is open to EVERYBODY!!!!
(all unsold plants will be planted at the lake for the birds. All sunflowers in the competition are to be dried when they finish flowering so the birds at the lake can eat the seeds)
Home grown tomato plants are available now from Jo.
You can choose from cherry tomatoes or moneymaker tomatoes.
(no pesticides, no nothing)All proceeds go to the club.
Sell them for us and get fundraising points.
Mad Forum
We now have a forum! A forum is a place where we can all talk about where we went fishing and what we caught on, we and also talk about the lake and any other fishing club related things.
REMEMBER TO REGISTER TO THE FORUM TO POST ANY COMMENTS!
The forum is regulated and moderated, so please do not post any rude comments. If you arrange any fishing trips please let a committee member know who will then check with your parents. Members who break any rules with the forum will be banned for an unspecified time!
About Us
The club started in 2004 by Jo Brown, she teaches most of the lessons and has done pretty much all of the work, we have had several grants and we have our own lake stocked with roach, carp, bream, rudd and chub.
A notice was sent via email to most members about the holiday.
MAD are applying for a grant to go on the holiday BUT information is needed to fill in the forms.
We dont have much time to get the grant forms in, so please be quick in replying.
Please get them filled in and returned so the grant application can go ahead.
A date has been set for the 2008 MAD Holiday.
We will be going to a lake near London from the 11th of August to the 15th of August.
Accommodation, washing & cooking facilities are provided.
Members are invited, but adults are needed for supervision.
There may yet be a rule that say "If you dont fundraise, you dont go" - but that will be discussed at a committee meeting.
So far people going are Jo, Liam, Pete, Sam, James, Tom D & family, Michael & family, Robbie & family, Matt. (providing they do enough fundraising!)
Is your name down?
Fishing Venues
We fish at lots of different fisheries, we hold matches and lessons and we rarely blank! The club if full of Junior anglers of all ages and abilities and we all help each other out. If you have registered on our forum you can post your messages and topics and all of the details that we might like to know! If you still haven't registered the please do and click on the link above!
Some of the fisheries we visit are Borwick Fishery, Cleveley Bridge Fishery and Littledale. We are always willing to try new venues, do you know of a fishery? If you do, please suggest it to us with the contact details of the manager or owner.
