The Society was formed on 12th August 1948 by eight founder members, each putting a pound into a kitty and so,
Portsmouth and District Angling Society was born.
The founders included Ron Snook, who held office until he passed away September 2003, Bert Pascoe who was
club secretary for 25 years, Trevor Pascoe and Harry Oakshott.
Sir Jocelyn Lucas Bart M.P for the city was invited to be president of the society, which he accepted.
Letters were then written and sent bearing the president’s name to the Central Association of Angling clubs to which we became affiliated.
That gave our members many miles of the River Arun in Sussex to fish, and also parts of the River Mole.
The Society then decided to invite several prominent councillors to become Vice Presidents and under their good offices the society
was able obtain more waters.
Firstly, Baffin’s pond, that the Society still holds today, and once the re-generation work of the pond has been completed,
members will be able to fish again and enjoy the catches of the past.
With much travelling and talking to land owners of waters, our ponds and lakes grew in numbers, Soake pond Denmead,
Rake, Sinah Warren Hayling, some of which we still hold today and they have produced many specimen fish.

	Water Date Baffin’s Pond 1949 Soake Pond Denmead 1952 Rake Pond Liss 1955 Sinah Lake Hayling 1962 Hilsea Moat Western 1971 Hilsea Moat Eastern 1975 Abshott and Brownwich 1980 Brockhurst Moat Gosport 1981 Funtley Lake 1992 River Wallington 1999 River Hamble 2003 Carron Row Farm 2007 Lakeside (IBM) 2007 Alver valley Lee on Solent 2008 Tithe Barn 2008
Over the years the above waters have had restocking policies, and in 1980 there was considerable re-stocking carried out,
with the following fish introduced:-

Since then further re-stocking has taken place at the following waters:

Funtley Lake

100 carp taken from Baffins pond from 3 to 21 lbs in 2005

Brockhurst Moat

80 carp taken from Baffins pond from 3 to 16 lbs in 2006

The Society aims to offer as wide a range of fishing as possible to an open membership.
Over the years the Society has built a very good name with both landlords and the public.
We look to our members to help us keep our reputation and enjoy fishing in some of the best waters in the area.

Thanks to Ian Snook, Club Treasurer for the above information.