Good day and welcome to the Gosport & District Angling Club, founded in 1949.

For over seven decades,our club has brought together anglers of all ages and abilities, building a proud tradition of sea angling in our local community.

Our website provides all the information you need, including details on membership, boat berthing,club rules and our active social section.

You can also explore the rich history of the club, along with dedicated boat and beach sections, competition results, forthcoming fixtures, and our photo galleries.

Whether you're an experienced angler or looking to get started, we invite you to browse the website and discover everythink our club has to offer.

Thank you for your interest in Gosport & District Angling Club and we look forward to welcoming you

Gosport and District Angling Club

Serving our Community for over

77 years

1949-2026

Affiliated Club Member

Welcome to our Club Website

Our Address: Gosport and District Angling Club, Gosport, Lifeboat Lane, Stokes Bay Rd, Gosport Hampshire PO12 2TR

75th Anniversary Celebrations June 8th 2024

Dame Caroline Dineage MP

VIP Guest at our 75th Anniversary day (June 8th 2024) is our local MP Dame Caroline Dineage who is pictured with the President , Chairman, Hon Secretary and the Social Secretary.

We would like to extend our thanks to Dame Caroline for taking time out of her busy schedule to come and visit us on our special day.

Gosport Deputy Mayoress Kirsten Bradley

VIP Guest at our 75th Anniversary day (June 8th 2024) is Gosports Deputy Mayoress Kirsten Bradley who is pictured with the President.

We would like to thank Kirsten and her partner for attending our event and hope your stay with us was pleasant thankyou Kirsten for making the time to come and see us.

Special thanks to Steve Hammond (Gosport Drones) for the footage

For the latest News and Notices either select the link below or manually select from the menu

Club News/Notices

What we've done

In 2020 the club undertook an extensive refurbishment, this included the newly built bar, situated where the old boat house used to be.

There is now a photo album in the club with pictures during the build

Back before 2020 this was how the club looked before the conversion. The fire exit is adjacent to the fruit machine on the picture above you can see how much room we have gained .

Gosport and District Angling Club is situated between Portsmouth and Southampton on the South coast of England, our club over looks the famous Solent water between the mainland and the Isle of Wight.

At present we are a 200 plus members club. We have Beach, Boat and sections.

The Club is affiliated to the ANGLING TRUST

The club also has a large compound which is monitored by a CCTV system within 100 metres of the Stokes Bay Public Slipway central to the Eastern and Western approaches of the Solent.

The compound has berthing for 57 boats, we can only accept fishing boats and not pleasure craft or ribs.

The Club was formally formed in 1949 and officially became a club on January 1st 1950. We have had a few clubhouses over the time and our present clubhouse is the forth and was built in the late seventies.

Our Club constitution is:

Always to uphold and further interest in the sport of angling and maintain for that purpose an established clubhouse incorporating social and recreational amenities ancillary to these interests.

Membership

The Club has four catergories of membership and these are detailed below.

Full (18 to 64 years) Associate (18 to 64 years) Senior (65+years)

All membership fees are due on the 1st January every year

Club Fees per annum

Full Membership £50.00 Associate Membership £25.00 Senior Membership £25.00

2026 Boat Berth Fees £340.00

Please note that Associate members have no voting rights at the half and yearly or Extraordinary General Meetings

Club Opening Times

At present the club is open every Friday Evening from 7pm - 11pm , you can especially in the summer months look out on to the Solent whilst having a quite drink with friends there is also a meat raffle held. The club holds a Bingo night fortnightly on a Sunday Evening from 6.30pm to around 9pm.

The Club has Social Functions which are currently listed on our Social Events page.

Boat Berths in our Compound

Some useful information regarding boat berthing from our Boat Berth Officer

For you to apply for a boat berth (subject to availability) certain criteria needs to apply, these conditions are set out below.

As part of the club ruling with regards to boats in the compound you would need to supply the boat berth officer with a photograph of the boat to determine whether it will be eligible, the boat must be in a seaworthy condition and must be on a roadworthy trailer.

Our club Rule 3.10 states that all boats in the compound must have a certificate of Insurance with a minimum of third-party cover.

Our lease regulations states that there will be no boats allowed over 18 feet(5.5 metres).

The club will not accept speed boats or Ribs and kayaks it must be a fishing boat

If you boat is eligible you will have to apply for membership to the club first (if you hold no membership to the club), once this have been approved and the boat berth officer has also approved your boat and the appropriate berth forms have been completed together with a copy of your insurance then you will be able to bring in your boat.

The necessary forms can be obtain either by clicking the Enquiries button at the bottom of this page or you are most welcome to pick them up from the clubhouse on a Friday Evening 19:00 - 22.00 hrs where we can discuss berthing in the club with you face to face

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YOUTUBE

Click to view the Fish Locker (YOUTUBE)

Members Meet John Locker of "The FishLocker"

Members of the club meet up with John Locker at the BOAT LIFE show at the NEC

Gosport And Fareham Inshore Rescue Service

An outstanding organisation that is soley funded by public donations,members of gafirs are all volunteers who risk their own lives to save others in distress operating 24 hrs a day 365 days of the year saving life in the solent area.

For further details on how you can help GAFIRS click the link below

GAFIRS Website

The Angling Trust

Click the link below to access the Angling Trust website

Angling trust

Hooked and Messy

HOOKED & MESSY. Bait boards made by a fisherman for fishermen, we have stocked bait tables and offer custom made boards and tables for your boat. Shop Now

Gosport Based Company

For further information give Neil a ring the number is on his website.

I have seen these tables and they are built to the highest of standards, for more information please click the link below.

Hooked and Messy

Local Tackle Shop

The Last Cast Saloon

If you are interested in becoming a member of ourAngling Club, or you require any further information about membership and boat berthing then you can Email our Secretary by clicking the Enquiries link below, or you are most welcome to come to the Club on a Friday Evening and have a chat.

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