Clubmate is now compulsory for all SAA members

At the 2025 SAA AGM, members voted to make it a condition of membership that all members to be registered on Clubmate and to fully populate their profile. A very large majority of members are already signed up but those who aren’t will be contacted by the club. When our bailiffs come across members who show a paper membership, they will photograph the slip, ask the member to verify the details on it and then take a full face photo of the member. As long as we have a name, a photograph and a few other details on Clubmate, that is sufficient although ideally we would like members to provide an email address as that is how the club will communicate with members.

You will still be able to buy your membership through the tackle shops listed on our website.

Closed season 2025

For the next 3 months there is no fishing allowed on all of our river venues, the Louth canal, and the Chesterfield canal from Gringley Road to the end of our stretch just before Drakehole Tunnel (the stretch of canal is designated as a SSSI). Our lakes and other canal venues can still be fished all year round.

Match venues for hire

SAA have a number of venues, including rivers, canals and lakes, available for match bookings. For more information, click here.

Venue conditions – Click on the link for the latest news on all of our venues – venue conditions