These records show how the numbers fishing advanced immediately after World War II and the gradual change in coarse fishing to catch and release.
Season 48/49
Membership 1073 (1106 the previous year - a record)
Stock the Exeter ship canal with roach, tench and carp.
Increasing size limits were introduced to preserve fish stocks, with many fish being killed when caught.
These were
Dace 7”
Rudd 9”
Chub 12”
Bream 11”
Pike 20”
Tench 12”
Carp 16”
Roach 8”
Perch 9”
Gudgeon 4"
Season 49/50
170 rudd, 437 tench and 500 king carp were stocked in Exeter waters
Membership 1118 (record)
Best fish were:-
Roach 1lb 14.5oz
Bream 3lb 10oz
Pike 14lb 4oz
Perch 1lb 11oz
Eel 1lb 11oz
Season 50/51
Membership 1291
Best fish were:-
Pike 27lbs
Bream 3lb 1.5oz
Dace 9.25oz
Roach 1lb 13.5oz
Perch 2lb 8.5oz
Eel 1lb 6.5oz　
　
Season 51/52
Membership 1411
　
Season 52/53
Membership 1537
Best fish were:-
Bream 3lb 2oz
Dace 8.5oz
Roach 1lb 7oz
Perch 1lb 7.5oz
Eel 1lb 10oz
Season 53/54
Membership 1530
Best fish were:-
Roach 1lb 1oz
Bream 3lb 10.5oz
Dace 7.75oz
Eel 1lb 9oz
Perch 9.75oz
Season 54/55
600 roach and dace were transferred from the River Otter to the Tiverton canal.
Membership 1611 (1061 members more than in the record pre-war years)
Best fish were:-
Roach 1lb 8.25oz
Eel 2lb 8oz
Perch 1lb 10oz
Bream 3lb 1.25oz
Pike 15lb 9oz
Season 55/56
200 tench and 50 mirror carp were stocked into the Tiverton Canal, the carp on an experimental basis
Membership 1796
Best fish were:-
Tench 3lb 6.5oz
Roach 1lb 6.5oz
Dace 9oz
Pike 10lb 2oz
Perch 1lb 7.5oz