PLEASURE ANGLING RULES
- Fishing from 7am to 7pm
- No night fishing
- Landing nets must be used at all times
- Maximum of 2 rods in use at one time
- No rods to be kept unattended
- No keepnets to be used
- Barbless hooks only – max. size 8
- No floating baits
- No nuts, hemp or particle baits (except Sweetcorn)
- Boilies can be used on the hook only
- Groundbait and liquidised bread to be introduced by pole cup or feeder only
- No fish to be removed from the complex
- Where required, anglers must be in possession of a valid EA rod licence
- A float must be used unless ledgering and there must be at least 4 inches between the float and the hook
- Unhooking hats must be used at all times – no fishing will be allowed without an unhooking mat, these can be purchased in the shop
- No standing with fish for photographs. Photos must be taken when kneeling over an unhooking mat
- No litter to be left on the lakeside. Bins are provided on all lakes
MATCH RULES
- Barbless hooks only – max. size 12
- Minimum 2 nets required – only for Silvers and Carp under 2lb, the other for all Carp over 2lb
- Nets to be spread out on arrival at peg and not placed in the water until 10 minutes before fishing commences.
- All fish to be landed by net
- Bait limit – 1 pint of bait for each hour of the competition, which includes a maximum of half kilo (1 and a half pints) of worm
- Groundbait and liquidised bread to be introduced by pole cup or feeder only
- No nuts, hemp or particle baits (except Sweetcorn)
- Boilies can be used on the hook only
- No floating pole
- A float must be used when pole fishing
- Slapping is allowed
- Tapping is not allowed
- Minimum 4 inch hooklength
- No braided mainline
- Net limit of 50lb. There is a 5lb leeway, up to 55lb. Over 55lb and the net is void.
All anglers must comply with the Rules