Harescombe Fisheries
Gloucestershire
Harescombe Fisheries

Rules

Please do not drive or park on the grass, there are plenty of parking bays, car parks and lake side road parking.

PLEASURE ANGLING RULES

  1. No night fishing
  2. Landing nets must be used at all times
  3. Maximum of 2 rods in use at one time per angler
  4. No rods to be left unattended
  5. No keepnets to be used
  6. Barbless hooks only – max. size 8
  7. No floating baits
  8. No nuts, hemp or particle baits (except Sweetcorn)
  9. Boilies can be used on the hook only
  10. Groundbait and liquidised bread to be introduced by pole cup or feeder only
  11. No fish to be removed from the complex
  12. Where required, anglers must be in possession of a valid EA rod licence
  13. A float must be used unless ledgering and there must be at least 4 inches between the float and the hook
  14. Unhooking mats must be used at all times – no fishing will be allowed without an unhooking mat, these can be purchased in the shop
  15. No standing with fish for photographs. Photos must be taken when kneeling over an unhooking mat
  16. No litter to be left on the lakeside. Bins are provided on all lakes

MATCH RULES

  1. Barbless hooks only – max. size 12
  2. Minimum 2 nets required – only for Silvers and Carp under 2lb, the other for all Carp over 2lb
  3. Nets to be spread out on arrival at peg and not placed in the water until 10 minutes before fishing commences.
  4. All fish to be landed by net
  5. 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
  6. Groundbait and liquidised bread to be introduced by pole cup or feeder only
  7. No nuts, hemp or particle baits (except Sweetcorn)
  8. Boilies can be used on the hook only
  9. No floating pole
  10. A float must be used when pole fishing, no overshotting
  11. Slapping is allowed
  12. Tapping and flicking are not allowed and no breaking the surface
  13. Minimum 4 inch hooklength
  14. No braided mainline
  15. Net limit of 50lb. There is a 5lb leeway, up to 55lb. Over 55lb and the net is void.
  16. No breaking the water surface with a landing net prior to the whistle.

All anglers must comply with the Rules