**Updated January 2025**
Please do not drive or park on the grass, there are plenty of parking bays, car parks and lake side road parking.
Note: Juniors (under 16s) are NOT to be left unsupervised at the fishery. An adult (over 18) must be present at all times.
PLEASURE ANGLING RULES
- No night fishing
- Landing nets must be used at all times
- Maximum of 2 rods in use at one time per angler
- No rods to be left 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 mats 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, no overshotting
- Slapping is allowed
- Tapping and flicking are not allowed and no breaking the surface
- 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.
- No breaking the water surface with a landing net prior to the whistle.
- No bait to be thrown in the lake at the end of a match. Please use the bait bins by the side of the lake for unwanted bait.
- Fish in your swim only. If the next peg to you is empty, you can fish to the 1st leg of the platform (the one closest to you), if there is an angler on the next peg, you can fish half way between you both.
- Only weigh buckets to be used for weigh-ins. Purse nets are not allowed.
- A supplied padded mat is to be used under the weigh bucket at all weigh-ins. Unhooking mats are not sufficient for this purpose.
- No fixed leads – ALL leads must be free running
- Only 1 rod/pole to be used at any one time. No cupping in bait via a second rod/pole whilst another line is in the water .
All anglers must comply with the Rules