Glebe Rules with effect from 1st June 2024
Please take time to read through all the rules before you visit us.
All keepnets, landing nets, unhooking mats, weigh slings etc MUST be dipped in one of the dip tanks BEFORE going to your peg.
Match Rules:
1. Carp over 2lbs must be held in separate nets to silver fish and carp under 2lbs, and they must be weighed in separately i.e. don’t tip your silvers into the weigh net with bigger carp. The net limit in matches is 60lbs. Any weight over 60lbs will count as 60lbs.
2. No Barbel of any size to be held in nets. Barbel do not count towards a match weight.
3. When reaching your peg, you must lay out your nets behind you to expose them to as much ultra violet light as possible. This will help to destroy any KHV or other virus present on nets. 15 minutes prior to fishing you may position your nets in the water ready to fish.
4. Only drive on the roads. Max speed 5mph on the Glebe complex. Only park in car park areas, on no account must vehicles be parked on grass verges.
Baits:
1. No floating baits or subsurface floating baits to be used.
2. Bread may be used from November to the end of March, but not as a surface bait, there is a size limit for bread hook baits of half an inch or 12mm diameter and thickness.
3. No bloodworm or joker.
4. No nuts.
5. No meat baits of any kind, e.g. tinned meats, sausage, poloni, peperami etc., this includes pet food. None of these baits to be added to groundbait or paste mixes.
6. Only coarse pellets to be used, absolutely no trout pellet to be used.
7. All hook baits must be put on by hand, the use of compression tubes, cones and similar devices are not permitted.
8. If you decide to leave a match before the final whistle please do not throw your bait into your peg, this may spoil another anglers match. Any unused bait should be thrown in after the final whistle or put into one of the stock ponds.
When Fishing:
1. Hooks must be barbless, no crimped barbs and must be no larger than a regular size 8.
2. No free lining.
3. No bullying or mistreatment of fish.
4. No braided line or braided hooklengths.
5. No method fishing, including floating methods and feeders, no method, emstat feeders, elastiicated feeders or elasticated bombs.
6. When feeder or straight lead fishing a tail of at least 20 inches or 50cm must hang below the feeder or lead & these must be free running. No tucking baits or hook lengths into feeders.
7. When pole fishing, there must be no tapping or rattling the water. However, slapping & swinging rigs over on the pole will be permitted. no cupping of water. Baits must be at least 6 inches or 15cm below the surface. Baits must not be held on the surface to intercept fish i.e. no dapping.
8. All floats must be of conventional design. No polyballs of any size and no ping pong ball rigs.
9. When waggler fishing, all wagglers must be attached by the base, no controllers, no bubble floats, no candles type floats, pellet wagglers must be fished as floats and not subsurface.
10. Elastic must be set loose, puller kits/bungs may be used but for safety reasons no handlining i.e. direct pulling of elastic from above the pole end.
11. No litter of any kind to be left around fishing area, clean up or any litter or you will not be weighed in. No tins to be taken to your peg.
12. All unused bait must be taken away or thrown into water, bait on the bank is litter and encourages vermin.
13. You can garden your far bank. However, no gardening of the inside margins is allowed.
14. You must not stand up to fish.
Pleasure Fishing Rules:
1. Keep nets are only allowed in official matches
2. Bait and tackle rules apply as per match rules, with exception that floating baits and bread may be used as long as it does not interfere with another anglers fishing. Max hook size 6 please. Please take extra care when there are water birds in the area.
3. Surface fishing with controllers/bubble floats is allowed.
4. Take ALL litter home, we have no litter bins. YOU are responsible for any litter within the area of your peg take it home even if it is not yours.
5. Strictly no fish to be taken away or introduced to any of our water.
6. Strictly no fish to be transferred between lakes or eco ponds.
7. You can only fish from permanent fishing pegs.
8. On no account can pegs be reserved for anyone.
9. No shouting, abusive or foul language or threatening behaviour.
10. No Radios, earpieces are permitted for personal entertainment. If using bite alarms please use either on silent or minimum volume so as not to disturb others.
11. Always lock all gates behind you.
12. Membership is non-transferable.
13. Juniors must always be accompanied by an adult.
14. Membership cards and guest tickets must be carried at all times. Any member can request to see another angler’s membership on request, requesting member must also prove membership.
15. No trimming, trampling or interfering of any bank-side vegetation.
Further Rules Applicable to The Glebe:
1. No night fishing, fishing is dawn until dusk.
2. No Dogs allowed.
3. Only drive on the roads, 5 mph max. Do not drive on any grass verges. Only park in the parking areas.