MEMBERSHIP

• Carry your membership card/guest ticket AT ALL TIMES
• ANY member may request proof of membership and MUST show their own in return

PEG USE

• NO fishing between platforms
• NO reserving pegs

TACKLE & METHODS

• NO keepnets or retaining sacks
• All fish must be landed with a landing net – no swinging in
• NO bullying fish
• ALL fish must be returned immediately
• BARBLESS HOOKS ONLY
• NO braided line of any kind
• NO braided leaders/rigs, or leadcore below the feeder/bomb
• MINIMUM hooklength 20” (50cm)
• ONLY running rigs – fixed bolt rigs, no stops above feeder/bomb
• NO tucking baits or hooklengths into feeders
• NO method fishing of any kind – conventional feeders ONLY

JUNIORS

• Under-16s MUST be accompanied by an adult at all times

RESPECT THE WILDLIFE

• NO DOGS
• NO DRONES
• NO BBQs
• NO ALCOHOL/DRUGS
• DO NOT disturb banks, plants or animals

GATES & ROADS

• Lock all gates behind you
• 5 mph MAX
• STAY on roads
• Do NOT drive or park on grass

NOISE

• NO radios
• Headphones only
• Bite alarms on silent or minimum volume

NO TINS – AT ALL

• NO tins on the bank – opened or unopened

LITTER

• There are NO bins provided
• Take ALL litter and broken tackle home – even if it isn’t yours

FISHING TIMES

• Dawn to dusk ONLY
• NO night fishing
• NO swimming or wading

FISH WELFARE

• DO NOT remove or introduce any fish. Ever!

MEMBERSHIP

• Membership is NON-TRANSFERABLE

 

MATCH RULES

NETS

• ALL LANDING and KEEPNETS MUST be dipped

BAIT

• MAX 6 pints total of casters/maggots alive/dead
• NO PVA
• NO bloodworm or joker
• NO artificial baits
• NO floating or subsurface baits (bread allowed Nov 1 – Feb 28)
• ALL hookbaits must be put on by hand (no pellet cones/tubes etc)
• NO bait to be introduced with a pole cup or bait dropper attached to an extra rod or pole whilst continuing to fish

RIGS & PRESENTATION

FEEDER & LEAD FISHING

• MINIMUM hooklength 20” (50cm) below the feeder/bomb
• ONLY running rigs – No fixed bolt rigs, no stops above feeder/bomb
• Barbless hooks ONLY – MAX size 12

POLE & FLOAT FISHING

• A conventional float MUST be used – NO polyballs, ping-pong rigs, jiggers, overshotted rigs
• MINIMUM 8” (20.3cm) of line between pole tip and float tip
• NO tapping or rattling the water
• NO cupping water
• Bait MUST be 6” (15cm) below the surface
• NO dapping or holding bait on the surface
• Wagglers MUST be attached at the base
• NO controllers, bubbles, candles
• Pellet wagglers MUST be used as floats, not subsurface
• ONLY one rod or pole in use at a time (spares may be set up behind)

MATCH RULES

RETAINING & HANDLING FISH

• Anglers MUST dip all keepnets and landing nets upon arrival
• Fish MUST be placed, not thrown, into keepnets
• MAX 60lb per keepnet – weights over 60lb count as 50lb
• ALL silver fish (including carp under 2lb) in a separate net
• Mixing carp and silvers will result in DISQUALIFICATION
• ALL Keepnets must be stretched out on the bank and only put in 10 MINUTES before the start
• Spare keepnets CANNOT be retrieved from your car mid match
• NO rods left unattended
• NO standing up to fish

CONDUCT & PEG USE

• Fishing from platforms ONLY
• No gardening – fish your peg as you find it
• NO bait introduced with an extra pole/rod while still fishing
• NO runners, spectators or helpers on the bank during a match
• After final whistle 15 MINUTES allowed to land fish already hooked
• ALL unused bait must be taken home – DO NOT discard anything
• NO fishing after the match