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Please
read these rules carefully
Day
Ticket Fishery Rules
Barbless hooks only, maximum size 12
No
keep nets
No
night fishing (dawn till dusk only)
No
litter
Bait
restrictions : No cat or dog meat
Only
pellets (including feed and hook pellets) supplied by the fishery
can be used on all Day Ticket waters,
these
pellets are available from the new shop just past the Swan Pond.
The
new building houses toilets, a shop and a fish hatchery.
Match
Fishing Rules
Barbless hooks only, maximum size 12
Maximum match duration 6 hours
Anglers must not lift their keep nets from the water , fishery staff
will be on hand at the end of your match to weigh all fish, this is
to prevent damage to our fish stocks
No
litter
Dead
fish will not be weighed
Bait
restrictions : No cat or dog meat
No
floating baits, floating pole may be used providing the bait is a
minimum of 12 inches below the surface
Popped
up baits may be used provided that the bait is without any doubt
below the surface
Only
pellets (including feed and hook pellets) supplied by the fishery
can be used on all Match Waters, these pellets are available only
from the new shop situated just past the Swan Pond.
Method
bans : All methods can be used unless otherwise stated
Exclusions are : No self hooking floats allowed, including Numpty,
Splasher, Bagging Wagglers, Controller, Bubble type floats, Pellet
Floats or any variations of the above
All
Wagglers must be of a standard bottom end only design with a maximum
capacity of 12 grams including loading (photos of floats which can
and can not be used are shown on the gallery page to avoid
confusion).
Please
note that the shotting capacity of the float must be visible (i.e.
not painted over) and floats which say 12 + any other amount are too
big.
In
order to avoid confusion caused by the abundance of floats on the
market now described as wagglers, the maximum width of the visible
part of the float (i.e. that part showing above the water surface)
must be no more than 8mm.This is probably the thickest peacock quill
available. Balsa pellet wagglers are generally thicker than this
and only those with a visible insert of 8mm or less are allowed.
This
rule is to prevent fishing matches from becoming one method only
events as was the case in the past when self hooking floats were
allowed. This rule applies to all three match lakes
TRIPP
LAKE is classed as a float only venue, float only means with pole or
running line only, no ledgering or feeder fishing, this rule only
applies to
TRIPP
LAKE
Two new Rules From1 April
2011
Please note
that these rules apply ONLY TO
HOLLYWOOD LAKE
AND
MERRY’S
POOL.
REPEAT, ONLY TO
HOLLYWOOD LAKE
AND
MERRY’S POOL.
NO METHOD
FEEDERS, INLINE FEEDERS, OR FIXED
FEEDERS.
(STANDARD FREE
RUNNING PATERNOSTER STYLE FEEDERS
ARE OK )
MINIMUM
HOOKLENGTH FOR LEGERING /
FEEDER FISHING 12 INCHES.
Please note
that these rules apply ONLY TO
HOLLYWOOD LAKE
AND
MERRY’S
POOL.
REPEAT, ONLY TO
HOLLYWOOD LAKE
AND
MERRY’S POOL.
Why?
Unfortunately many of the
smaller Carp in both of these waters
exhibited a varying degree of edge of the
lip wear and damage last season.
This was a puzzling
phenomenon as both waters receive only light
angling pressure.
After
a period of observation, it became apparent
that the method feeder, which was much more
widely used last season than at any time in
the past, was producing an endless series of
sharp taps, pulls and aborted bites before a
true pull round.
In our opinion each of
these registrations on the tip is caused by
a fish pricking itself without truly setting
the hook, which obviously does occur when
the tip sails round.
This constant nicking of
the tissue around the outer edge of the
mouth would appear to be consistent with the
lip wear and damage mentioned.
It should be said that
the larger fish of two to three pounds
upwards were more or less unaffected, which
is why the aforementioned methods will still
be allowed on all of our other waters (apart
from Tripp, which is FLOAT ONLY).
Whilst this move may
prove to be unpopular, the health and
condition of the fish is paramount.
It is not our policy to
implement rules without good reasons and it
is hoped that the above comments go some way
to explaining why we feel that this move is
necessary.
Once again
this rule applies ONLY TO
HOLLYWOOD LAKE
AND
MERRY’S
POOL.
No
dogs are allowed on any of our sites.
Please
help to preserve the abundance of wildlife on our fishery by taking
all litter and line home, you may not be around to see the results
of discarded line but we are !
Please
do not stand behind anglers who are competing in matches. They have
a limited time in which to try to make a winning catch and you may
reduce their chances of doing so
A
separate set of rules apply to the syndicate lakes which are
provided by the fishery upon membership acceptance
An
Explanation Of Our Rules
Many
anglers may question the need for our rules and restrictions, some
are designed to protect the fish from harm or damage such as the
barbless hook rule or the restriction of keep net use, some are
designed to protect our wildlife such as no litter and the
restriction of dogs at the fishery, some are designed to make the
fishing matches more even by limiting certain methods or preventing a method such as
floating baits from disturbing other anglers swims, but probably the
most contentious of all are the bait restrictions, please read
our explanation below !
Bait
restrictions and why they are present
The
effects of large quantities of indigestible material passing through
a fish into the water really has to be seen to be believed. To give
you an example of the effects of this we lost over 1000lbs of fish
"yes 1000lbs of fish", in less than one hour due to the water
deoxygenating. The reason for this was large quantities of cat food
being introduced over a very short period with up to 20 tins per
angler being used. The indigestible nature of this cat food caused a
huge increase in bacterial activity as the ponds own natural clean
up system burst into action. The result was that all of the
oxygen in the pond became consumed by the bacteria which were eating
the waste bait and a large fish kill followed
The
same effect can occur with high protein and high oil pellets. We
have found that as anglers cannot guarantee and in some cases do
not care about the quality and nature of the pellets they bring, we
are obliged to restrict their use to those we can verify and have
confidence in.
We used to allow anglers to use their own hook pellets until we
found certain individuals bringing two to three kilos of what they
described as hook pellets but which they were actually feeding in
during the matches. This left us with no alternative but to extend
the pellet restrictions to cover hook baits as well.
All of the Fishery Pellets are priced to encourage anglers not to
break the Fishery Pellet only rule. We feel that it is in every
angler’s interest to protect the water quality and therefore the
fish stocks, please help us to do so.
Please
note
: We do check and enforce our rules so please adhere to them at all
times !. We feel that these rules are in no way draconian and
are in place to protect the fishery and fish stocks, they should not
detract from your enjoyment during your stay at the fishery. If you
are found to be breaking the rules then you will be asked to leave
the fishery. If a match angler is found to be breaking the rules
during their match then this is deemed to be cheating fellow
competitors as well and a ban may follow
Please
remember that the quality of the fishing that you enjoy is a result
of good fishery management and the enforcement of these rules, we do
understand that some may disagree but they are necessary to protect
and preserve the future of your fishing
Thank
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