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  Day Ticket Fishery Rules (please read this section)

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 from the new shop 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 etc,  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.

We often get the impression that anglers feel that they are being penalised by the float restrictions. However if we returned to the original free for all situation which we had in the past, it would be a waste of time for anyone to fish with anything other than the adapted pike bung type of float which self hooks the fish as these were without doubt unbeatable when allowed. This situation meant that anglers actually had less choice in the type of floats they could use as any other type were not competitive. This created the one method matches we have since attempted to avoid.

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

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 can not 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 we feel that they are necessary to protect and preserve the future of your fishing

Thank You