Angling Rules

Rules for Angling 

1. All anglers must be in possession of a valid Environment Agency license prior to fishing with up to three rods.

2. All anglers must book on the Clubs booking system for every session. 

3. Any day anglers must only fish between 7am and 7pm. 

4. Angling from the slipway area (from the line of rocks to the bridge adjacent to the boathouse) is not allowed between 6am and 8pm or during any planned Club activity. A Maximum of three anglers fishing on the beach pebbled area at any one time.

5. If fishing North Point you must remove all rigs and line from water during Wednesday evening, Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday morning swim sessions. It is your responsibility to keep to these timings and not rely on a bailiff to tell you. Also, if fishing North Point, do not cast towards the boat house front.

6. All fish must be returned to the water, except for fish taken as live or dead baits (for use on Manvers Waterfront Lake only).

7. All fishing must be by rod and line and must be back leaded to avoid other lake users being caught in floating line.

8. Do not fish tight to or past buoys.

9. All rods in use must be a maximum of 3m apart over the outer two rod butts and a maximum of 100m apart over the outer baits.

10. Unattended rods must be removed from the water.

11. Any person fishing must remove any litter before commencing fishing and take it from the lakeside to a bin or home upon leaving.

12. No angler may carry a knife which may be classed as an offensive weapon.

13. Members are allowed to fish overnight once agreed with the Angling Section Co-ordinator and they have paid the appropriate fee.

14. Fishing or camping is not allowed on either of the two islands. Anglers fishing on the beach pebbles must not sleep in their vehicles but should use a bivvy overnight.

15. No stays of over 7 days. If an angler stays 7 days this must be followed by 2 days absence.

16. Due to the variance in the bankside conditions all anglers must be in possession of a landing net.

17. Any keepnet must be a minimum of 2m long x 50cms wide and be of suitable fish friendly micro mesh along with a landing net with a minimum size of 18inches for coarse fishing and 42inches for carp and pike fishing.

18. All hooks must be barbless.

19. Carp or pike should be stored in keepnets under any circumstances.

20. Carp and pike anglers must be in possession of suitable and fit for purpose unhooking equipment and a suitably sized un-hooking mat.

21. Particle baits are allowed but must be fully prepared prior to use.

22. Carp and pike anglers must use a minimum of 15lb breaking strain line.

23. Pike anglers must use suitable wire traces for bait and lure fishing.

24. Live bait and dead bait fishing is allowed between October 1st and March 31st. All live baits must have been caught on the lake and the maximum size allowed is 150mm. Under no circumstances should any carp be used as live or dead baits. Any unused live baits must be returned to the water.

25. Lure fishing is always allowed.

26. Pike anglers who are bait fishing must have suitable bite indication in the form of either a non-tether ledger rig with electronic bite alarm and drop indicator or clearly visible surface float.

27. Bait boats must not be used during any swim sessions. This includes finding spots. When using a bait boat, you must not use it beyond your ability to cast a baited rig.

28. Any catfish caught must be removed from the lake and placed in the holding tank at the front of the Boathouse and a bailiff informed. Anyone found to replace a catfish into the lake will be reported to the Environment Agency for stocking of a non-indigenous species into our lake.

 Boat Fishing

1. A buoyancy aid must be worn.

2. Prior to use the boat owner should produce a marine insurance certificate providing a minimum of £5m third party public liability.

3. The safety of all water users is of paramount importance therefore the following must be strictly observed:

 - No boat must be used during the swim or paddle time or in the hours of darkness.

- Fishing boat users must stay a minimum of 15m away from bank anglers.

- All boats after launching on the slipway should vacate the vicinity quickly to avoid congestion.

- After a launch the boat and trailer should be returned to the car park and parked within the members parking.

- Boats must not be overloaded with anglers.

- Petrol powered outboard motors are not allowed at all on the lake. Only electric powered engines should be used.

 

General

1. Foul and abusive language will not be tolerated towards volunteers, other members and members of the public.

2. All Bailiffs are volunteers and should be treated with respect. Anyone undermining a bailiff could be subject to disciplinary action or as ban.

3. If a bailiff requests a rig check then anglers must comply with the request.

4. Anglers should set up where they intend to fish and must not encroach into other anglers’ swim