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Any member found infringing any of the following rules, or jeopardizing the
fishing rights will be dealt with by the committee, and may face expulsion.
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All anglers must hold a current Rod Licence where appropriate and observe all
Environment Agency regulations.
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All members must be in possession of a current Year & Membership Card at all
times when fishing. Anyone without may be ejected from the water.
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Members must cause no damage, deposit no litter, nor light fires, and are
expected to prevent such behaviour in others. ANYONE found leaving LITTER,
INCLUDING cigarette ends, line, hooks, shot etc after leaving their peg may
be banned from the club for LIFE.
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No watercraft without the permission of the committee.
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No swimming will be allowed.
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Anglers must not overcrowd their keepnets (which must be a minimum of 8ft /
450mm in length with a diameter of 18" / 450mm and must be made of a knotless
material). Anglers must ensure the well being of their catch at all times. All
current notices regarding net bans must be observed.
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Inspection of nets and/or their contents by any member at any time is
permissible upon the production of a membership or bailiff card, where a valid
reason exists.
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Members must adopt a responsible attitude to members of the public and other
water users, and endeavour to avoid injury to anyone in anyway.
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NO fish, NO aquatic plants NO other forms of pond life are to be introduced to,
or removed from the water without the permission of the committee. The only
exception is that any game fish must be removed. (See individual waters rules.)
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All coarse fish must be returned unharmed to the water at the end of each
fishing session. Any person member or non-member will be prosecuted under the
theft act for removing fish without prior written consent from the committee.
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No radios except personal stereos.
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An adequate landing net made of a knotless material must be available and used whenever the size of fish dictates its use. The swinging in of any fish is to be avoided where practical.
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The use of an unhooking mat is mandatory whilst pike or carp fishing.
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Members must keep within the clubs boundaries at all times. Boundaries are as
detailed in each waters individual rules. No night fishing unless by prior
arrangement, please call 07919-835944 for details. Night fishing is only
permitted from the bank opposite the houses. Fishing during day light hours is
permitted from the house bank.
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All cars are to be parked in the car parks ONLY.
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Any of the waters may be closed at any time when deemed necessary by the
committee.
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No blood worm or jokers.
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No live fish are permitted as bait.
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No cans are allowed at the waterside at all. (This includes food, drink or bait
cans)
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No barbed hooks other than Whisker, Ghost, Splinter or Micro barbs are
permitted. No rigs should consist of more than one single hook unless Pike
fishing, in which case a maximum of two treble hooks may be used.
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A maximum of three fishing implements (rods, poles whips etc.) may be used
within the confines of your own peg. (The confines of a peg are 1/2 way between
yours and the peg to the left and to the right, also 1/2 way across the water
to the nearest peg opposite when occupied.)
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No Carp over 2 lb should be retained unless an acknowledged Carp friendly
keepnet or Carp sack is used. (The committee recommend that NO Carp over 10 lb
are retained at all).
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At the end of any fishing session unused bait must not be discarded into the
water.
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Pike fishing is only permitted between the 1st of October and the 30th of April, these dates included.
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These rules may be revised by the committee at any time.
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Any club member, who on any club controlled waters, away trip or exchange
ticket water, is found to be in possession of, and, or under the influence of
alcohol, prohibited drugs or substances (e.g. solvents) will be expelled from
the club forthwith
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