Lake & Fishing Rules

• Beatties & Lodge Specimen Lake swims are pre bookable only, 24 hour sessions plus are available No day sessions available.
• No particles allowed from 1st September 2021 until further notice only boilies and pellets are allowed.
• Barbecues are now permitted , only off the ground barbecues are allowed and placed on the stoned area, no disposable ones are allowed.
• Carp mats (thick padded) or a cradle are necessary on Beatties and Lodge Lake.
• Anyone fishing on the specimen lakes must be in possesion of Carp Care spray for wounds and abrasions. This is also for sale in our on site shop.
• No sacking on Beatties or Lodge Lake at any time.
• NO KEEP NETS allowed when pleasure fishing only permitted in a match.
• On ALL pleasure lakes no larger than a size 12 hook is to be used
• On both specimen lakes ( Beatties or Lodge lake) no larger than a size 4 hook to be used.
• If using a bait boat on lodge or Beatties lake you must have an extra line attached, if your boat has to be retrieved by ourselves there is a £10 charge for this service.
• Please take your rubbish home with you.
• Only Green/camouflage Bivvy’s are allowed on our specimen lakes.
• When taking any photos of fish here you must be low to the ground please do not take any photos while you are standing up.
• Children under the age of 16 are not permitted on the specimen lakes unless they are fishing with an adult which must be cleared with Jo first.
• Any specimen angler wishing to bring along guests must book these guests in with Jo and pay the asking fee of £4 per day/£8 overnight charge per guest. No guests are allowed to visit after 4pm No specimen anglers are permitted after 4pm. If fishing overnight on our specimen lakes you cannot re enter the site after the shop is closed at 5pm.
• No Lead core /no braided mainline allowed/no chain link leaders
• When using a spomb you must attach a spomb float
• When fishing a float must be attached to the line (no overshotting)
• Maximum of 8 pints of pellets to be used in any one day or in a match this INCLUDES 4 pints of caster/maggots this max includes paste or any other baits. PLUS YOU CAN USE MAX OF 1 x kilo worm, 2 x 250g tins of meat, 2 x 300g of sweetcorn, 2 x kilo of ground bait
• BARBLESS hooks only.
• No dead baits, only maggots or worms are allowed as live baits
• No fake baits to be used including plastic corn etc
• Minimum 42′ landing net for Beatties & Lodge lake
• No lures or spinners to be used or treble hooks.
• Keep nets may be curtailed in warm weather.
• 55 lbs maximum in a carp keep net, 50 lbs maximum in a silvers keep net.
• Do not mix silver fish with carp in your nets they must be kept in separate keep nets.
• A maximum of 3 rods on the specimen lake and 2 on pleasure lakes.
• No peanuts or Tiger nuts.
• No cat meat
• No Elite/Halibut/High oil pellets allowed on any pleasure lake
• No particles allowed
• Maximum of 8 pints of pellets to be used in any one day or in a match this 8 pints INCLUDES 4 pints of caster/maggots this max includes any other baits. PLUS YOU CAN USE MAX OF 1 x kilo worm, 2 x tins of 250g meat, 2 x 300g of sweetcorn, 2 x kilo of ground bait/paste.
• No loud music to be played on site at any time only radios on low permitted please be considerate to other anglers.
• You must dip your keep nets, landing nets, unhooking mats, stink bags in the allocated bins at the site entrance before you fish for a minimum of 15 minutes, this motion is monitored at all times by cctv cameras please help to protect our fish. (Please see the notice on site of the list of items to be dipped)
• Please be aware of ALL rules, if any rules are not abide with you will be asked to leave the fishery.
• Please stretch out your keep nets 10 minutes before your nets enter the lake to allow the uv rays to kill any germs/bacteria.
• All litter is to be placed in bins provided around the fishery failure to do so you would be asked to leave the fishery as we are passionate about keeping our fishery clean & tidy.
• Fishing from marked pegs only.
• No wading
• We do not allow sharing of ANY equipment please make sure you bring your own , this applies to every lake you fish on.
• We do not allow any reserving of pegs here at all, if you go to a peg you must fish that peg.
• No gardening! If any plants/trees are causing you a problem please notify either Paul or Jo. Please do not attempt to cut/prune/damage the plants/trees.
• Please treat fish with respect and enjoy your fishing.