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Fishery Rules

Pike

  1. All anglers fishing for pike at this venue must be experienced pike fishermen.
  2. All anglers must have with them a large unhooking mat, forceps, wire cutters, large landing net of at least 36 inches.
  3. All paternoster baits must be fished with an up trace twice as long as the bait trace.
  4. Minimum line strength 15lb but braid of 20lb+ is recommended.
  5. Maximum of 4 rods to be used and never left unattended.
  6. All anglers must have good bite indication, either surface floats or visible drop off.
  7. All hooks must be semi-barbed.
  8. When boat fishing no ledgering is allowed, every rod must be fished with surface floats.
  9. A carp sack or pike tube is advised to either retain a fish for photographing or if unhooking is a problem and help is needed.
  10. No course fishing on this ticket.
  11. No livebaits.
  12. No night fishing Except Season Ticket holders who have completed a night fishing form.
  13. No fishing from the Balcombe Estate bank, dam wall or causeway wall.
  14. No bait boats south of Digby’s bench.
  15. All anglers must give due consideration to other anglers and water users when setting up their rods and be reasonable about the size of swim / water area they are using.

Coarse

  1. No litter, discarded line, tin cans, lead shot. No tents, no fires, including barbecues.
  2. No pike fishing of any kind on this day ticket including spinning.
  3. No fishing from the Balcombe Estate bank, dam wall or causeway wall.
  4. Keep nets can be used, they must be at least 8 feet long and staked out in deep water.
  5. No carp or pike in keep nets.
  6. All fish must be returned to the water alive and undamaged.
  7. Valid rod licences must be held for all rods used.
  8. No night fishing Except Season Ticket holders who have completed a night fishing form.
  9. No bait boats south of Digby’s bench.
  10. All anglers must give due consideration to other anglers and water users when setting up their rods and be reasonable about the size of swim / water area they are using.