Rules for Colmans Cottage Fishery

When fishing at Colmans Cottage Fishery please abide by the following rules:

fishery rules

No keepnets except in pre-booked matches
All anglers to use suitable landing net and unhooking mat
Only barbless hooks, max size 10
No braid
No Tiger nuts, peanuts, bloodworm, joker or boilies. No floating baits. ALL forms of catmeat etc is prohibited. Luncheon meat is restricted to a maximum of 400g per angler.
1 kilo ground bait limit
All feeders and leads must be free running
Tackle must not be left unattended at the swim
No hand lines or "Shock Stikk" type set ups
All fish must be returned to the water after capture. FISH MUST NOT BE KILLED OR TAKEN AWAY FROM THE FISHERY
Swims must be kept tidy at all times.
All litter and unused bait must be removed from the premises
No noise nuisance, radios, phones etc
No unsociable or disruptive behaviour
All Vehicles to be parked in the car park areas only
No fires or barbeques
No dogs
Coleman’s Fishery accepts no liability whatsoever for any personal injury, loss or damage to any property howsoever caused
No juniors under the age of 16 are permitted to fish without adult supervision.
The rules and fees are subject to change without notice.
Any person not abiding by the rules will be asked to leave and banned from the fishery

MATCH RULES

All keepnets and landing nets to be provided by yourselves ...

All keepnets to be fishery friendly and must be dry. Prior to the match once you are at your peg stretch out your nets by your peg ready to be checked...they are not to be placed in the water until checked and ok'd..Should it be raining keep your nets dry in bags until checked.

Minimum of 1 silver net and 1 carp net ...should you so wish you can start the match with 2 carp nets plus the silver net ...spare nets to be checked and dry also.... (70lb maximum weight per net)..

On Match days breakfasts are served from 7am.......Match organisers can you please ensure name taking, money collecting and draws etc all take place outside ..NOT in the actual Cafe as it impedes the serving of the breakfasts

Please remove and take home all litter from peg areas including disregarded line. Unused bait MUST NOT be thrown into the lakes (either leave it in the grey box’s on the bank or take it home) No rubbish should be placed in the boxes on the bank these are for unused bait only.

Anglers must not fish beyond halfway to the next angler.

No unsocial or disruptive behaviour.

No cutting vegetation in the peg areas. Strap or tie back only.

If foul hooking fish on purpose i.e. close to the bank. The angler will be disqualified.

Any anglers found to be disregarding the rules will be disqualified

The rules and fees are subject to change without notice.

All vehicles and equipment are left at their owners risk.

We the owners reserve the right to refuse entry or ask an angler to leave due to any violation of the land, lakes or rules.

We also reserve the right to change a venue at short notice due to any unforeseen circumstances.

We also reserve the right to make random checks on angler’s kit and baits prior to the matches.

BAIT RESTRICTIONS

BANNED BAITS
No Luncheon Meat or any meat additives.
No Boilies
No artificial baits or lures
No bloodworm or jokers
No nuts and seed baits...except for sweet corn and hemp
No surface baits
No cat or dog meat
No liquid bait

BAIT LIMITS
1kilo ground bait limit
5 tins of Sweet Corn (maximum net weight 340g per tin)
8 pints of partical baits (Maggots, Caster, Hemp Pellet etc)

EQUIPMENT & METHODS

Bait and tackle that is visible on an anglers peg will be deemed as in use.

Manufactured BARBLESS hooks only - Maximum size 10.

No hand lining unless in extreme circumstances i.e broken top section.

No floating pole or surface fishing.

No braid

No loop, paternoster or fixed rigs. All leads and feeders must be free running up the line.

No bubble floats.

No floating pole method (there should be at least 6” of line between pole tip and top of the float and at least 12”of line between bottom of float and hook.

(Excluding when fishing within one metre of bank-side vegetation)

KEEP NET POLICY

Large Carp must be placed in one net. Crucian Carp, Tench and Carp under 12oz to go in with the silver fish.

Any large Carp added to the silver fish net will disqualify that net.

A maximum of 70lb is allowed in any one net. Weight above that limit will not be counted in the weigh in. Extreme weight above that limit could render the angler disqualified.

Movement of any fish between nets is not permitted at any time on any lake.

DO NOT put rocks or stones in keep nets.

WEIGHING IN POLICY

Unhooking mats MUST BE USED and Colemans weigh in buckets

Do Not tumble fish down the keep net it can remove scales and the protective mucus from the fish leaving the fish more susceptible to parasites and infection.

When returning fish to the water or to be weighed do collapse the keep net and pull the 2nd/3rd ring from the bottom through to the top of the keep net and tip the fish gently in the weigh bag or back into the water.

Place the fish back into the water from the weigh bag i.e place the bag on the surface of water and slide fish gently back into the water. Any club seen throwing fish back into the water from a height will LOSE that match and future bookings.

CLUB MATCHES

Anglers caught breaking the rules (except the weight limit which is dealt with above) will be issued with a one month ban with immediate effect.

That club will then be issued with a warning (which will be indefinite). If any anglers are caught breaking rules on that club‘s future matches, at our venue, that clubs next match will be cancelled.

If after this action there is a further rule breaking we will not hesitate to cancel all of that clubs match bookings and that club will not be welcome to match fish on our lake.

Anglers and clubs are allowed to appeal in writing, which will be reviewed by the owners. Upon appeal their decision will be final.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
If you have any uncertainty on our rules please ask Jayne or Gerry to clarify them before fishing.