General Rules

1.1 The AGM shall be held at 8.00pm on the last Wednesday in January.

1.1.1 Proposals for discussion at the AGM, signed by the Proposer and Seconder, must be received in writing by the Secretary no later than 14 days before the date of the AGM.

1.2 Committee meetings shall be held monthly, at the discretion of the Committee.

1.3 Membership shall continue from May 1st to April 30th.

1.4 All members are expected to co-operate in the preservation of wildlife, flora and fauna at Club waters.

1.5 Junior members aged 16 or under are not allowed on or able to fish any of our waters unless accompanied by an adult member aged 21 years or older. Children under 12 must fish the same swim and use one of the two rods of the accompanying adult or senior member.

1.6 An Environmental Agency rod licence is required on all Club waters.

1.7 Members must carry their membership tab and appropriate rod licence with them at all times and produce them for inspection to a Bailiff, Officer of the Club or anyone identifying themselves by the production of a current tab.

1.8 Dogs are only allowed at the Lido and Whitehouse Farm (see 3.3) and must be kept under control and on a short lead at all times.

1.9 RADIOS, TAPE RECORDERS, DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYERS, GUNS, TINS of any sort, ALCOHOL AND NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE BANNED.

1.10 All members must take their rubbish home.

1.11 Gates to all waters must be kept locked at all times ESPECIALLY WHEN LEAVING VENUE.

2.1 All members shall be permitted to fish with 2 rods only from recognised swims on all waters.

THIS MEANS NO STALKING BETWEEN SWIMS.

2.2 When fishing with your lines in the water you must not be more than 10 metres away from your rods.

2.3 Barbless hooks only are allowed.

2.3a No fixed rigs are to be used.

2.3b No floating bread, Monofilament line only, NO BRAIDED MAIN LINE. Braided hook lengths are permitted.

2.3c No spodding.

2.4 Keepnets are permitted all year at the Committee’s discretion. Members are requested not to keep fish in keepnets longer than 6 hours. ALL CARP ARE TO BE RETURNED TO THE WATER IMMEDIATELY; exceptions refer to match rules.

2.5 All members must use an unhooking mat for fish being unhooked and in contact with the ground.

2.6 No fish live bait may be used on any lake.

2.7 Pike up to 6lb in weight may be removed at the angler’s discretion but must be taken from the lake. THE TAKING OF ANY OTHER FISH WILL BE REGARDED AS THEFT AND THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TAKEN.
Any unauthorised movement of fish between lakes is strictly prohibited.

2.8 Members may only enter the fishery 1 hour before sunrise and must have left before 1 hour after sunset.
LEAVE TIME TO PACK UP AND GET OUT. NO NIGHT FISHING EXCEPT AT THE LIDO

2.9 Anglers wishing to fish the Lido at night must book with Darren Scudamore 24 hours in advance by calling 07918 102084 BUT NO LATER THAN 18:30. NO EXCEPTIONS.

MEMBERS WHO HAVE BOOKED MUST ADVISE DARREN SCUDAMORE IN ADVANCE IF UNABLE TO FISH. FUTURE BOOKINGS MAY BE REFUSED IF NOT ADVISED.

2.9a Junior members will be allowed to night fish as long as they are in the company of an Adult/Senior member aged 21 years or older and must fish the same swim.

2.10 There are 8 swims only at the Lido for bivvies and tents. The swims are marked with a red block. No bivvies or tents in any other swim. Only one bivvie/tent per swim.

2.11 Members are permitted to fish from one swim for a maximum of 72 hours only, after which they must vacate that swim and move to another. Fishing at night is done entirely at members’ own risk.

THIS IS AN URBAN AREA SO PLEASE KEEP NOISE TO A MINIMUM, ESPECIALLY IF ARRIVING AFTER DUSK.

2.12 Swims must be vacated 1 hour before a match and will not be available to pleasure anglers again until 1 hour after the match has ended.

2.13 All types of boilies, cereal groundbait and cooked particle baits are allowed subject to a maximum of 1 kilo per angler in any 24-hour session.

2.14 All nuts are banned. All particle baits must be cooked.

EXTRA RULES FOR THE CLAMP

3.1 The lane leading from Henfield Road to Seridge Cottage is out of bounds and cannot be used for parking or access to the lake.

3.2 Only 12 cars are permitted in the car park. A maximum of 20 anglers can be catered for at this venue.

3.3 Dogs are not allowed at the Clamp.

EXTRA RULES FOR WHITEHOUSE FARM

4 Casting to the island in Margaret’s Lake is only permitted from designated swims whether there are anglers in these swims or not. Swims excluded are: 4,10,11,12,15 and 16

* If you intend to take part in any of our matches then you will also need to familiarise yourself with the Match Rules.