GENERAL LAKE RULES
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General Rules for Bridges, Carvers and Reeds lakes

  • No nets to be brought onto the fishery
  • All keepnets and landing nets are supplied by East Bilney Lakes.
  • Keepnets are only allowed in matches, we have a 50lb net limit you have a 10lb leeway up to 60lb, go 1 ounce over and you get knocked back to 50lb. Once you have filled 3 nets you can alternate each net. I would recommend you put in 2 nets to start and just alternate as you go.
  • Any fish over 8oz must be netted. Any fish over 8oz must be put in the keepnet via your landing net. Anything smaller can be swung in.
  • All bomb rigs must be free running, no stop beads behind the bomb. Inline method feeders are allowed (GURU X-SAFE feeders are allowed)
  • Groundbait to be used in a feeder or pole cup only (NO SOIL).maximum of 2kg allowed
  • Barbless hooks only. Max size 10 also no braid.
  • Gardening – you can garden the bank and reeds, rakes can be used to clear away debris in the bottom. No person to enter the water.
Banned Baits
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  • We are now allowing lunching meat only as a hook bait, two small tins or 1 large tin.
  • Bread is only to be used on the hook only.
  • No artificial baits, bollies can only be used on the hook only no feeding
  • No feeding floating baits
  • No nuts
  • No trout pellet
  • Paste and banded and expander pellets are allowed on the hook only
Banned Methods
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  • You can slap your rig as long as your are feeding at the same time (no continuous slapping without feeding)
  • No floating pole
  • No mugging or dobbing/ standing on your box
  • There is no pole limit on any of the lakes
  • No permanently fixed leads
  • No surface fishing at all
  • No lure fishing
  • No leadcore
  • No braid
WHEN YOU FISH
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  • You must NEVER leave your rod or pole unattended
  • All fished must be handled properly and returned to the water ASAP
  • No weigh Mats allowed on venue we will supply so please ask 
  • No stalking is permitted
  • Maximum of two rods per person
  • Dogs allowed on lead only
  • No alcohol or drugs are allowed on the venue, if found you will be asked to leave.
  • No litter to be left on peg use bins provided.
  • Your box or chair must be on the platform, with no legs in the water.
  • Fishing is only permitted from the platforms provided.
  • If you see your peg number opposite you on the island that gives you the right to cast to the island if your peg number is not on the island you cannot cast to the island
Extra Rules for Open Matches
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  • We have bait limits on maggots and casters. This will be a 3 pint limit on each. This is due to the cost of these baits we do not want people having to feel they have so spend large sums of money to compete in a match. (The only time bait limits will be relaxed is during a 2 or 4 day festival) but will always be in place on opens and club fishing. 
  • All weigh-ins will be done by EBL staff.
  • There is no pole limit on any of the lakes.
  • You must have a float which floats on. 
  • You can use an over shotted rig. The Jigga float is allowed shotted and stopped correctly.
  • No cupping in feed with pole while fishing with a rod
  • No mugging or dobbing or standing on your box
  • You can slap your rig as long as your are feeding at the same time (no continuous slapping without feeding)

Birch Pool

Private Bookings
To book onto birch pool visit the go catch app
Bookings start from April 1st – October 31st
Winter syndicate ticket starts Nov 1st – March 31st
 
April 1st – October 31st we are boilie and pellet only
November 1st – March 31st particle is allowed
BIRCH POOL RULES
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Tackle
2 Rod limit, please have the appropriate licence, we actively encourage our regional ea officer to visit EBL to check.
Do not leave rods unattended.
No bait boats, no drones.
Baiting poles are allowed.
No leaders of any description, please use rig tubing only.
Micro barded hooks are allowed.
Minimum 12lb line.
No braided mainline. (Spomb, marker rod is fine)
No permanently fixed leads.
 
Bait
No meat type baits of any description.
No nuts.
No maggots, pinkies, squatts etc.
Quality boilies only.
No trout pellet.

 
Fish Safety/Care
Please do not bring any landing nets, unhooking mats, sacks or retaining slings into the fishery, these will be provided for you.
Ensure mats and slings are soaking wet before any contact with fish.
Retaining Slings are to be used for the absolute bare minimum time, whilst your sort your mat, scales, camera gear. They are not to be used to retain fish all night, breaking this rule will result in you being asked to leave.
 
Fish are to be treated with care when unhooking, please use propolis or similar carp care treatments where necessary on mouths, cuts, lifted scales etc. If in any doubt contact the fishery team, we are more than happy
to help.
 
Fish are to be returned to water in a sling, not carried.
 
Do not stand when holding fish for photographs.
 
We’ve supplied permanent weigh bars to assist with weighing fish, please use them, and keep the unhooking mat underneath whilst doing so.
 
Any fish over 30lb to be reported to fishery team.
 
In the very unlikely event a fish becomes snagged, do not pull for a break, call the fishery team and we’ll get the boat out, we’d much rather you land it!
Fish are not to be removed from the lake or moved between lakes under any circumstances.
 
General
Please only bivvy up in designated swims. You are welcome to stalk or bait up from the far bank.
Please keep noise to a minimum.
No open fires.
No swimming, no tree climbing.
Alcohol is permitted but please keep it sensible.
Radios are permitted, loud music definitely isn’t.
No wading on the far bank. The shelf drop off is sharp.
 
Please do not leave litter, we have worked so hard to create this fishery and would appreciate it if you treated it as if it were your own. You will be asked to leave and will be banned if this rule is broken. No ifs no buts.