Rules and Tariff

Pleasure Angling Rules

• Fishing tickets must be purchased before fishing, anyone caught without a ticket will either be charged double or asked to leave.
• All anglers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
• Fishing from designated platforms only
• No keepnets (except in matches)
• No Floating Baits
• Must have at least 12 inches between float and hook
• Barbless hooks only up to max size of 12
• No fixed or bolt rigs
• No braid of any sort
• No free lining
• Only free running in line method feeders permitted
• Boilies can only be used as hook bait / NO Loose feeding boilies
• No dog or cat meat
• Maximum 2kg of ground bait
• No unwanted bait to be put in lake after fishing
• Litter to be taken home and not left around fishery
• Dawn to dusk fishing only – No night fishing allowed
• No fires or barbecues

Headfen fishery reserves the right to change permitted baits if necessary in interest of fish and fishery

Match Rules

In addition to the pleasure angling rules:

• Minimum of two keepnets
• Maximum of 60lb of fish in each keepnet
• All nets to be dipped and laid out behind peg to dry. Nets must not be placed in lake straight after they have been dipped.
• Nets can be placed in lake 15 minutes before start of match
• Maximum of 6 pints of bait made up of combined pellet, maggots, caster, corn, luncheon meat and hemp.
• Maximum 1 Kilo of worms
• Bread allowed as hook bait only but not floating