RULES

1. Arrival time Monday morning 8am.
2. Departure Sunday lunch time 2pm.
3. You fish here at your own risk. 
4. Euro Aqua do not accept responsibility for any accident or loss.
5. No refunds will be given.
6. Loading and unloading of equipment from a vehicle is permitted.
7. All cars must be parked in the car park provided.
8. Vehicles are to be driven on the road. Do not drive on the grass.
9. After using the rowing boat bring it back where you took it.
10. Casting only. Do not drop your hookbait from the rowing boat.
11. Life jacket are to be worn at all times when using a rowing boat.
12. Euro Aqua do not supply life jackets. 
13. ‘Baiting up’ with rowing boats is permitted.
14. Do not bring your own bait onto site. Use Euro Aqua bait only. 
15. Echo sounders and bait boats are forbidden.
16. Open fires are forbidden.
17. Bivvies are permitted with use of a ground sheet. Do not put your bivvy on the grass.
18. Barbless and micro barbed hooks are permitted.
19. No braided leaders.
20. 20cm minimum length hooklink.
21. No Zig rigs or Chod rigs.
22. Minimum 0.35mm mono mainline.
23. No braided mainline.
24. Put all rubbish and cigarettes in the green bins.
25. Keep your swim clean and tidy at all times.
26. If you are drunk it’s forbidden to fish.
27. Only use Euro Aqua carp care equipment provided.

Carp Care Rules

1. Zig rig and Chod rig are forbidden.
2. Barbless and micro barbed hooks are permitted.
3. Braided shock leader is forbidden (all kind of braided mainline forbidden).
4. Mainline must be mono.
5. Taped shock leader is a must (no ‘crack off’s’).
6. You can use leadcore.
7. Inline lead is forbidden (no fix leads)
8. Use Saftey Lead systems
9. Plastic hookbaits are forbidden.
10. Rig length must be a minimum of 20cm.
11. Always wet your hands and waders on your chest before touching or lifting the carp.
12. Before taking pictures, remove your watch, rings or anything that may harm the carp.
13. Let the carp rest in the landing net first while you get your stuff ready: scales, mat, sling, carp care spray, camera and water bucket. Get your waders on, then take the carp out, remove the hook and put him out of the landing net and safely into the weigh sling. 
14. Return the carp back into the lake promptly, no longer than 5min outside!

Carp Pictures

1. Only hold the carp straight. Do not grab by the fin. Keep your fingers away from the gills.
2. Every carp has to stay in the water, weighed and photographed in the water.
3. Do not take an excessive amount of pictures.
4. Hold the carp straight while placing the carp back into the lake and give the carp time to recover before letting the carp swim off.
5. Do not role the carp over, this might role his stomach over his back. We do not want to damage the insides.
6. Weigh the carp quick as possible. Do not let the carp hang in the air in the weigh sling. Calculate the weight when the carp is back down. 

Big Carp Rules

1. If you see the carp is around 75 – 80lb let the carp rest in the landing net and call a bailiff immediately!
2. Do not lift the carp out. Cut the line and call a bailiff immediately, day and night time, 24 hours. The bailiff will help you to handle the carp correctly. They are very experienced in looking after big carp.
3. Do not keep the carp in the sling, remove the carp quickly back to the lake.

Rules may be subject to change. Please check you fully understand the rules before fishing.