Fishing Rules

Spring Lea Fishery is open all-year round, from 8am until 4.15pm during the winter months and 5pm during the summer months for pleasure fishing, and until 7.45pm during the Summer months for holiday home owners and seasonal tourers.

Fees

£10 for one rod, or £12 for two rods, per person, per day. Maximum of two rods can be purchased at one time.

£8 for children up to 16 years old.

Winter Prices from the 30 October – 26 March 2023 £2.00 discount on the prices above.

General Fishery Rules

Please report to reception on your arrival
Barbless hooks only are to be used, maximum size 12
Fishery landing nets only are to be used. Please bring your own landing net handle
No keepnets are to be used whilst pleasure fishing
Fishery feed pellets must be used
All fish over 4oz must be netted
No braided line
No surface fishing
Fish must not be handled with any cloth/towel
No night fishing
Children under the age of 16 must always be accompanied by an adult/guardian
Fishing is only permitted from numbered pegs. No cutting or digging bankside vegetation is permitted
Spring Lea is a family venue, please use the Portaloo provided
Please respect other anglers. No loud music, BBQs or alcohol or drug use including the smoking of cannabis is permitted on the bank and may result in you being asked to leave the venue.
When photographing fish please kneel (no standing with fish)
All cars are to be parked in the car park
All litter must be disposed of in the bins provided

Bait Rules

Hemp, castor and maggot – 4 pints in total
Worms – 1kg maximum
Sweetcorn – 3 x 198g tins in total
Meat – 2 x 290g tins with fat removed in total
No boilies, blood worm, joker or liquidised bait to be used
No leftover bait is to be thrown in the lakes. Please use the bins provided

Match Fishing Rules

Please take note of the above general and bait rules.

Spring Lea Park staff will do all the weighing at the end of the match.

Fishery keepnets must be used. Nets can be placed in the water once your peg has been drawn.

All matches must be a maximum of five hours in duration.

Please use a minimum of three keepnets (x2 carp, x1 silver). Fish under 3lbs in weight should be kept separate to bigger fish. No more than 60lbs of fish are to be held in a keepnet at any time. No more than four pints of live/particle bait is to be taken to your peg at any time. In addition, anglers are allowed a maximum of 1 kilo of worms and two kilos of ground bait. Anglers may fish halfway between the peg that they are sat on, and the nearest angler.

Specimen Lake Rules (Trevor’s)

Barbless hooks (maximum size 6)
2 rods maximum
No lead core
No fixed leads – all rigs must be free running and must be able to lose the lead in the event of a line breakage
Minimum 15lbs mainline – no braided mainline
Line tube must be used – 3ft minimum
No plastic or artificial baits
No floating baits
No tiger nuts to be used as loose feed
Please use net, cradle, sling and water bucket provided, no others allowed on site
Carp care antiseptic/propolis must be used by each angler
Respect all other anglers and swim boundaries
Bivvies on peg areas only – please keep them off the grass
All BBQs must be gas only and raised off the ground – no naked flames
Fishing at the specimen carp pool is only permitted from numbered pegs. No cutting or digging bankside vegetation is permitted
Please take all rubbish home with you
Well behaved dogs are allowed but must be kept on a lead and within your peg. All dog mess must be picked up.
All fish estimated to be over 20lbs, please contact the fishery team before removing from the net for photos and confirmation of weight
All anglers to give the upmost care dealing with fish once landed
All fish must be left in landing nets for a minimum of 5 minutes to recover once landed. Unhook the rig if possible.
When handling the fish for photos, this must be in the cradle and lifted out over the top, kneeling
No guns/firearms/weapons
No baitboats
1 non-fishing guest is allowed on the lakes
Anti-social behaviour, drinking of alcohol or drug use including smoking cannabis will not be tolerated and may result in you being asked to leave the venue.
Spring Lea is a family venue, please use the toilets provided
We co-operate with other fisheries within the area to make sure problem anglers cannot fish here. Anyone banned at Spring Lea will have their details passed onto other fisheries.
We do not accept liability for any damages or losses of angler’s property while visiting the fishery

Queries and Penalties

At Spring Lea, our aim is to create a pleasant, fair environment for anglers to enjoy our facilities.

Please report any violation of our fishing rules to the team as soon as possible. We reserve the right to disqualify, evict and ban any individual/s that we regard to be showing a blatant disregard for our rules.