General Site Rules
For security reasons, ALL VISITORS must check-in at the shop on arrival.
This includes ‘pre-approved’ guests of guests.
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Dogs are NOT allowed within the fenced (lakeside) area.
Cars must be parked in the designated parking areas only (NOT on the grass).
Toilets and showers should be left in good order. Please notify us as soon as possible if you have any problems with the facilities.
RBF Angling does not accept responsibility for any loss, damages or injury that may occur onsite.
No open fires. Fire pits are available to hire and must be used in designated areas only.
Abuse to any member of staff or other guests, will not be tolerated.
Fishing Rules
Environment Agency rules apply.
Only Rum Bridge supplied landing nets, slings and unhooking mats are to be used. These will be waiting for you next to your accommodation, and must be left in the same place when you leave. Please report any defects in the equipment as soon as they are noticed.
A maximum of two rods is allowed.
Rods must NEVER be left unattended. If you leave your swim: wind in.
No excessive alcohol consumption. (Admission will be refused to any angler who appears to be unfit/unsafe to fish. Anglers who appear to be inebriated will be asked either to wind in, or to leave.)
Radio/device volumes should be kept low, inaudible to anglers in adjacent swims.
Littering will not be tolerated: anglers found with litter in or near their swims will receive a one-time-only warning; second offenders will be banned. (This includes tea bags and cigarette butts!) Please take all your rubbish home.
If a fish becomes tethered, either use one of the provided boats or call Steve – on 01787 584311 – for assistance. NEVER pull for a break.
Boats are to be used only to free tethered fish. Life jackets are supplied and must be worn.
Barbless or Gripz hooks only.
No self-tied/spliced leadcore (safe zone and other proprietary leaders are permitted).
Minimum 15lb breaking strain line to be used when fishing for carp.
Braided mainlines are permitted but must be used in conjunction with tubing or a Safezone style leader.
No uncoated braid hooklinks.
No elasticated feeders.
All fish must be returned to the water as quickly as possible following capture. Sacking or retaining of fish is not permitted.
When handling fish, please ensure all slings, mats and nets are kept wet at all times.
All hook holes, lifted scales and other wounds must be treated with antiseptic. Please ensure you have a suitable carp care product before fishing.
Bait boats are not permitted.
High-oil pellets, peanuts and artificial baits are prohibited.
[Fresh/freezer] boilies and low-oil pellets only to be used as feed on the Road Lake.
To help us maintain water quality and fish health, the use of feed other than boilies and pellets on the Moat Lake is restricted to (per angler):
- Hemp – max. one pint per day
- Sweetcorn – max. one 300 gram can
- Maggots and casters – max. 2 pints per day
- Groundbait – max. 1kg per day (Note: Groundbait must not contain high oil pellet or crumb, such as for example Halibut)
Surface fishing is not permitted. (Zig fishing is allowed.)
All carp over 20lbs are to be photographed and reported either in-person, by text or via email: catchpics@rumbridge.co.uk.
Please dispose of any unused bait in the bait bins provided – NOT IN THE LAKES.
Failure to comply with any of the rules will result in the offender being asked to leave and a permanent ban.
Management reserves the right to close the fishery in the event of any circumstance likely to pose a risk to fish or staff, including for example, an oxygen crash, the lakes’ becoming frozen, or fish spawning. In such cases, anglers who have pre-booked will be offered a choice of alternative dates to suit them.
