Woodland View Fishery Rules & Help Notes for Preparation of Bait
17th May 2011
CONTRARY TO A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE ANGLING PRESS, PASTE IS NOT ALLOWED.
1st September 2011
Anglers are now able to use any bona fide coarse (fish meal) pellet of your choice on the hook.
Woodland View feed pellets are the ONLY feed pellets allowed on the fishery. You can now ONLY buy Woodlands feed pellets at Woodland View Fishery. Therefore, any feed pellets that are NOT purchased from us will not be ours and if you are found to have any other feed pellets other than ours on your peg you will be asked to leave the Fishery.
Match Rules
Maximum Pole length 16.5 metres.
Two Keep nets to be used in Open Matches.
Fish 2lbs and under plus all silver fish to go in one net.
All other fish to go into second net.
ONLY maggots, casters, worms, luncheon meat, sweetcorn, bona fide hooker pellets (to be of fish meal) and Sonu Baits competition feed pellets allowed as bait.
DO NOT USE ANY BAIT THAT IS NOT ON THE ABOVE LIST. THE ABOVE BAITS ARE THE ONLY BAIT YOU ARE PERMITTED TO USE.
A maximum of three bags of Sonu Baits competition feed pellets can be used during any match. The pellets cannot be dampened. If using a feeder small amounts can be dampened during the match.
Anglers should not make paste baits from feeder pellets.
No other baits are permitted with the exception of bloodworm and joker in Silver Fish Matches during winter.
Total quantity of baits allowed during any five hour match is eight pints in total.
The maximum quantity of worms allowed in any match is one kilo. (one kilo of worm equals three pints)
Only one kilo of worm must be used before chopping up and these must always be cleaned off before chopping.
A maximum of six pints of sweetcorn is allowed in any match. (ten 300g tins is equivalent to six pints)
Luncheon meat should be used on the hook only with no loose-feeding of luncheon meat.
The smallest size of luncheon meat to be used is a quarter of an inch or one centimetre.
No powder additives of any type are allowed.
Liquid additives are permitted.
NO LIQUIDISED BAITS
Barbless hooks should be used at all times.
No hooks larger than size 12 to be used.
No braid allowed or method type feeders allowed.
There must be a minimum 4 inch hook length when anglers use Preston Innovation feeders or leads.
When fishing the pole a float must be used at all times.
Any bait left over after fishing must be taken home or disposed of in the litter bins provided and not thrown into the pools.
ANGLERS MUST NOT PHOTGRAPH FISH.
WE ARE CARRYING OUT REGULAR HOOK & BAIT CHECKS ANYONE FOUND TO HAVE BAIT THAT IS NOT ALLOWED ON THEIR PEG WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
ALL DECISIONS MADE BY WOODLANDS STAFF ARE FINAL.
Pleasure Angling
Anglers should use only sweetcorn, meat, maggots, casters, worm, hooker pellet (Fish Meal type) and Woodland feed pellets.
No keep nets allowed.
Anglers are asked to unhook fish in their landing nets and not to handle them with rags or cloths.
To minimise the risk of damage anglers must not photograph fish.
Fish must be returned to the water immediately after unhooking.
Anglers should use only one rod at any time.
Any bait left over after fishing must be taken home or disposed of in the litter bins provided and not thrown into the pools.
PLEASURE ANGLERS MUST NOT WEIGH ANY FISH.
WE DO CARRY OUT REGULAR HOOK AND BAIT CHECKS,ANY ONE FOUND TO BE BREAKING THE FISHERY RULES WILL BE ASKED TO PACK UP AND LEAVE. FISHERY STAFF DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE RULES, DON'T SPOIL YOUR DAY.
Hooker Pellet Preparation
There are many different options to prepare your hooker pellets; the following are just a few examples to start experimenting:
Woodlands Expanders
As a guide immerse a small quantity of Woodlands expander pellets into water and pump until all of the pellets sink to the bottom then remove all the water.
Here are 3 differing options on how to prepare your hook bait:
- 1. Put 100ml of pumped pellets into a plastic bag adding just 50ml water before sealing the bag but remember to leave sufficient air to allow the pellets to move around and soak up the water. Keep cool
- 2. Put 100ml of pumped pellets into a shallow dish (Chinese take away container is ideal) then add 100ml of water and CSL combined, or concentrate of choice, mixed 50 / 50,just cover the pellets with the water additive / mixture. Any preferred flavourings can also be added at this stage. Leave until all of the liquids have been soaked up before adding the lid or placing into a plastic bag. If the pellets are too soft reduce the amount of water / additive you add.
- 3. Add sachets of Gelatine into boiling water and stir until dissolved, add cold water to cool slightly and then place the liquid and 100ml of pellets into a pellet pump. After pumping remove any surplus liquid before it cools off, then place the pellets into a plastic bag and keep cool. For a firmer pellet add more gelatine up to 3 sachets can be used (experiment with more if necessary).
Flavoured jelly cubes can also be used as an alternative.
Whilst fishing only take a few pellets out at a time as they can easily dry ouy, start to float, or become soft.
Woodlands Sinking Feed Pellets:
Sinking feed pellets sizes 4m, 6m and 8m can also be used as hook baits by following this user guide. Please note, if the pellets are pale in appearance they will not accept copious amounts of water.
- 1. Place the pellets into a shallow container (Chinese take away container) then add water to double the depth of the pellet. If the pellets are tightly packed at the base of the dish or trapped inside a container they will not swell as much, if they are allowed to swim they can double in size (but they may become too soft). Please note, pale in appearance will not accept lots of water.
For the paler pellet it may be better to use one of the following alternatives.
- 2. Place the pellets into a shallow dish (Chinese take away container) then add water or water / csl mixture combined to the depth of the pellet being prepared. Once all of the liquid has been absorbed either add a lid or transfer to a plastic bag.
If too soft, add less water / mixture.
- 3. Mix between 1 - 3 sachets (as preferred) of Gelatine or Jelly cubes into hot water, add cold water to cool slightly, then place the liquid and pellets into a pellet pump. After between 5 - 10 minutes the pellets should be pumped two or three times to draw the liquid through before draining off the surplus as any remaining liquid / mixture will solidify on cooling.
- 4. Alternatively the warm Gelatine mixture can simply be poured onto the pellets inside a container, the pellets will absorb this mixture as they soften but remember too drain off any surplus before it cools off properly.
