Woodland View Fishery Rules

Match Rules Maximum Pole length 16.5 metres. Two Keepnets to be used in Open Matches. Fish 2lb 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, Woodland Wonder pellets and         Sonu Baits competition, feed and expander pellets allowed as bait. No other baits should be used on site. A maximum of four pints or two bags of Sonu Baits competition feed pellets should be used         during any match. Only Woodland Wonder hook pellets are allowed as pellet hook bait. 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         washed 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. Barbless hooks should be used at all times. Please do not use hooks larger than Size 12. No braid allowed or Method type feeders allowed. There must be a minimum 12-inch hooklength when anglers use 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. Pleasure Angling Anglers should use only sweetcorn, meat, maggots, casters and 'Woodland Wonder' 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. Click here to go back to the Woodland View Home Page

Stick to the rules for a catch like this! Cannock's Chris Robson certainly knows how to knock 'em out. Pictured here with a 124lb 14oz net from Front Deans, Chris's personal best is 150lbs - again from Front Deans at Woodland View.