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| Fishery Name: HDAS - Masons Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Address: Warrs Hill Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4JF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entrance Grid Ref. TQ 39094 22751
Car Park Grid Ref: TQ 38431 22809 |
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| Sat Nav: BN8 4JF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phone Numbers: 01444 235978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Email Address: [email protected] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: Hassocks Angling is a friendly club which currently offers members a choice of 14 different waters in the heart of Sussex including lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, and a reservoir. Three of our waters have disabled access and we welcome all age groups and non fishing members. As well as pleasure fishing, the club runs a full match schedule every season, along with regular open days for anyone who'd like to try fishing for the first time. We're a members only club so no day tickets but there's no charge for a second rod and no need to book pegs.
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Rules: Bye Laws Relating to Society Waters: These Bye laws are intended to provide the basic rules governing best practice when using Company owned or controlled facilities and shall be binding on all Members of the Company. The Directors may amend, add or delete any bye-law, on a temporary or permanent basis, as they deem necessary. Such changes shall take immediate affect but will be subject to ratification by resolution at the next General Meeting. 1 Membership Identity Members must always have their Membership ID card, current subscription receipt and Environment Agency rod licence in their possession when on Company owned or controlled property. Members must be prepared to show these documents if required by: Company Bailiffs or other Officers or Directors. Gamekeepers or Owners agents, other Members, who all have the right to respectfully ask for proof of identity. Landowners or their representatives. Any person failing to produce the appropriate proof of identity shall be asked to leave. Incidents of suspected trespass, any misuse of facilities or inappropriate behaviour should be reported to the Company Bailiff, any Officer or Director or the EA (see phone number on your rod licence). DO NOT PUT YOURSELF AT UNNECESSARY RISK Members must not allow their documents to be used by any other person to gain access to or use any Company facility. Any Member in breach of this rule will be expelled from the Company. 2 General Conduct Members must, at all times, conduct themselves in a quiet and orderly manner. No cause for complaint must be given to other anglers, Owners or local residents. Access to Company owned or controlled premises must be by the authorised entrance only. Close and re-lock all gates or barriers once access has been gained. Parking of vehicles must be in designated areas or authorised car parks. The Members Parking permit must be displayed on the vehicle. Please show due consideration for others by parking in an orderly fashion. Driving of vehicles around venues or along the banks for any reason or purpose is strictly forbidden. Access to swims must be by designated pathways or close to adjacent banks. Do not trespass on any adjoining land. No branches are to be broken or cut from trees or bushes and no rushes, reeds or other water borne plants are to be cut down or pulled out indiscriminately. Please inform the Fisheries Maintenance Officer if a swim is becoming un-fishable. No lethal weapons, open fires, naked flames or unattended cooking appliances are permitted on Company waters. No musical instruments are to be played or broadcast in the open, any music must be listened to through personal earphones only. Dogs are not permitted on any Company waters. Alcohol is not permitted on any Company waters. Keep swims in a clean and tidy order TAKE YOUR LITTER HOME 3 Availability of Waters: All waters are subject to Environment Agency rules and licensing. Similarly any rules imposed by an Owner or any relevant Water Authority must be complied with. Still waters will be available all year round, subject to maintenance works. If any Company water is closed for any reason, it must not be fished by any Member until officially re-opened or under officially sanctioned trial conditions. See your fixtures booklet or Company Newsletters and Website for details of scheduled work parties and any exceptional closures or related official notices. 4 Angling Rules: Only 2 rods are permitted on Company waters between 1st April and 30th September inclusive. Thereafter a third rod is permitted until the end of the season provided that the required number of EA licences are held. Rods, whatever the number, must be positioned in one swim. The outside distance between rod butts must not exceed 3 metres, in accordance with EA regulations. Rods and cast lines must not encroach or interfere with the activities of other anglers in adjacent swims or on the opposite bank of any water. If a rod is left unattended, the hook must be withdrawn from the water, the bait should be removed and the hook made safe. Landing nets, keepnets and keepsacks must be EA approved and not have knotted mesh or a mesh made from a metallic material; have any holes in the mesh larger than 25mm internal circumference; be less than 2.0 metres in length; have supporting rings or frames greater than 40cm apart excluding the distance from the top frame to the first supporting ring or frame or less than 120cm in circumference. You may use a keepsack, but it must not be constructed of a material other than a soft, dark coloured, nonabrasive, water permeable fabric; be less than 120cm by 90cm, if rectangular, or 150cm by 30cm by 40cm if used with a frame or designed with the intention that a frame be used. You must not keep more than one fish in a single keepsack at any time. Carp must be kept in a separate keepnet from that used for other species of fish. No fish over 10lb must be kept in a keepnet or keep sack for longer than 1 hour. Even in competitions every effort must be made to have such fish weighed and returned to the water within this time scale. No more than 50lb of fish should be kept in a single keepnet. All 'live-baits' used on any Company water must have been taken on the water they are to be used on. Any recovered 'live-bait' must be humanely killed. Fishing from boats is strictly forbidden on all Company waters. Pre-baiting is forbidden on Company waters during periods when they are closed. Only barbless or whisker-barb hooks are permitted on any Company water. Bait boats are strictly forbidden on all Company waters. The transfer of fish between waters is strictly forbidden, even between adjacent waters. Any Member found to be in breach of this rule will be summarily expelled from the Company and may be reported to the EA. All fish must be returned to the water as close as possible to where they were landed. Fish must not be carried around a fishery in nets, buckets or by any other method, with the exception of 'live baits' for pike fishing. No fixed leads or Bolt Rigs or feeders, with the exception of the Guru X-Safe Speed Stem elasticated stems, only free running terminal tackle permitted. No braided hooklinks are permitted. 5 Safety Rules: No fishing rod or pole longer than 7 metres is to be used within 30 metres measured along the ground of any overhead power lines or their supporting structures, see also Safety Notice. The Competition Secretary must ensure that this rule is observed when setting pegs for matches. Members children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an Adult or Senior Member who accepts full responsibility for their actions and well being, whilst on Company waters. All Members wishing to fish overnight must register with the Company Bailiff at least 24 hours before doing so. This applies to all Company waters. Some waters are also restricted on numbers allowed on any single night. 6 Miscellaneous Rules: The maximum stay on any Company water is 36 hours and can only include 1 night session, see also section 8. No camping, picnics or tents are allowed on Company waters. Umbrellas with or without side skirts, angling shelters and angling bivvies may be used but only whilst angling. Specimen fish claims, for fish caught on Company waters, will only be ratified if supported by a photograph, the names of 1 adult witness and the details of the scales used. No single venue to be used for matches on consecutive days or weekends with the exception of More House farm or any other commercial waters we rent in the future. The Competition Secretary must ensure that this rule is observed when setting match schedules. Pleasure anglers are permitted to fish, on the day of a match, at the venue of an officially listed competition, but they can only choose a swim after the pegs for the competition have been allocated and after consulting with the CompSec. on the availability of swims. This rule is relaxed for evening match venues, where pleasure angling is permitted up to but not later than 2 hours before the scheduled match time, i.e. if the match is scheduled for 5.00pm the water must be vacated no later than 3.00pm. 7 Night Fishing: Night fishing shall mean the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. Night fishing is not permitted at a venue on the night prior to an officially scheduled competition at that venue. No Junior members are permitted to be present or fishing at night unless accompanied by an Adult or Senior accepting full responsibility for their behaviour and well being. Anglers must show due respect for landowners and fellow anglers by keeping noise to a minimum and not wandering around the venue or adjoining land and avoiding shining lights around the venue. Lights to be shielded from the water. No pressure lamps. 8 Guest Tickets: Guest Tickets are available for purchase in advance via the website www.hassocksangling.co.uk or from the Membership Secretary. Restrictions: Maximum 2 Guests per Member on any one day. Guests must be accompanied by an adult or senior member at all times. The same guest can only purchase 3 day Guest Tickets or 1 weekly Guest Ticket in a season, after which they will need to join the Company to fish the Company waters. Competition Rules: For the purposes of these rules the Competition Secretary shall be referred to as the CompSec. which shall also be taken to mean the person in charge on the day. 1 Organisation: The Competition Secretary, with the assistance of his Deputy and Team Captains, if required, shall set the official Fixture List and shall be responsible for all Match arrangements, excluding transport to or from venues. Competitions will be held as per the published official listing unless any unforeseen emergency arises. The CompSec. is responsible for setting pegs, which are to be a minimum of 15 metres apart, wherever practical. No pegs to be placed within a 30 metres exclusion zone around any overhead power line or support structure. Placement on venues with clearly defined swims less than 15 metres apart can also be made at the discretion of the CompSec. Scale Stewards will be appointed on the day by the CompSec. The scales will be available throughout the competition. A Scale Steward can ask for and expect to receive, assistance from an angler on an adjacent swim or close to the start point for weighing in. Match Fees and or Prize Pools, if any, are to be paid to the CompSec., on the day of the Competition and prior to the draw. Note The Xmas Competition must be booked and paid for no later than 1st December through the CompSec. No refunds or transfers permitted once a booking is paid for and accepted. 2 Eligibility: All Members are entitled to take part or put themselves forward for selection in all competitions unless qualifying conditions are required, see Fixture List. Selection of members for Teams representing the Company shall be by Team Captains, check with the CompSec. for a list of Team Captains. Any Team fishing under the Company name must be made up from current Members of the Company who are willing and able to participate. If insufficient Members are available, Team Captains may invite guest anglers to make up numbers on a temporary basis. 3 Allocation of Swims or Pegs: A draw will determine swim or peg allocation for the Competition, unless deemed otherwise by the CompSec. on the day. Any angler suffering from a physical disability may, at the discretion of the CompSec. be offered a choice of swims closer to the draw point or be allowed to use a Caddy to carry their equipment to and from the selected swim or peg. Once at the swim no further assistance can be given. In all "roving" competitions entrants must "walk off" in the order determined by the Draw number. No competitor may pass or shortcut another entrant drawn ahead of them until that person has stopped and selected their peg and swim. A vacant peg or swim, can be selected once passed by all those ahead in the draw. On matches where swims may be of unequal distance or width, only those swims designated by the CompSec. can be used, with only one angler per swim, except for the joint adult competition. On other venues, where the 15 metre distance rule has been applied, no competitor can contravene the rule, whether by mutual consent with others or not. Fishing area limits apply to all pegs or swims. On flowing waters the limit is 1 metre above (upstream) of the peg to 1 metre above the adjacent downstream peg. On still water the limit is half the distance between adjacent pegs. On any water where there are pegs or swims on opposite banks to one another, the limit shall be the mid-point between both banks. Competitors must restrict their activities to within these boundaries. No tackle, groundbait or loose feed is to be allowed to encroach into neighbouring swims. 4 General Match Rules: The water must not be broken before the start signal except for the purposes of mixing ground bait, placing of keepnets, clearing their ground of weed or obstructions and position their equipment, shotting of floats and plumbing or assessing depth using floats, ledger weights or unbaited feeders. The Competition will start and finish by signal from the CompSec. usually a whistle. Only one rod or pole with one hook can be used at any one time. Other tackle can be prepared but must be unbaited and placed away from the water. No competitor may introduce their baited hook into the swim other than by the pole or rod to which the line is attached. Feed may be introduced into the swim by hand, catapult, pole pot, throwing stick, feeder, bait dropper, bait cup or bait shuttle. No other mechanical methods of projecting feed, including bait boats of any description are permitted. No bait or feed is to be introduced with the use of a second rod or pole, only the one being fished with. The use of live or dead fish baits, spinners or lures are not permitted in any competition, except during "Pike" matches. Floating baits are NOT permitted at all. The use of electronic fish finders is strictly forbidden. The use of electronic bite alarms or buzzers or other audible devices is strictly forbidden. Competitors must strike, play and land any fish within the confines of their designated peg or swim. If a competitor leaves the confines of their peg for any reason, they must remove the tackle from the water, remove the bait from the hook and make the hook safe. Competitors must retain all fish in EA approved keepnets. As per Angling Rules section 4.4. Game fish and crustaceans are not eligible to be weighed in and should not be retained with match fish. Carp must be kept in a separate keepnet from other species of fish. Large single fish, certainly any approaching 10lb or more should wherever possible, be weighed in and returned to the water immediately. In any event they must not be kept in a keepnet for longer than 1 hour. Do not carry any fish around the water, respectfully ask the Scale Steward to come to your swim as soon as convenient. No more than 50lb of fish must be kept in a single keepnet. If this limit is found to be exceeded during the weigh in, only 50lb will be recorded towards the competitor's total match weight. Competitors must stop fishing at the signal to stop, anyone playing a fish hooked before the stop signal will be allowed no more than 15 minutes after the stop signal, to land the fish. Competitors are responsible for ensuring that their swim is litter and rubbish free before the weigh in even if left by others. Failure to comply with any Competition Rules may result in the competitor being disqualified or their catch being refused official weigh-in and sanction. Any breach of rules or conduct that is likely to bring the Company into disrepute must be notified to the CompSec. or Scale Stewards before the offenders catch is weighed in. If the offence is disputed the weigh in may take place subject to further investigation and determination of action to be taken at a later time or place. All match weights are to be recorded by the Scale Steward and agreed with the competitor at the time of the weigh in. The CompSec. shall have the final word in any disputes. The Compsec. shall collate match results, determine standings and allocate and pay out any Prize Pools. For multistage competitions the Compsec. must also update any relevant accumulative records to show current standings. The Compsec. is responsible for keeping accurate records of all competitions and trophy or prize winners and supplying copies of all such records to the Admin Officer for archival and publishing purposes. |
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