One water in the northwest stopped anglers pouring water in from cad pots on the pole .
The fish were coming to the sound and only seeing the one bait and bingo ,fish on .
To get round this , anglers started showing up with water pistols and super soakers .
Same effect ,water going in, fish turn up and get caught .
I can understand no floating baits on some waters, due to the amount of birdlife on them .
I am in a club that has that rule , also a minimum length of line from float to hook if float fishing .
I queried it saying sometimes I fish 6." deep when using a pole , apparently it's for rod and line users.
I think fir tree fishery has a no floating bread rule , I can get bread to sink about an inch per minute at times . Brilliant method against the midline or gap in rushes .
Some have must use a float when feeder fishing using a pole . No problems with that the float is only a marker , the elastic is out before the float moves .
Anyone fishing Beacon fishery at Apply Bridge look at his banned baits list , then look at anglers side trays , nearly all the baits on there .
He doesn't bother, just takes day ticket and tells you best way to fish your peg .And if catch any resident sturgeon to let him know .Biggest I've seen is just under 10lb .