Venue : Lodge Farm, near Bawtry, Doncaster. Lake: Sand Martin.  Date: 24th July, 2025.  nn fished. Weather: ??

Venue Specific:

Fishery feed pellets are mandatory here and you can buy them from Bill in his shed near the cafe.

There is a cafe onsite. Please check with fishery for opening hours etc.

All nets must be dipped in net dip near Bills shed.

The Draw

The draw will be done outside the cafe as a rolling draw from 8am till 8:30 am.

Match Fees

Cost: £12 for match payable on arrival. Peg Fee is £9 for late entrants.  Please bring correct money.

The Match

Please lay your nets out to dry (weather permitting) and don't put them in the lake until 9:45 am

Fish 10am - 4pm.

Please bring sufficient nets.

The Weigh-in

The club will weigh in. When the scales man arrives at your peg, the requirements are that you take your net of fish out of the water and place your fish in our weigh bag positioned by the side of your peg.  Should you not be able to take the net out yourself a pre-designated club member will assist you by taking your nets out for you. The scales man will weigh them. The weight will be recorded by the club official.  The fish will be returned to the water by the scales man.  Repeat this procedure for each net of fish.

The Results

At the end of the match please wait in the car park for the payout and results announcement.  Any winnings will be given to you in a envelope. If you don't want to wait, the results will be updated on here after the match or the following day.

Rules

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All nets to be dipped on site. Barbless Hooks (max size 12). No elasticated hook length method feeders or fixed feeders. No braided line. 1kg groundbait or pellets (1/2 kg groundbait 1/2 kg pellets). All loose feed pellets to be purchased on site. Groundbait applied by cup or feeder. No nuts, boilies, bloodworm, joker or meat (luncheon meat excepted). No floating baits. No fish to be handled in rags. All fish to be landed and returned to the water by landing net. All litter to be taken away. No tins on the peg. No music or dogs.

All nets to be laid out along the bank until 10 minutes before the start of your match. 50lb maximum per keep net. Rules subject to change, see bailiff.

More Details

Layout of the lake and depths etc. Click Here for website. Depths of up to 8 feet after 7 metres from the bank. Slopes down from the near side gradually.

How to get there

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Lodge Farm Fisheries,
Scrooby Top,
Doncaster,
South Yorkshire,
DN10 6AX.
☏  07815 030694

Lodge Farm Fisheries is situated between the villages of Ranskill and Scrooby on the A638 Retford to Bawtry road. We are very easily accessed from the A1.  If travelling on the A1(M) southbound take the slip road marked A614 Bawtry. Drive along the A614 until you come to a right turn marked Serlby, take it. Eventually this road will bring you to a T-junction. Turn left and then right into our entrance.

If travelling northbound on the A1 take the slip road marked A614 Bawtry, then at the roundabout head right to cross the bridge over the A1. Take the A614 and continue as above.

At fishery, go down the lane for 150 yards and turn left after the farm buildings. This is where the cafe is, a car park and where you dip your nets and buy fishery pellets from the nearby bait shed.

The Sand Martin lake is located beyond the car park where the cafe is, parking behind every peg is available.

League 2

 This page was last updated March 12, 2025