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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-angling-estate-byelaws-northern-ireland-2005/schedule",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/267",
  "legislation_title": "Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-angling-estate-byelaws-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "schedule",
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  "text": "Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters\nMethods of angling\nRestrictions on number or minimum length of fish which may be retained on any one day in respect of each rod and line or hand line fished under permit (other than those applying under any other current Board Byelaws)\nCo. Antrim\nAltnahinch\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nBallymoney River\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour brown trout or sea trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nBroadwater\nAll lawful methods.\nRiver Bush and tributaries\n(a) On the River Bush between a point 457m downstream of the Lower Road Bridge, Bushmills and Church Street road bridge.\nFly fishing, shrimp fishing, spinning and worm fishing; excepting that spinning shall be permitted only when the water level rises and obscures the colour red on the marker posts which are located between the points referred to in paragraph (a) of the first column.\nMinimum length of 25.4 cm for brown trout.\n(b) On the River Bush between immediately upstream of the hydrographic flow guage upstream of the Salmon Research Station and the Salmon Leap Falls.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing; except that spinning shall be permitted only when the water level rises and obscures the colour red on the marker posts which are located between the points referred to in paragraph (b) of the first column.\nMinimum length of 25.4 cm for brown trout\n(c) On the River Bush between the crest of the Salmon Leap Falls and Bellisle Bridge and on the Stracam River between its confluence with the River Bush and Dervock.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing but fly fishing only from 1st March – 30th June.\nWorm fishing shall be permitted from 1st March until 30th June provided only that a single hook of size 2 or greater is used. Such a hook shall be one on which the barb is turned to face towards the shank and shall have minimum dimensions as follows:\n(a)the gape (being the aperture from the out-turned shank to the tip of the out-turn before the barb is formed) shall be 8 mm: and\n(b)the barb (being the point of the hook from the tip of the out-turn to its own tip or extremity) shall be 4 mm.\nMinimum length of 25.4 cm for brown trout.\n(d) On the River Bush between the defined mouth of the river to a point 457 metres downstream of the Lower Road Bridge, Bushmills\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing\nMinimum size of 25.4cm for brown trout\nThat portion of the Carey River from its confluence with the Glenshesk River upstream to Ballyvoy Bridge.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nNone.\nThe remainder of the Carey River.\nFly fishing and spinning. Worm fishing after 1st July.\nNone.\nCopeland Reservoir\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nDungonnell Reservoir\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFly fishing only from boats.\nTwo brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nThat portion of the Glenshesk River from its confluence with the Carey River upstream to Glenshesk Bridge.\nFly fishing and spinning. Worm fishing after 1st July.\nNone.\nKillylane Reservoir\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nRiver Lagan from 150 metres downstream of Red Bridge to Stranmillis Weir.\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nRiver Lagan from 150 metres downstream of Red Bridge to Shaw’s Bridge.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nLower Bann navigation canals\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nMargy River\nFly fishing only between Bonamargy Bridge and the confluence of the Carey River.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing on the remainder of the Margy River.\nNone.\nLough Mourne\nFly fishing. Spinning and worm fishing from the shore only.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nStoneyford Reservoir\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nLower South Woodburn Reservoir\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nMiddle South Woodburn Reservoir\nFly fishing only except that disabled permit holders may also spin and worm fish.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nNorth Woodburn Reservoir\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nUpper South Woodburn Reservoir\nFly fishing.\nTwo brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nCo. Armagh\nRiver Blackwater upstream of the Blackwaterstown Bridge on the B128 road for approximately 2.5km on the Co. Armagh bank.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nCarnagh Forest Lakes\nAll lawful methods\nCatch and release for carp.\nClay Lake Reservoir\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nCraigavon City Park Lakes\n(a) North Lake\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom boats, fly fishing only.\nBait fishing for pike with barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs only and hook size 4 or greater. Deadbait shall be a minimum size of 100mm\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\n(b) South Lake\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nUpper Bann River from Point of Whitecoat to Lough Neagh.\nAll lawful methods\nNone.\nCo. Down\nBallykeel Lougherne\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nQuoile/Annacloy/Ballynahinch River both banks from the old flood gates downstream of the Quoile bridge on the A25 for 4 km upstream to the confluence with the tributary on the east bank, from that point, the east bank to the old flour mill south of Kilmore Bridge and the north bank from Dunaglis Bridge to Lyons Bridge.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour brown trout with a minimum size of 25.4 cm.\nCastlewellan Forest Lake\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom boats, fly fishing only.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nCypress Pond\nAll lawful methods.\nCatch and release for carp.\nHillsborough Lake\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom the dam shores and the footbridge at the southern point of the lake, spinning and worm fishing only.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nCatch and release for carp.\nLough Money\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom boats fly fishing only.\nBait fishing for pike with barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs only and hook size 4 or greater. Deadbait shall be a minimum size of 100mm\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nPortavoe Reservoir\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nQuoile Basin and River from the old flood gates to Inch Abbey\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nThat portion of the Shimna River which is bounded on both banks by Tollymore Forest Park.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nSpelga Reservoir\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nNone.\nCo. Fermanagh\nLough Achork\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom boats fly fishing only.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nRiver Ballinamallard downstream of the Kilgortnaleague Bridge on the A35 road for 1.5km on either bank.\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nColebrooke River\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing for trout and salmon. All lawful methods for other species.\nFour brown trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nCorranny Lake\nFly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nLough Corry\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom boats fly fishing only.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nUpper and Lower Lough Erne\nAll lawful methods from boat and shore.\nSix brown trout with a minimum length of 30 cm.\nLough Glencreawan\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nLough Keenaghan\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nKillyfole Lough\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nLough Meenameen\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing. From boats fly fishing only.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nMill Lough (Bellanaleck)\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nLough Scolban\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nCo. Tyrone\nBrantry Lough\nFly fishing.\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.\nLough Creeve\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nEnagh Lough\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nLough Macronan\nAll lawful methods.\nNone.\nWhite Lough\nFrom the shore fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing.\nFrom boats fly fishing only.\nBait fishing for pike with barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs only and hook size 4 or greater. Deadbait shall be a minimum size of 100mm\nFour stocked trout with a minimum length of 25.4 cm.",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. (d) added (3.7.2006) by Public Angling Estate (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/224), Byelaw 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. inserted (3.7.2006) by Public Angling Estate (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/224), Byelaw 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. inserted (3.7.2006) by Public Angling Estate (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/224), Byelaw 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. inserted (3.7.2006) by Public Angling Estate (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/224), Byelaw 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. in operation at 4.7.2005 with application in accordance with Byelaw 2"
    }
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