Special Rules for this fishery:

Booking

• No booking required for members

• Day tickets for non members available via Lymm AC Website & Clubmate App. Day Tickets are ONLY sold through the club’s website and app, NO money will be taken on the bank. 

Parking

• Cars must be parked in the allocated parking area and not driven around the lake

Tackle

• Leader – No leadcore
• Hooks – Barbless/Micro Barbed (No Crimping)
• Line – Min 15lb
• Bait Boat – Yes – Permit Required

Bait

• Take all excess bait home, do not put it in the lake.
• No pre baiting.
• No ground bait of any nature is allowed: please exercise restraint when introducing free offerings into this water. 

General Rules

• Members MUST NOT block any footpaths
• Junior non-members must fish the same peg as the Senior member responsible for them, the Senior member must hold a membership that allows them to fish Shakerley Mere
• No fires
• Fishing from the designated areas only as shown below marked with the red line and the two locations on the road bank. 
• Fishing from designated pegs only.
• The lakebed contains fluid sands, which are extremely treacherous, and as a result wading is strictly prohibited. 
• Fishing shelters must not obstruct the public footpath.
• Dogs Allowed – Yes – Permit Required
• Wading: Wading is prohibited.
• Cleanliness: Ensure the facility is left clean and tidy.
• Noise: Audible bite alarms must be set at a respectable volume level, and anglers must respect neighbours.
• Toilets: All anglers are required to carry some form of toilet facilities with them, failure to do will result in you being asked to leave with no refund (no exceptions).
• Catch and Release: Lymm Angling Club operates a catch and release policy, requiring all fish to be returned.

Seasonal Rules

• Rods – 1st Oct – 15th March – Max 3 
• Rods – 16th March – 30th Sept – Max 3
• Max Stay (no return within 48hrs) – 1st Oct – 15th March – 72 Hours
• Max Stay (no return within 48hrs) – 16th March – 30th Sept – 72 Hours

All anglers, especially long stay anglers, must ensure their toiletry requirements are catered for in a way that does not cause any offence or hygiene hazard to any other person/property. Bailiffs will ask what provisions have been made to comply with this rule, if provisions are not considered adequate enough: members will be asked to leave the water. All foul waste must be bagged and removed by the member; failure to comply WILL result in a lifetime ban.