STRICTLY 5 MPH on Private Access Roads

CLOSE and LOCK GATES on ENTRY and EXIT

NO LITTER

NO DOGS

• BHAA welcomes members of the public who are licensed to fish in Northern Ireland (i.e. possess a current NI Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, DAERA licence) and who have a BHAA Day ticket.
• All duly authorised anglers must conduct themselves in a quiet and dignified manner, must not light fires and must not discard angling or other litter. All anglers must take every care to avoid damaging trees, crops or any other property in the vicinity of the Association’s waters. 
• BHAA’s members and court appointed Private Water Bailiffs (two for the Holywood waters and two for Ballydugan) are legally entitled to check whether anglers are complying with the Association’s rules and by-laws. 
• Visiting anglers who do not comply with the rules will be suspended or excluded from fishing on the waters.

• For the Holywood waters (Creighton’s Green and Upper Holywood), day tickets (2026, £20) are available from Hannah’s Flowers, Church Road, Holywood, BT18 9BU. Day tickets are for one water only and cannot be transferred. Visiting anglers with a DAERA Annual Permit (in addition to a licence) may purchase a concessionary ticket at £15. 
• The Holywood waters are designated game fisheries (rainbow and brown trout) and the rules and by-laws are summarised on the day-tickets. The bag limit is 1 fish per visit and max 2 fish per week, and  all brown trout and rainbow trout under 12 inches and over 4lbs, MUST be safely returned to the water.

• For Ballydugan Lake, day tickets are available from the Lakeside Inn, Ballydugan, BT30 8HY. The Inn is closed on Sundays and tickets for Sunday fishing must therefore be bought on the preceding Saturday. The lake holds a large number of pike and other coarse fish. Anglers must have a DAERA rod licence. Day tickets are £15 (total) for two rods.
• Ballydugan Lake has boats for use by members only. Day ticket anglers may accompany a BHAA member in a boat. Life jackets must be worn in boats.