on recently visiting a venue to fish a club match,on a water that I have fished many times before,I set my pole rigs for a plan of pellet and cat meat attack. on previous visits the pellet and cat meat had both produced nets close to 80 pounds.imagine my surprise when arriving at the water to see a sign stating "no pellets or cat food" good job i'd taken some meat and corn with me.on tackling up the baliff turned up and his reply to my complaint of "why ban the pellet and cat meat" his reply was "people were using 5 tins of meat and 3 pints of pellet in contests" the match was fished and weights were well down on previous visits and we wont book it again.this bait restriction was caused by anglers going overboard.I know some of the rules at fisheries are far too much but as anglers we also must take some of the blame.I also should have phoned to check the rules