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# **For Anglers**

Everything an angler needs to know about LakeBooking (finding the right lake, booking, paying, arriving, and leaving a review).

This section is for **anglers**, the people who fish on a lake somebody else owns and operates. If you're a host (you list a lake yourself), the [**For Hosts**](https://lakebooking.com/support/for-owners) section is the one you want.

You don't have to read this section in order. Pick the page that matches the question in your head right now:

- [**Finding a lake**](https://lakebooking.com/support/for-anglers/finding-a-lake): search filters, what makes a result trustworthy, and how to read a lake page in five minutes before you commit.
- [**Making a booking**](https://lakebooking.com/support/for-anglers/making-a-booking): the checkout flow, the booking fee and remaining balance, and the 3DS step with your bank.
- [**At the lake**](https://lakebooking.com/support/for-anglers/at-the-lake): the reminder the evening before, arrival, paying the remaining balance, leaving, and what counts as a problem worth flagging.

## The three rules of using LakeBooking as an angler

We're trying not to be one of those products that needs a manual, but these three are worth knowing because they keep you out of disputes:

**1. Pay through the platform.** If a host ever asks you to pay the booking fee outside the platform (bank transfer, Revolut, "I'll send you my IBAN"), say no. Once money leaves Stripe, the platform's dispute path stops protecting you, and so does the booking-fee / remaining-balance split that makes the model work. If it happens, let us know, as [**Trust & Safety**](https://lakebooking.com/trust-and-safety) explains.

**2. Get arrival expectations in writing.** Your booking doesn't come with arrival instructions, and the host's phone number appears on your ticket once the booking is confirmed. Anything important (gate code, late-arrival policy, off-road access, lifejacket-for-kids requirement) needs to be on the booking's message thread, not on a phone call you'll forget. The thread is what the platform uses if anything escalates.

**3. Flag problems from the gate, not after.** If you arrive and the swim is unusable, the stock isn't there, or the host's no-show fee is a surprise, open the booking and send the host a message describing it. Messages are text only, so keep your photos in case we need them. The message timestamps the issue. Trying to fix it three days later by email is harder for everyone, including us.

## What's *not* in this section

This is the operational documentation. For the legal and policy side, you want:

- [**Refund Policy**](https://lakebooking.com/legal/refund-policy): when you get money back, who pays it, and how long it takes.
- [**Trust & Safety**](https://lakebooking.com/trust-and-safety): verification, payments, reviews, and what happens when something goes wrong.
- [**Privacy Policy**](https://lakebooking.com/legal/privacy-policy): what we share with the host (name, email, phone, payment confirmation).

If a support page contradicts a legal page, the legal page is the one that's right.

## Stuck on something this section doesn't cover?

[**Contact us**](https://lakebooking.com/contact). During business hours (Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 EET) we typically reply within a few hours.

[**Glossary** Every fishing-platform term we use, defined. Bookmark this page if you're new to either side of the platform.](https://lakebooking.com/support/getting-started/glossary) [**Finding a lake** How LakeBooking's search and filters work, how to read a listing in five minutes, and how the result order is decided.](https://lakebooking.com/support/for-anglers/finding-a-lake)

## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.