Kyle Blackmore travelled to the Chesil Beach to secure victory in Bidefords monthly Rover. I have heard a reports of several good local fish over the weekend and will publish as soon as I get full details.
Bideford Angling Club 24hour results
1st Kyle Blackmore – Blonde Ray 17lb 11oz 147.395%
2nd Dick Talbot plaice 1lb 3 1/2oz 60.937%
(Above) Lee Hayden fished with his son Frank on Beatties lake and between them they banked six carp all caught on banoffee pop ups.
(Above) Wade Peanutt Holmes banked three fish in a day session from Lodge lake up to 22lb 12oz caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies
Steve Renyard landed this stunning fully scaled mirror of 35lb from inform Furzebray Carp Lakes.
Burrator Reservoir Fly Fishing & Angling Association angler, Scott Borthwick with his 9lb Rainbow Trout caught during their match on Exe Valley’s Anchor Lake.
Upper Tamar Lake has really switched on now and the fish are feeding hard! George West had this stunning 25lb 4oz Common and Terry Reid this 25lb 8oz Mirror. Both anglers fishing the Cornwall Bank at the 81 acre venue on the Cornwall and Devon border.
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Daniel Hawkins landed this fine coalfish of 5lb 10oz whilst fishing over a reef off the North Devon Coast. Not often you see these caught off North Devon and when I first saw it I thought it was a post from Norway! The biggest coalfish I know of from the North Devon coast was landed by Barry Hill from a shore mark near Ilfracombe and weighed 18lb! It held the British Record for several years.
Steve Dawe enjoyed a trip out of Ilfracombe aboard John Barbeary’s Bluefin:- see his report and pictures below…
“So nice to get out again with so many cancelled trips this year, today was aboard Bluefin chasing Spurdogs. Not as prolific as they can be but we still managed several double figure fish. The Eels were a bit scarce and a few Huss turned up but my fish of the trip was a lovely Starry Smoothound right at the death. Great company Chris Hodgson, Steven McDonald and as usual John delivered some great skippering. Next week we are back out from Ilfracombe on Bluefin with Holsworthy Sea Anglers.
Ricky Lawrence caught this stunning 24lb Mirror from Upper Tamar Lake, on the Cornwall and Devon border. Ricky fished during gale force winds and rain to tempt the fish which was stocked in 2017 at 21lbs and is known as ‘Flower’. the fish took a liking to a sticky krill boilie fished off the back of the wind.
