Some stunning autumn carp from Furzebray Carp Fishery with several thirty plus fish. The carp always lookstunning at this time of year there colours reflecting the autumn hues on the surrounding trees.
(Below)Adam Short had successful trip on the island lake landing 3 fish, including the Rudd mouth at 30lb 4oz plus superb fish of 29lb 8oz and a 26lb 8oz
(Above) Brian Ford banked the carp known as Star at a massive 39lb 12oz.
(Above) Jamie Moxey landed Pearly at a new top weight of 32lb
Lower Slade Reservoir is closed for maintenance from October 8th until 27th October.
Paul Lorrimore and a party of anglers enjoyed a great days sport on Blue-Fin out of Ilfracombe.
Thanks to Paul for his account of the day.
Initially after seeing the water clarity (which was pretty good) we headed for the Horse-Shoe Rocks for a crack at some Bass action.
We chucked everything at it from Skerries Eels to Live Sand Eels – but only small 2lb to 3lb Bass were coming aboard.
A big change to the last visit from the skipper.
After a good go and more Pollack, small Bass and a chunky Pouting to Andy Smiff ,we anchored up and got the big gear down.
From the get go, the Tope came out to play.
Myself and Troy Laing boating fish of around 35-40lb.
Paul’s tope total for the day was 5.
All on the boat landing good fish, and plenty of them -I think we counted 17.
Species today – Huss, Dogs, Pollack, Pouting, Conger, Smoothhound, Tope, Bass.
There have been some stunning carp catches at Stafford Moor below are just a few caught recently as autumn descends.
(Below) John Jobson banked this personal best mirror carp of 28lb 1oz using Sticky Krill tipped off with sweetcorn.
(Below)Rich Powell who fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake with Andy and had 12 fish out between them up to 26lb 8oz caught out in the middle on single Sticky baits krill hook bait.
(Below)Russ Bending who fished on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake and had 4 fish out up to 28lb all caught on Sticky baits Manilla boilies well done Russ!
(Below) Michael Collyer who had this 25lb Beauty out from Swim 13 on the spit up on Lodge lake at the weekend caught on Cell boilies.
(Below) Alex Charlton fished a quick overnight session on the inlet swim on Beatties lake he had 2 out a 21lb 9oz and 17lb 11pz caught baitwork.
(Below)Mark Downing had 15 fish out up to 26lb 12oz from the inlet swim on Beatties lake all caught on C C Moore live system boilies
Prospects for the coming weekend are looking good with a wide range of species available to target. Weather wise Sunday is the best looking day with light winds and sunshine. Fish don’t always worry about the weather though and night sessions could be profitable for bass, huss, conger and ray.
Combe Martin SAC are holding an Open competition over the weekend so this will encourage a few anglers to get out and see whats about. Might even win a prize from the sponsors Sakuma and Ardosia slate.
(Below)Mark Jones fished a local rock mark and landed a fine smoothound and beautiful wrasse.
(below) John Shapland caught this fine grey mullet earlier this week.
(Above) Cory Mckay has landed Charlotte from Furzebray Carp Lakes at a massive 47lb 12oz to set a new venue record.
(Above) Jamie Moxey landed the mirror carp known Pearly at a new top weight of 32lb.
Jon Stevens landed this fine small eyed ray during a session at a North Devon Rock mark.
Bideford hosted this inter-club match – report from Martin Turner
Bideford 48lb 12oz Plymouth 32lb 15oz Bideford win over 2 legs 152lb 11oz to 101lb 9oz.
Individuals
1st Martin Turner 20lb 9oz
2nd Ian Sedgewick 10lb 11oz
3rd John Moore 9lb 13oz
4th Dell Colman 9lb 9oz
5th Steve Bailey 8lb 12oz
6th Martin Rushton 7lb 10oz
Tarka fished very hard and the 18 competitors struggled for bites, Martin Turner only caught a few roach on the pole but managed to find 3 carp on the banded pellet on a straight lead on peg I for 1st place .A single late carp and a bream on the pole on peg M was enough for 2nd spot for Ian, 3rd and 4th places were also single carp on the pole for Plymouth members John and Dell. We hope to make this an annual fixture.
The last week of the salmon the salmon season brought promise of some tail end sport following on from heavy rain that swelled all the local rivers. It was indeed great to see a decent flow after the long summer drought.
I made a couple of visits to the middle Torridge and failed to tempt a salmon. I was beginning to question my fishing ability until we attended the annual Egg Box dinner at the Half Moon at Sheepwash. Several of the guests had been out fishing and the majority had nothing to report.
Good news came from Little Warham Fishery where four salmon had been tempted. I believe the total for the week on the Torridge was up around eight salmon.
On the Taw several anglers fared better with nine salmon from the Weirmarsh and Brightly beats.
Richard Johns caught three of 10lb, 8lb and 8lb. Edd Oldrey landed a 10lb salmon, G.Nichol a brace of 10lb and 8lb. Chris Steer an 8lb salmon and Richard Jewell a salmon of 5lb.
Several were also caught from beats further upriver. Reports from the Taw are always harder to obtain as much of the river is privately owned.
The Egg Box dinner at the Half Moon Inn saw over fifty River Torridge Fishery Association members in attendance who all enjoyed a delicious meal. This is always a warm and friendly occasion with plenty of fishing talk reminiscing and hope for future seasons. The raffle and dinner raised well in excess of £1000 to invest in river projects including the hatchery that has enabled the stocking of thousands of swim up fry over recent seasons.
I will leave you with a few images from my last morning on the Torridge this season.
