6 Aug 2018

North Devon Match Group Summer League No. 5

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 Horwood Lakes

1st Neilsen Jeffery 85lb 8oz

2nd John Lisle 64lb 2oz

3rd John Forster 34lb 3oz

4th  Paul Ware 24lb

5th  Paul Elworthy 23lb.

The great weather continues and the latest round of the summer league was fished on the 2 carp lakes at Horwood , in hot conditions. Neilsen Jeffery has caught a great net from peg 5 ,mostly on the pole on paste over hemp , John Lisle  ,on the next peg, also used paste for his second placed bag. Third placed John Forster was also on the favoured early pegs on the first lake. On the top lake, travelling partners Paul Ware  and Paul Elworthy fought a close match for 4th and 5th, separated by a mere pound after 6 hours.

 

 

 

6 Aug 2018

Mullet and smoothound at Bideford and Appledore Rovers

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Bideford monthly rover results
1st   Stephen Found  thick lipped grey mullet  3 lb 13 1/4oz
2nd  Graham Snow thin lipped grey mullet thin 3 lb 8oz
3rd    Andy Sanders  mackerel 1 lb 13/8oz

Appledore Shipbuilders Rover

1st – James Atkinson – smoothound 13lb 8.1/4oz

2nd – James Atkinson – smoothound12lb 75/8oz

3rd – Josh Atkinson – smoothound    12lb 3/4oz

6 Aug 2018

Stafford Moor – Carp a plenty

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Matthew Woods  fished  on swim 6 on lodge lake (the outlet) and had 5 fish out fishing with Atlantic heat boilies.

(Above)Rich Powell  fished on the Rhodi Bush swim 6 on Beatties lake with Andy. He had 6 carp to 24lb 5oz all caught on Sticky Baits Krill wafters topped with a little fake corn.

(Above) Callum Gardiner who had 5 fish out including this 20lb beautiful common from swim 3 (small island) on Beatties lake this weekend.

(Above)Simon White had 22 fish out from swim 12 (The Spit) on lodge lake this weekend. Simon was here with his dad Patrick they fished with Mainline Link boilies.

(Above) Roundelay and Woodrow Van Koutrik who fished up on lodge lake with dad Andrew van Koutrik on swim 1 on lodge lake fishing with C C moore Live system 24mm boilies. They had 5 fish up to 22lb.

5 Aug 2018

Adam Wheeler Wins Three Match Junior Series – Bideford Angling Club

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Congratulations go to Bideford angling Club for organising a series of Junior Angling Matches on their home water Tarka Swims. The future of angling rests with these young people who will hopefully embrace a pastime that will bring a lifetime of enjoyment. Many thanks to Martin Turner for the report.

Results @ Junior match/coaching session No.3

1st Ruari Hewitt 8lb 2oz

2nd Will Richards 6lb 6oz

3rd Brooke Copp 3lb 9oz

4th Adam Wheeler 2lb 14oz

Ruari has fished with maggots on peg P for a nice bag of bream. Will, on the next peg, fished with a ledgered pellet and caught a lovely mirror carp for second place. Brooke fished with a feeder and landed a fine bream for third on peg R. 11 different young anglers have fished the, closely contested, 3 match series and Adam Wheeler has come out winner of the Junior Cup,with a points total of 30 ,in 2nd spot Tyler Scott on 29, 3rd Brooke Copp on 28, 4th Ruari Hewitt 24 5th Tomas Scott 22. Thank you all ,helpers and fishers, and Summerlands Tackle for your support.

5 Aug 2018

Fifty Eight Pound Tope Sets Club Record

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Kevin Pike has set  a new Appledore Shipbuilders Club record boating a huge tope of 58lb whilst fishing from a Private boat off the North Devon Coast. Kevin also boated a tope of 41lb 8oz. Jack Pike fishing on the same trip boated a personal best of 47lb and Cameron Atkinson a tope of 45lb. The trip saw four tope boated for a total weight of over 186lb! It is also good to hear that mackerel were plentiful.

 

Jack Pike – tope 47lb
Cameron Atkinson tope 41lb 8oz

 

5 Aug 2018

Joshua aged 13 lands first his mullet – with specimen rating of 125%!

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Scott Andries, Matt Jeffery and his son Joshua enjoyed a mullet fishing session in the estuary where they all enjoyed success with baited spinners.  Joshua landed his first of the species a specimen of 4lb 6oz that stands a good chance of winning a Junior trophy with Combe Martin SAC. Matt Jeffery’s best mullet of the session scaled 4lb 5oz and Scott Andreis’s mullet 3lb 4oz.

1 Aug 2018

Stafford Moor – Sixty Carp Haul!

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(Below)Wayne Grinney & his wife Jenny Grinney had an amazing 60 fish out from the inlet swim on Beatties lake. the fish were tempted  with Nash Scope. squid and Sticky baits krill boilies.

(Below) Stan Robinson fished  on Lodge lake swim 11 (beach 2) for the first time. He had 6 fish plus a new personal best of 20lb 10oz fishing with Nash coconut cream and strawberry crush as a snowman over a bed of 4mm sticky baits pellet all purchased from Stafford Moors on site tackle shop.

(Below) John Lean Jnr fished  on lodge lake  and  banked four carp using DNA S7 bait.