14 Nov 2017

Estuary Sport

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Robbie Hancock secured the Triple Hook Clubs RBL Shield with a flounder scaling 1lb 111/2oz. Dennis Toleman took runner up spot with a flounder of 1lb 2oz. Large amounts of floodwater and associated debris made fishing difficult though several flounders were landed by non club members over the weekend. I would expect flounder fishing to

 

(Above) Ian Hooper with a flounder that brought a broad smile despite the cold wind.

(Above) Kyle Blackmore with pleasing flounder.

(Above) Kyle Blackmore with an estuary bass

12 Nov 2017

Bideford & District Angling Club Coarse Section November Monthly Competition

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Many thanks to Martin Turner for his weekly updates on Bideford Competitions and North Devon Match Group

Tarka Swims

1st Colin Gorman 10lb 9oz

2nd John Lisle     8lb 2oz

3rd Steve Bailey 7lb 3oz

4th Matt Cross  4lb 13oz .

10 anglers braved the cold windy conditions for the penultimate match of our season.Colin found two carp prepared to feed on peg P for victory , he caught on maggot on the pole close in, John used similar tactics on peg M for a single large carp for 2nd. Steve secured 3rd with a another nice carp on corn on a cage feeder from peg G, Matt adopted waggler tactics on peg Q for the silvers prize, his catch include a specimen bream of 4lb 8oz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 Nov 2017

Cod up channel

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Kev Goodman had a quality  cod of 11lb  on Jay Jay up at Watchet. The party had a good days sport after the strong winds subsided with a mixed bag of fish including whiting, spurs, smoothies, ray, conger and dogfish. Still spaces available for weekend trips up until Christmas.

 

11 Nov 2017

Mixed bags for sea anglers

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Ian Laird landed this 9lb 15oz bull huss whilst fishing a local rock mark. The fish was part of a haul that consisted of smoothound, dogfish and pollock.

(Above) This 3lb 6oz codling was tempted by Chay Boggis from a local beach whilst targetting bass.

Ali Laird fished the estuary to land nine flounder to 1lb 9oz. Flounder fishing should be good for the next few weeks with heavy rain flushing out the river.

(Above) Ollie Passmore with a grey mullet of almost 3lb.

(Above) Ollie Passmore with a bull huss of 10lb 4oz.

November can be an exciting time for sea anglers with a vast range of species to target. A big squid or mackerel bait presented on a pennel rig is likely to bring rewards from deep water marks all along the coast. Make sure you use a substantial hook length to withstand sharp teeth. I use a minimum of 80lb b.s mono or fluorocarbon for my shore fishing with a heavy wire trace if tope are a possibility, contrary to popular opinion.

7 Nov 2017

Big Bull huss for Josh

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Josh Atkinson put in the effort to make several trips  throughout the back end of October and he was rewarded with 2 decent specimens, these were a locally caught Bull Huss of 13-7-8 and an Undulate Ray of 11-12-8 from Dorset’s chesil Beach. Josh was not sure he would have landed the Huss if it wasn’t for the strength and quality of the Cox & Rawle meat hooks as most hooks would probably have bent out when lifting a fish of that size. The fish was lifted as it was too rough to get to the shoreline with the net. Both fish were also released to fight another day.