Andrew Van Koutrik and children Wilder, Woodrow & Roundelay fished Stafford Moors Lodge Lake to land 8 fish in a 24 hour Bank Holiday Session.
Andrew landed four fish to 21lb 2oz, Woodrow (13) had a personal best of 23lb 7oz, Roundelay had two of 17lb & Wilder had one of 14lb 2oz.
Steve Pinn’s latest catches from Stafford Moor
Peter Knight visited the tranquil waters at Agapi Fruit Farm and Fishing to land a pleasing brace of carp that are amongst the first to be caught at the water that I visited just a week ago. Peter a local angler visited the water with his partner after reading the review on North Devon Angling News.
Agapi is a delightful lake teaming with rudd and a healthy stock of carp that make the venue an ideal pleasure fishing venue for family’s and anyone wanting to escape for few hours by the water. This is not yet a water for the specimen hunter but is ideal for those who love fishing.
Rob Steele from Staffordshire had a day surface fishing on the Specimen Carp Lake at Anglers Paradise and caught this stunning Common of 25lbs using good old dog biscuits.
Danny Watson of High Street Tackle wrote this account of their trip on Reel Deal
Today was an excellent day Pauline Chard opened her boat fishing account! We arrived at the harbour at 8.30am to meet Daniel Hawkinsfor a four hour deep sea trip. It was glorious morning and the sea was flat calm! A little steam round the coast got us to the mark, anchor down and the fishing began. Was not too long before she was into the fish with a couple to add to her species list a couple of nice small eyed rays and a smoothound. (there was obviously a couple of dog fish as well) She did not get a tope – I did and upped my PB by just 2lb. Still standing at 27lb, got some way to go yet to be respectable!!! Pauline enjoyed it though and I am proud of her for doing it – thanks to Dan and Archie for their tuition and encouragement – oh, and obviously some banter!! She really enjoyed it and wants to go again!
Anglers have being enjoying regular sport on Reel Deal landing tope, bull huss and ray.
Bideford And District Angling Clubs Annual Fishing Festival over the Bank Holiday weekend attracted twenty-six anglers bringing fish back to the scales from all over the South West. Tarrant Wotton won the competition with a fine smoothound scaling 13lb 21/4oz. In second and third was Nathan Clements with hounds of 13lb 11/2oz and 12lb 43/4oz. Four other fish were recorded of over 100% with a club record sole to the rod of Dan Redmore weighing 1lb 14oz.
Jack Pike landed this stunning 52lb tope whilst fishing with his father Kevin who boated a 45lb 8oz that was reported on here yesterday. The fish sets a new boat record for Appledore Shipbuilders beating the old record of 46lb that was caught by the late Ralph Atkinson.
Alan Jump enjoyed a successful session at Stafford Moor landing this mirror carp of 23lb one of three fish he landed including another mirror of 20lb 1oz.
Alex Stevens and his son Cameron (6 years old) fished the Dam wall on Beatties lake. Cameron had a new personal best of 22lb they had a total of 12 fish to 24lb on Mainline cell boilies.
Mac McCarthy worked tirelessly for the River Taw Fishery Association and South Molton and District Angling Club his passing will sadden all who knew him in the local angling community. The above picture shows Mac beside Head Falls shortly after the project was completed making upstream access for salmon and sea trout much easier hopefully ensuring the long term survival of these enigmatic fish.
Mac McCarthy
It is with great sadness that I report the death of Mac McCarthy earlier in the week. As you will all know Mac loved the Taw. He was an active and successful fisherman and a stalwart of RTFA in his role as Treasurer over so many years. Our finances were kept in impeccable shape by Mac and his help was invaluable to me from the moment I became Chairman. This is particularly true in respect of the two fund-raisings for the Taw Access over Weirs Project and TRIP. He will also be missed more widely in the south west where he was well known by all the river associations from his time as Treasurer of the South West Rivers Association. Mac moved away from North Devon to Hampshire about two years ago.
Alex Gibson
Anglers in the North of England have landed several Pacific salmon I don’t thin any have been landed in local rivers but if you do catch one please ensure you notify the Environment Agency and of course North Devon Angling News. More info on below link.
http://anglingtrust-news.net/3XSU-99Q1-0F2NFPLC54/cr.aspx
The Taw and Torridge have both now dropped to a good level with every chance of salmon and sea trout from both rivers. As the sun shines each day will undoubtedly see prospects decrease. Several salmon have been hooked and lost at Little Warham on the river Torridge where one salmon and sea trout were landed. The best time for contacting salmon or sea trout is undoubtedly in the early evening. A sound plan would be to fish for brown trout through the day and then target the salmon and sea trout from late afternoon. Even if you do not catch the river in early September is a wonderful place to spend a day.
