Bratton Water is fishing well with the lake is in excellent condition and the water bright and clear with water temperature at 13-14c. The recent rain has freshened things up and weed growth has not been significant despite a long dry warm start to summer. Mike Williams tells me that most fish are being tempted on small dries and nymph patterns.
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Six year old was on holiday with his dad and took a trip on Ilfracombe Charter Boat Reel Deal where he boated a fine tope on Ammo mackerel with rods reels and a 8/0 varivas big mouth extra from Veal’s mail order.
Brandon King who is 14 years old on the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake with his new personal best a 29lb 4oz beauty using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.
Tim Vick who had 10 carp to 20lb 4oz in the double swim on Lodge Lake spit using Sticky Baits Krill boilies.
Simon Tregidgo and son Archie who had 7 fish out of lodge lake using Mainline tutti fruity boilies & half a yellow pop up.
Steve Pinn landed a personal best eel at Stafford Moor Caught on a tail hooked 4″ dead bait at first light. The Moor has produced several big eels over recent years to over 8lb and has the potential to produce a really special eel as the eels live undetected in the lakes feeding on the abundant small fish and high protein carp baits.
John Deprieelle had a cracking session on day ticket venue Jennetts reservoir in Bideford, Devon yesterday. John set his stall out for fishing Zig rigs and off the surface and managed 4 carp topped by a 24.08 Common which took a surface bait right at the end of the day.
After a month of Combe Martin SAC’s species competition John Shapland has a slender lead with 30 species. In runner up spot is Daniel Welch on 28 and in third Ross Stanway of 21.
The event seems to have stimulated some very interesting fishing with a wide range of species recorded including dragonets, cling fish and various mini species. Strangely no one has registered gilthead bream, garfish or golden grey mullet!
The competition is sponsored by High Street Tackle Ilfracombe.
Stuart Taylor was targetting bass when this specimen Smoothound weighing 11lb 12ozs Saved a blank session.
Graham Snow won Bideford Angling Clubs 24 hour rover with a thin-lipped grey mullet of 3lb 151/4oz. Antony Smith was runner up with a mackerel scaling 1lb 21/2oz and third Andy Clements with a wrasse of 3lb 103/4oz.
Graham followed this win up landing a brace of thin lipped mullet weighing 4lb 7oz and 3lb 81/2oz.
Mike Duckett from Essex fished at Blakewell fishery to land a fine double figure rainbow scaling 13lb 6oz.
Bideford based Clive Baddick qualified for the finals,of the civil service sports competition where they fished the 6th of July. The south West team won,3 boats 12 areas so 12 on a boat,simple the winner on a boat scored 1 point they had two boat winners and i come 4th so they scored 6 points, the second team had 11 points,the boats fished were supernova,skippered by Lyle Stantiford,top cat 2 ,and wild frontier 2 .The South West Team was Vernon Allen who won the individual competio. ,Mike Patton who one time was England manager, and Clive Baddick.
1st Martin Turner 10lb 8oz
2nd David Bailey 7lb 9oz
3rd Craig Crash Lamey 6lb 1oz
Martin caught a large carp on luncheon meat on the pole plus a pound of small fish on peg B ,this result moves him in to 2nd place in the league with one match remaining, David took his mirror carp on a bunch of red maggots on peg S , Craig came third with a late fully scaled mirror carp on the tip on pellet. Keith Copland still leads the league with 60 points ,next weeks comp is the final one in the evening league.
