23 Aug 2016

Ilfracombe Pier bass

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Ollie Passmore – bass 7lb 1oz

Ollie Passmore enjoyed a session on Ilfracombe Pier landing a fine bass of 7lb 1oz that was carefully returned to the water after a quick photo. The fish was tempted using a large mackerel bait. The water clarity is reduced along the coast now and as a result bait anglers are enjoying improved sport with mackerel squid or crab baits best.

When the water clears lure anglers will start to catch again. I visited High Street tackle recently and was impressed with their wide selection of bass lures both soft and hard plastics from top brands.

23 Aug 2016

FINE MELBURY COMMON

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Melbury Reservoir is situated between Bideford and Bradworthy and contains some fine carp along with a good head of other coarse species. During the late eighties and early nineties it produced several specimen perch over four pounds along with eels close to 5lb and brown trout of over 5lb.

Rich Shaw paid a recent visit to Melbury Reservoir with a relative on a visit from Norway.This his account of the successful session.

“Weather was rather wet but the general fishing was exceptional plenty of good Roach,
Skimmers and Bream on the float and feeder. I managed the one carp that’s
weight certainly didn’t do justice to its frame, a touch over 19llb and
lovely condition a credit to any fishery. A lot of bait manipulating went
on between downpours but this one tripped up on two 10mm Crave Squabs and a
Bloodworm and Maggot crush.

22 Aug 2016

Upper Tamar Dozen

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Tony Welch enjoyed a cracking session at Upper Tamar recently with his friend catching a dozen fish between them to 18lbs in just 14 hours fishing. 9 commons and three mirrors made up the bag all falling to Mainline baits over Essential Cell hook baits.

22 Aug 2016

ANGLERS PARADISE CARP SUCCESS

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Fishing Couple Sammy and Matt Davison had a really good week of Fishing at Anglers Paradise Landing some great Carp up to 23lbs. Matt had a 22lb 4oz Mirror, a 20lb Mirror and a 19lb 5oz Mirror all in just One Day on the Octopussy. His Wife Sammy then went onto catching a Personal Best 23lb Mirror and Matt also caught the rare ‘Golden’ Nearly Leather Mirror both from the Specimen Carp Lake. All Fish were caught using Paradise Baits ‘The Twist’ Wafters.

Tommy Flower decided to have a short hour’s fishing on the Main Carp Lake to do a bit of stalking and managed to land this Stunning 26lb Mirror! Not bad for an hour’s work!! Tommy Said – “An hour’s stalking was all that was needed as I targeted the fish in the Main Lake. A solid bag full of mixed skretting pellets tops with an Xcel baits Xcellerate wafter carfully placed in a small quite corner quickly resulted in a lovely old looking mirror of 26lb. Not a bad way to spend an hour!” Tommy then went onto the Octopussy and caught this Upper Double Mirror off the top with his 2 year old daughter Summer to bring him luck!
Tommy also caught a 30lb 8oz Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake on a Banoffee Boilie and fed Xcel baits KSC in a small channel between an island and the margin.

Tommy Flower 26lb mirror — *Tommy Flower*
*26lb mirror (Above)*

Joel Dart, 15 was after his 1st Ever 20, so he went on a Guided session with Julian Chidgey and set up on the Main Carp Lake where he caught 2 New Personal Bests, a 22lb Mirror and a 21lb 13oz Leather using Plumb and Garlic Pop Ups from Burton Bait Rollers. Joel was one happy lad and also Won our Fish Of The Week Competition. You never forget your 1st 20!

Tom Steele caught a pristine 22lb Common from the Specimen Carp Lake using a Milky Toffee Boilie.

22 Aug 2016

STAFFORD MOOR CARP CATCHES

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Carp anglers had to ensure that their bivvy’s were well secured at the weekend as gale force winds swept across the country. Being out in the elements is all part of the excitement however and makes success ever sweeter.

Amanda Curtis with her new PB of 19lb 8oz from lodge lake yesterday.

Kyle Stacey (Below) with his 19lb 8oz catch from
Lodge lake using mainline cell.

22 Aug 2016

STAFFORD MOOR LATEST MATCH RESULTS

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Some bumper match weights at Stafford Moor despite some challenging weather conditions.

Stafford Moor – Open Match Wednesday 17thAugust

1^st Dave Stockton Peg 36 Woodpecker: 159lbs 10oz

2nd John Kiddle Peg 16 Woodpecker: 134lbs 5oz

3^rd Sean Brennan Peg 36 Tanners: 108lbs 11oz

4^th Rob Pritchard Peg 32 Woodpecker: 104lbs 13oz

Stafford Moor – Open Match Sunday 21^st August

1^st –Colin Horwood Peg 25 Tanners: 136lbs 12oz

2^nd Phil Hardwick Peg 6 Tanners: 112lbs 7oz

3^rd Lee Jan Peg 34 Tanners: 107lbs 1oz

4^th Steve Forshaw Peg 30 Tanners: 102lbs 12oz

21 Aug 2016

Triumph from a windy estuary

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Thin Lipped mullet have been hard to find in the estuary over recent weeks but Combe Martin SAC member Graham Snow persisted and located a specimen thin lip of 3lb 9oz despite strong winds making fishing difficult.