Graham Snow took the top two places in Combe Martin SAC’s Fish of the month competition with a fine thick-lipped mullet of 4lb 15oz and a thin-lipped mullet of 4lb 1oz. In third place was Kevin Legge with a bass scaling 9lb 2oz. Club member Ross Stanway got August’s competition off to a good start landing a fine specimen rockling of 1lb 13.5oz.
Mark Mead with his 28lb catch from the Dam wall on Beatties lake using mainline cell boilies.
Dave Morrish with his 28lb 8oz catch from the dam wall on Beatties lake using sticky baits krill.
Mark Grinney and Ellie had 8 fish from the inlet swim on beatties lake up to 29lb 3oz using home made chocolate boilies and strawberry pop ups.
Chrissy Waring who was here with hubby Geoff (AKA 2 of the Carp Busters ) had 10 fish out up to 21lb 8 oz on Beatties lake in a day session using mainline cell and dynamite baits monster tiger nut flavour purchased in the on site tackle shop .
Harris Sawyer who fishing Staffords Woodpecker Lake with regular Jason Hammond who had this fab catch from woodpecker lake today.
North Devon Match Group Summer League No4 was an Inter club contest at Upper Tamar Lake with Tiverton AC
Result 1st Martin Turner 33lb 13oz 2nd Wayne Mitchell 28lb 6oz 3rd Ian Brooks 28lb 6oz
Section A Paul Frost 22lb 14oz Section B Eric Priest 27lb 5oz
North Devon Match Group 140lb Tiverton 105lb
David Atkinson won Appledore Shipbuilders Monthly Rover with a fine gilthead bream scaling 4lb 53/8oz. Runner up spot was secured by Steve Ford with a gilthead of 4lb 2.75oz and in third was Josh Atkinson with a smoothound scaling 6lb 15oz. In the Junior section it was Chelsea Babb that took the prizes with a ballan wrasse of 3lb 3.75oz.
Top fish of the week was a stunning bass taken from a local beach scaling 12lb 9.75oz by Paul Downing.
Latest match results from the ever prolific Stafford Moor
Wednesday August 3rd Open match at Stafford Moor on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Had 32 fishing with a continental payout . Had 6 main payouts plus 4 X section payouts.
Winner of the day was Andy Boffin Tanners peg 6 with 154lb 15oz fishing the conker & paste.
2nd Kev Walters Woodpecker peg 3 with 104lb 6oz
3rd Herbie Tanners peg 3 with 116lb 5oz
4th Tony Nallie Woodpecker peg 32 with 86lb 8oz
5th Ben Evenden Tanners peg 36 with 110lb 4oz
6th Chris Haines Woodpecker peg 10 with 84lb 13oz
Our section winners were:
Tanners steve Kedge peg 32 with 95lb 15oz and Kev Osbourne peg 27 with 61lb 12oz
Woodpecker Rob Hendrick peg 12 with 34lb and Mick Wheatley peg 26 with 43lb 7oz
Friday August 5th residents match Stafford Moor on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Weather was sunny most of the day , had a continental payout today , had a great winning weight from Stephen Crocker peg 36 with 132lb 4oz fishing 11mm on the lead, well done Steve ! (Who won it last year too )
2nd Chris Birch Tanners peg 35 with 122lb 5oz
3rd Keith Simpson Woodpecker peg 10 with 51lb 3oz
4th Rob Hendrick AKA MOS Tanners peg 13 with 90lb 12oz fishing 8mm & paste down the edge
5th Mark Betteridge Woodpecker peg 28 with 49lb 11oz
6th Richard Gere AKA Michael Wheatley 😜 Tanners peg 18 with 79lb 3oz
Nielsen Jeffery sent me this report on his latest short evening session at Horwood lakes(2.5 hours) he fished the top lake,and enjoyed some great sport. Landing three nice fish around 5 lb and around twenty pasties of up to 2 lb, plus three lovely tench.
Children under 16 fish for free as long as they are with a paying adult ; day tickets are only available from Summerlands at £5 a head. Both lakes have had an extensive overhaul with twenty nice platforms now in place. Both lakes are well stocked with carp to 12lb and tench.
Dear All,
Devon and Severn IFCA are holding a number of events to publicise the proposed Netting Permit Byelaw. Please join Officers at the promotion trailer that will be at the following venues between 1600hrs and 2000hrs. This is your opportunity to ask questions and find out more information. Large charts showing estuaries and coastal areas will be on display as well as the byelaw and permit conditions. Copies will be available for you to take away. Please advertise this as widely as possible within the fishing and angling communities.
Churchfields car park, Appledore, EX39 1RL 15th August 2016
Cove car park, The Cove, Ilfracombe, EX34 9EN 16th August 2016
Fish Quay, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, PL4 0LH 17th August 2016
Imperial Road Recreational Ground, Exmouth, EX8 1DB 18th August 2016
The Den, Den Crescent, Teignmouth, TQ14 8AA 19th August 2016
Quay West car park, Quay West, Minehead, TA24 5UP 22nd August 2016
Entrance to Sailing Club, The Promenade, Clevedon, BS21 7QU 23rd August 2016
Manor Road car park, Sidmouth, EX10 8RR 24th August 2016
Car park, Creek boat park, Gould Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8DU 25th August 2016
Freshwater Quarry car park, Blackball Lane, Brixham, TQ5 8BA 26th August 2016
The byelaw, permit conditions and charts can be viewed in advance on our website: www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk/public-consultation-
POLITE NOTE: Please do not send responses to this email address. Responses are to be sent to [email protected] AND [email protected]
The public consultation closes on 22nd September 2016.
Kind Regards,
Laura Bullock
Enforcement Officer
Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
Brixham Laboratory
Freshwater Quarry
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 8BA
Tel (office): 01803 854648
Website: www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk
Twitter: @DevonSevernIFCA
Anthony Madden landed this stunning ghost carp from Stafford Moors Beatties Lake the fish weighed 22lb 8oz and was tempted using using mainline cell boilie’s.
Bideford & District Angling Clubs – Final Pairs Evening Match Results –
1st pair John Lovell and Kieth Copeland combined weight 13lb 14oz
2nd pair Steve Bailey and Peter Crawley 13lb 121/2oz
3rd Martin Hawker and Ian Owen 12lb 1/2oz
John Lovell and Kieth Copeland
John Lovell had 2 carp on corn on the pole his partner Kieth backed up with perch and roach, This competition concludes a very successful evening series.
We visited today’s North Devon Show enjoying a great day among the crowds. Driving over the River Taw on route to the show I of course noticed that the River was up and colored and out of order for fishing; should be perfect by the end of the week! Angling was unfortunately a little low profile at the show though we did find Fly-Fishing represented by the Salmon and Trout Conservation UK, formerly the Salmon and Trout Association. In a rural area like North Devon that has so much fishing on offer its seems strange that angling is not represented more prominently. My wife Pauline did however take advantage of some Fly Fishing Tuition from Fly Casting Instructor Alan Barrow. John Dawson was also at hand giving Instruction. If anyone is considering taking up Fly Fishing then tuition is well worth it as even a short session with an instructor can avoid developing bad habits that can last a lifetime.