Easter Friday match at HORWOOD, despite a early morning frost the main lake fished well.
Well done to Craig Lamey who managed 15 fish from peg 4 for a lovely weight of 93lb 8oz catching on the method feeder and short pole, Stephen Barrell managed 66lb 3oz from peg 1, Stuart Towers had four lovely condition fish for 40lb 6oz so some very decent ones are now showing.
Top lake fished much harder but this meant everyone was in with a chance of winning that lake right up until the final whistle, Keith Mountjoy weighed in 21lb 10oz for second just 7oz behind Neilsen Jeffery who had 22lb 1oz
Cracking days fishing and lovely to see a few new faces.
HORWOOD Match Team, Morchard Road
Neilsen Jeffery came out on top with 111lb 7oz all caught on corn and fished from the right hand point, most from shallow margins on both sides.
Second was Graham Curnow who weighed in 90lb 12oz, Graham caught on the tip and pole. Third was Paul Whitehead who fished the left bay and had some right lumps in his net of 73lb14oz and last in the money was Stephen Barrell with 70lb 7oz edging out John Lisle who had 58lb 8oz.
Tom Wade has been the owner at Anglers Heaven for ten years and is celebrating with an open day at the shop on Saturday, April 1st when there will be selected discounts of up to 25%.
We are very fortunate in North Devon to have a wide range of local tackle shops that are at the heart of the local angling community. Anglers Heaven has been operating for over twenty years and is a well established shop
located in the heart of Bideford adjacent to the Pannier Market with plenty of short stay free parking.
The shop has a wide range of Carp, Coarse and Sea Tackle with popular brands including Century, Pure Fishing, Thinking Tackle and many more. They also stock a wide range of shelf life baits, live baits and frozen baits for both fresh and saltwater anglers. Early in 2023 Tom invested in an extensive expansion of the premises providing a spacious bright space in which to browse.
In addition to fishing tackle Anglers Heaven is a registered fire arms dealer stocking an extensive range of air rifles and accessories. They also stock an extensive range of knives and clothing for Country sports and pastimes.
The shop is open six days per week. Mondays and Tuesdays 9;45am till 5.00pm Thursday 9:30 till 3:00pm Friday and Saturday 9:30 till 5:00pm.
Quay Sports recent match at Lower Slade Reservoir was won by Paul Whitehead with 15lb 9oz. Norman Martin was runner up with 12lb 2oz and Kevin Wilton third with 11lb 15oz. Small roach dominated catches making for a challenging match in cold conditions.
B.D.A.C 5th rod and reel match results date 26/2/23. 11 anglers fished at HIGHHAMPTON LAKES. The fishing was very hard going with very few bits for most. 1st place went to Darren polden was a nice net of carp for 30lbs 12oz caught in the margins, 2nd place when to Nigel spurr with 21lbs 2oz fishing the tip to the island, 3rd place was Mike Ellis with 20lbs 15oz on the tip and 4th place went to Cyril Found with 16lbs 7oz. The next match is on the 26/3/23 venue to be confirmed.
HORWOOD match anglers have booked the 4th Sunday of every month this year at Morchard Road, cracking venue and always seems to produce decent weights.
Despite a horrid wind and a very cold day it again fished well. It started hard but a few fish decided to have a feed towards the end. Very well done to John Lisle who had some proper lumps for his winning weight of 64lb 12oz from the near left hand bay, as everyone maggots seemed the bait, John pipped Paul Whitehead who fished the bridge peg and had 62lb 15oz Neilsen Jeffery managed third with 53lb 2oz from the first point just edging Graham Curnow who had 50lb 11oz caught from the left point. Cold but very enjoyable day and sure it will be a tad warmer next month, matches are capped at 14 fishing which gives everyone a bit of room.
Neilsen will be contacting all fishing members in March to see if they would like to renew memberships for 2023, numbers are limited.