31 Dec 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Happy New Year to all readers of North Devon Angling News many thanks to all who have provided me with new reports and images throughout the year. I was going to do a full review of 2018 but then news came in and I thought its all there on the site to see anyway. Looking back it was a good year if you were a flexible angler targeting the vast range of species available. I reported on big shark off Ilfracombe, big nets of silver fish, fifty pound plus carp and humble flounder. I intend to carry on doing the same next year.  The weather will of course play its part each season so lets hope we get a fair mix in 2019. No beasts and no droughts but if we do then just make the best of whats on offer. A special thanks to my sponsors below:-

 

31 Dec 2018

* MATCH REPORT * Wooda lakes

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A big thank you to the 21 anglers who turned out to fish Wooda Lakes Annual Fur ‘n Feather Match, fished across their Mixed Match and Carp match lakes. With mild weather the fishing ought to have been excellent, but with an influx of cold water it made for tough fishing for most. With the carp holed up tight, the silver fish at least gave sport for some, while others just enjoyed the day out, the occasional drizzle and banter…. the John “I’m admitting to 10lb, but your carp are bigger” Lisle and Pete “I only have 10lb” Slade banter continued after the match!

Overall winner on the day was Neilsen Jeffrey, pegged on the wood side of the Carp Match lake, weighing in 53lb 2oz of carp caught mainly on the pole. Second was Kevin Shears, from the point on the Mixed match lake, with 40lb 4oz. Third was Lewis Jones with 37lb 12oz at the far end of the Carp Match lake.
Pools was paid out to:
Neilsen Jeffrey – overall winner 53lb 2oz
Kevin Shears – winner Mixed lake 40lb 4oz
Lewis Jones – winner Carp match lake 37lb 12oz
Martin Crouch – r/up Mixed lake 29lb 10oz
Rich Dennis – r/up Carp match lake 34lb 15oz

The blind pairs was a tight encounter with Kevin Shears and Rich Dennis on 75lb 3oz just beating Mat Sampson and Neilsen Jeffrey on 72lb 6oz. Kevin and Rich picking up a crate of beer each for their win.

The mystery weight (of 12lb 1oz) was won by Ian Croxton with 12lb 2oz, who picked up a bottle of bubbly.

All anglers also picked up a selection of prizes from 1st place down to the wooden spoon.

Full results:

Mixed match lake

Peg 1 – Mat Sampson 19lb 4oz
Peg 2 – Peter Horton 14lb 7oz
Peg 3 – Peter Seward 16lb 2oz
Peg 4 – Mick Seward 6lb 13oz
peg 5 – Stephen Craker 16lb 13oz
Peg 6 – Simon Allen 7lb 11oz
Peg 7 – Kevin Wilton 4lb 12oz
Peg 8 – Ian Croxton 12lb 2oz
Peg 9 – Martin Crouch 29lb 10oz
Peg 10 – Kevin Shears 40lb 4oz
Peg 11 – John Forster 10lb 4oz

Carp match lake

Peg 12 – Rich Dennis 34lb 15oz
Peg 13 – Keith Copeland 30lb 6oz
Peg 15 – Shaun Stenton 10lb 2oz
peg 16 – Tom Downing 18lb
Peg 17 – Martin Turner 21lb 3oz
Peg 18 – Neilsen Jeffrey 53lb 2oz
Peg 19 – Kev Grant 5lb 12oz
Peg 20 – Lewis Jones 37lb 12oz
Peg 21 – John Lisle 11lb 4oz
peg 22 – Pete Slade 9lb 14oz

23 Dec 2018

Stafford Moor Christmas Match

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Stafford Moors Christmas Match on Tanners and Woodpecker lakestook place on a miserable grey day for anglers but not too bad for fishing I suspect. The winner of the Christmas Match 2018 was Mr Andy Dare who bagged himself 107lb 9oz from peg 1 on Tanners lake well done Andy! In second place was Mark Cullerton with 81lb 10oz from peg 20 on Woodpecker lake. In third place was Tom Downing peg 10 on Tanners with 99lb 5oz. In forth place was Nathan Underwood with 62lb 9oz from peg 16 on Woodpecker lake.

11 Dec 2018

Final Bideford & District AC monthly competition and Christmas Match at Tarka Swims

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Many thanks to Martin Turner for his regular news updates from Bideford Angling Club and North Devon Match Group

Final BDAC monthly competition and Christmas Match at Tarka Swims

Results

1st John Lisle 10lb 6oz

2nd Antony Bentley 7lb 10oz

3rd Stephen Craker 7lb 2oz

4th Martin Turner 1lb 4oz

5th Pete Slade 9oz

6th Keith Copland 6oz

16 Anglers took part in the last event of the year on Tarka Swims, George’s Lake. John landed 2 nice carp in the margins of peg M on pole fished bread for his second consecutive victory, John won himself a £25 tackle voucher ,generously donated by Summerlands Tackle and £45 pool money along with some nail varnish and hand cream! in the secret Santa draw . Antony Bentley also landed 2 carp on peg Q on sweetcorn on the tip for 2nd spot, Stephen Craker took 3rd place on the adjacent peg P with a nice carp and a decent bream also on the tip. Martin ended the series with 4th off peg H with a small carp ,bream and perch to a groundbait feeder.Pete drew a shallower peg X and scratched around for 22 tiny perch for 5th overall.The final standings in the league are 1st Martin Turner 111points 2nd John Lisle 98 3rd Steve Bailey 80 4th Keith Copland 59 6th Pete Slade 49. The golden peg pot is carried forward to the first match of 2019 on Morchard Road on the 13th January.

 

10 Dec 2018

Tamar Christmas Match Winner

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Congratulations to Tubertini & Bait-Tech recent signing Norman Martin.

Norman fished the Tamar Christmas Match yesterday, managing to beat the 41 strong field & even stronger weather conditions to win the match overall.

Norman fished his relatively sheltered peg on the whip, putting 250+ small roach & perch in the net for a 25lb 12oz total, whilst others on the 82 acre venue struggled with the conditions.

This finishes off a great season at Tamar for Norm, where he has a couple of match wins, Summer League runner up (on weight count back), Preston Pairs Festival 3rd place under his belt.

3 Dec 2018

North Devon Tackle Christmas Match

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Christmas Match yesterday at Wooda Lakes in horrible wet and windy conditions. The match was spread over two lakes, lakes 3 and 4. The winner on lake 3 was Simon Poynter  with 73lb 2oz and runner up was Kevin Wilton with 61lb 2oz. The winner on lake 4 was Barry Lee with 61lb 12oz and runner up was Dean Vickery with 58lb 6oz. Overall winner on the day was Simon Poynter.

3 Dec 2018

North Devon Match Group Winter League No 3 @ Oaktree Fishery Results

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North Devon Match Group Winter League No 3 @ Oaktree Fishery Results

1st Kevin Shears 41lb 8oz

2nd Tom Downing 38lb 5oz

3rd  John Forster  25lb 11oz

4th Ken Cocks    25lb 8oz

5th Martin Turner 24lb 14oz

6th  Stuartshelley Burridge 20lb 4oz

The 20 anglers that attended this event were pegged on both top and bottom ponds . The fishing proved tricky in the wet blustery conditions, Kevin has once again come out on top with a 7 fish catch, from an un-fancied peg on the top pond dam ,to pole and corn . Tom Downing has drawn on the bottom on peg 19 and landed a similar catch on feeder and pole for 2nd. John Forster fished the feeder on peg 7 casting to the island for 3rd. 4th spot was Ken Cocks also on the top pond on peg 7.

25 Nov 2018

Winter League Chills but still ton up bags!

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The third match of the Winter Teams league at Stafford Moor was a cold one yet Mark Cullerton still managed a stunning bag of carp totalling 141lb 11oz.

Team Baittech won the event with 6 points and a total weight of 326lb 2oz.

Nick Jones, Mark Cullerton, Tom Downing and Ben Evenden

Joanne Combes thanks all who fished the Match with the  next winter league match on December 9th.

The fisheries Christmas match is on on Sunday 23rd December including some complementary nibbles.

19 Nov 2018

North Devon Match Group Championship No.11 @ Stafford Moor.

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North Devon Match Group Championship No.11 @ Stafford Moor.

Results

1st Kevin Shears 54lb 13oz

2nd Dave Downton 48lb 3oz

3rd Paul Morris 44lb 9oz

4th Martin Turner 41lb 11oz

5th Peter Slade 41lb 7oz

6th John Forster 41lb 3oz

7th Simon John Allen 40lb 6oz

8th John Bailey 33lb 8oz

31 anglers fished. Cold bright frosty conditions did not deter the venues carp from feeding in, what turned out to be a closely fought contest.The match was one of the best attended that we have organised . Kevin Shears won the event from unfancied peg 19 on Oak lake with an 18 fish net taken on the bomb and bread.Venue regular Dave landed 9 larger fish on the method feeder and maggot from peg 14 on Woodies for 2nd. Paul Morris took 3rd spot from peg 16 on Oak with feeder and pole tactics . Martin Turner also on Oak, peg 11 ,managed to secure 4th place with a 16 fish pole and maggot caught net.