10 Jun 2024

Stafford Moor’s over 50’s Festival 2024

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Stafford Moor’s over 50’s Festival 2024 and the worthy winner was…Doug Richardson with a total of 5 points and a total weight 901lb 4oz!

In 2nd place was Nigel Rhodes with 5 points and a total weight of 834lb 14oz.

In 3rd place was Lee Werrett with 5 points and a total weight of 762lb 5oz .

The winner of the largest bag of the week was Nigel Rhodes with 311lb 10oz on day 4 from peg 20 in Tanners lake.

The winner of the largest silvers bag was Dave Stockton with 68lb 4oz on day 5 from peg 1 on Woodpecker lake.

Jo says “Wow been another fab week, hope everyone enjoyed the week thank you for your support as always

A huge shout out to all the guys who helped weigh in all week who were:

Mark layzell

Lee Werrett

Nick Jones

Nigel Rhodes

And also everyone who helped with the boards your help is soooooooooo appreciated !”

10 Jun 2024

Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly competition

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Monthly competition

Results:

1st John Lisle 45lb 13oz

2nd Craig Lamey 40lb 13oz

3rd Les Polden 39 lb 14oz

4th Steve Johnson 37lb 4oz

5th Darren Polden 37lb 4oz

6th Roger Ackroyd 29lb 5oz

16 members fished.

John has drawn peg 16 and fished worm over micros on a long pole for victory in this, the halfway match of our year long league.

Craig , opposite,on peg 12 has fished sweetcorn with a short pole for second place.

Birthday ” boy” Les has had a cracking mixed bag also on corn on the pole for third spot.

Steve on peg 6 has finished fourth using hard pellets.

A cold North Westerly took the edge of, an otherwise bright dry day, despite this, almost 450lb of fish were brought to the scales.

Bideford and District Angling Club

Evening Competition No. 4

Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 38lb 1oz

2nd Kevin Shears 33lb

3rd Thomas Scott 22lb 5oz

4th Ian Croxton20lb 8oz

5th Les Polden 19lb 9oz

18 members fished

Pleasant conditions, warm but a sneaky North Westerly breeze,for this the fourth in the series.

That man Nathan on peg 9 has made it 3 on the bounce, with another victory, paste on the pole the winning technique.

Kevin on peg 1 has fished towards peg 26 again on pole and paste for second on the night.

Youngster, Thomas has made a welcome return and managed third spot on peg 13.

The Cornish Brummie settled for fourth.

2 Jun 2024

Bideford and District Angling Club Evening competition No. 3

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Evening competition No. 3

Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 33lb

2nd Richard Jefferies 29lb 15oz

3rd Stace N Dazza Polden 26lb 7oz

4th Keith Mountjoy 22lb 11oz

5th Martin Turner 22lb 10oz

6th Roger Ackroyd 22lb 5oz

18 members fished.

The 3rd match in the 10 match series was fished in reasonable conditions , a brisk westerly and warmish evening led to another close competition..

Out of the 18 numbers in the draw bag Nathan has again drawn peg 13 !

He fished with paste over pellets in the margins for his second victory of the series.

Richard has drawn the adjacent peg 12 and fished in a similar fashion for the second spot.

Darren has had a couple of larger fish and some skimmers for third off peg 3 .

2 Jun 2024

Bideford and District Angling Club Junior competition No. 1

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Junior competition No. 1

Tarka Swims 11 fished

1st Thea Overend 3:670 kilo

2nd Ethan Broom 3:190

3rd Ted Blight 2:720

4th George Batten 2:400

5th Albi Clements 2:290

6th Amelia Bell 1:895

7th Lewis Hathaway 1:745

8th Billy Butler 1:700

9th Freya Lewis 1:265

10th Rex Lewis :620

11th Leo Davies :410

Our junior members have enjoyed a pleasant afternoon on George’s lake. Weather was warm and dry with a brisk North Westerly breeze.

The fish proved tricky, but every youngster caught in the end . Our winner on the day, in her first match was our youngest competitor Thea , with a little help from Uncle Craig , they fished peg 25 on the pole.

Second placed Ethan, also on his first competition, fished punched bread with a 3metre whip on peg 20.

Ted took third place fishing on peg 2 .

Our sincere thanks go out to the very generous support we have had from Summerlands Tackle , Quay Sports , Baitech, Martin Cocks, Tom Downing , Guru Tackle.

https://www.bidefordanddistrictanglingclub.com

30 May 2024

BIDEFORD & DISTRICT ANGLING CLUB – JUNIOR COMPETITIONS and TEACH IN

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Articles, Coarse Fishing, Match Fishing, Sidebar, Young At Heart | 0

Bideford Angling Club start their series of Summer Junior Events this Saturday. Well worth supporting and really good for young people to get involved.

27 May 2024

Bideford & District Angling Club Rod N Reel Match Result

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B.D.A.C Rod and Reel match results date 26.5.24 at Tarka. Today the weather was a bit sunny with a few showers and fishing was steady. 1st place today went to Richard jefferies on peg 10 with a weight of 34lbs 8oz mainly carp, 2nd place when to Stephen Paul Sheller on peg 6 with 33lbs 15oz and 3rd place was Keith copland on peg 8 with 23lbs 13oz. The next Rod and Reel match will be on the 23.6.24.

26 May 2024

North Devon Match Group Victory

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North Devon Match Group Versus Bideford Angling Club at Stafford Moor

Bideford Angling Club at Stafford Moor Fishery using willow and oak

With 12 anglers on each

Top weight on the day was Tom Downing

Oak lake

1st Tom downing 180lb 15oz

2nd Darren polden 143lb 2oz

3rd Phillip Bailey 131lb 15oz

4th Keith Mountjoy 113lb 12oz

Willow

1st Nathan Underwood 130lb 10oz

2nd Steve Johnson 122lb 8oz

3rd Christopher Morris 109lb 14oz

4th Kevin Shears 102lb 15oz

A big well done to everyone that’s helped weighing the boards photos

Winning on the day was North Devon Match Group with 185 points and Bideford having 126 points

24 May 2024

Bideford & District Angling Club Midweek Series Heat 2

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Hard to believe its got to that time of year already. So much so that I forgot to report on heat 1.

Results

1st Nathan Underwood 34 lb 9oz

2nd David Bailey 24lb

3rd Mike Snudden 23 lb 10oz

4th Craig Crash Lamey 20lb 11oz

5th Stace N Dazza Polden 18lb 8oz

14 members fished.

A rather damp evening proved tough going for some, Nathan has bounced back to form with a convincing victory from peg 13 , paste fished into the weed bed was his chosen tactic.

David has made a successful return with a lovely net of mainly silver fish on maggot from peg 8 for 2nd spot.

Mike has caught on worms on the pole on peg 5 for 3rd place.

20 May 2024

The final of Stafford Moors May Festival 2024

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The final of Stafford Moors May Festival 2024

The consistently high weights caught during matches at this superb venue never cease to amaze.

Joanne Combes wrote :-

Our worthy winner is ……… Steve Ford who had a total weight of 954lb 4oz with 5 points a huge well done to you!

In second place was Lee Werrett with a total weight of 740lb 7oz and a total of 6 points well done!

In 3rd place was Ben Evenden with a total weight of 731lb 5oz and a total of 6 points well done!

Just want to say what a fantastic week it has been with the company and weights this week wow some fab weights all week. The total amount of fish caught this week was 36,590 lb !!!!!!!!! Wow that’s a few fish !