Bideford Angling clubs presentation night is next Friday 16th Feb @ 20.00 At the Bideford Conservative club. With a buffet laid on.
North Devon Tackle Club – Match
North Devon Tackles first match of the year was held at Slade Reservoir on February 4th.
1st Kevin Wilton 16lb 1oz (including a perch of 3-1)
2nd Barry Lee 13lb 12oz
3rd Norman Martin 12lb 15oz
4th “Simon the 4th” 11lb 8oz
5th Andrew Haynes 9lb 2oz
6th Peter Seward 5lb 11oz
7th Kevin Grant 4lb 14oz
North Devon Match Group Winter League No.5 Oaktree Fishery Results
Many Thanks to Martin Turner for the Fortnightly NDMG Report
1st Kevin Shears 55lb 8oz
2nd John Lacy 43lb 2oz
3rd John Forster 34lb 6oz
4th Nathan Underwood 31lb 4oz
5th Martin Turner 24lb
6th John Lisle 22lb 8oz .,
20 anglers turn up on a very cold but dry day, in the vain hope of beating Kevin .He drew peg 17 on the top lake and once again showed us all how its done !! Kevin fished the pole with maggot for an all carp net, John Lacy also on the top lake caught his net of carp on sweetcorn on the pole, Top weight of the 10 anglers on the bottom pool was John Forster with a pole catch of small carp on ,corn and maggot. from unfancied peg 11, Nathan Underwood was on peg 7 on the bottom lake and took 4th spot with some nice carp on the pole ,all on red maggot.
North Devon Match Group – Result
Results: NDMG 1st Round Championship and Champion of Champions.
1st Overall and champ of champ John Lisle 79lb 8oz
2nd Dave Downton 53lb 13oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 44lb 15oz
4th John Lacy 26lb 6oz
5th Kevin Shears 25lb 1oz
6th Andy Gray 17lb 6oz.
Many thanks to Martin Turner for the report and write up:-
Stafford Moor Fishery hosted our January Championship competition , the gale force winds and driving rain ,meant that fishing was less than comfortable for most! Despite this John fished a great match on the pole and sweetcorn on peg 18 on Oak lake, he landed 27 carp for a convincing victory over second placed Dave who landed 53lb of carp from peg 18 on Woodys lake ,Nathan took 3rd spot also from Woody’s peg 20. John 4th from peg 9 Woodys.Second best weight on Oak and 5th overall was Kevin on peg 14.
Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Championship No1. Harepie Fishery
Results
1st Craig Crash Lamey 7lb 15oz
2nd Steve Bailey 5lb.
3rd – Joint – David Bailey 3lb 14oz
3rd – Martin Turner 3lb 14oz.
Members enjoyed a rare still and dry winters day, but the chilled waters meant that fish were hard to find , Craig caught 3 small carp plus some nice roach on maggot on the pole, coarse section secretary Steve drew peg 3 and managed 1 small carp and some nice silver fish also on pole fished red maggot for 2nd. David and Martin faced each other across the lake and both weighed in 3lb 14oz of small silver fish for joint third.
Wooda Lakes – Fur N Feather Result
Twenty anglers fished the 2017 Fur n Feather match held across lakes 3 and 4. With cold water coming into the lakes and a gusty wind, it was not easy fishing.
Kevin Shears (Above), pegged on the trackside on lake 4, took the win with 62lb 3oz of pole caught carp. Second overall was Paul Ware, on the point peg on lake 3, with 47lb 3oz. Martin Turner(Below) was third with 45lb 1oz from the wood side of lake 4.
The random pairs was won by Shaun Stenton and Kevin Shears with a total of 101lb.
All anglers went away with a range of prizes.
Lake 3
Christopher Morris 41lb 7oz (runner up lake 3)
Norman Martin 25lb 6oz
Mick Seaward 7lb
John Forster 18lb 6oz
Shaun Stenton 38lb 13oz
Paul Morris 17lb 10oz
Matt Sampson DNW
Barry Lee 13lb 8oz
Neilsen Jeffrey 15lb 8oz
Paul Ware 47lb 8oz (won lake 3)
Ian Owen 14lb 1oz
Lake 4
Kevin Shears 62lb 3oz (overall winner)
Kev Wilton 15lb 6oz
Nathan Underwood 16lb
Paul Elworthy 10lb 11oz
Ian Croxton 36lb 11oz
Martin Turner 45lb 1oz (won lake 4)
Garry Thornton 35lb
Peter Seaward 8lb 8oz
Keith Copeland 39lb 3oz
North Devon Match Group Winter League No.4 Morchard Rd.
Results
1st Neilsen Jeffery 62lb 9oz
2nd Christopher Morris 49lb 7oz
3rd Michael Blake 46lb 9oz
4th Martin Turner 41lb 9oz
5th Paul Elworthy 37lb 4oz
6th Simon Maunder 34lb
Today’s conditions were very challenging, with bitter cold easterly wind making presentation difficult for the 16 competitors .
Neilsen’s catch of 40 carp was taken on peg17 with double red maggot on the pole over groundbait, Christopher used similar tactics for second spot, Michael’s catch of 29 carp came from peg 5 also on the pole with maggot . Martin Turner gives thanks to all for supporting the club and welcomes the new members .
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NDMG Championship No12 and Christmas competition
Once again many thanks to Martin Turner for his excellent and much appreciated reports from North Devon Match Group.
North Devon Match Groups Christmas Competition was held at Oaktree top and bottom lakes.
1st Kevin Shears 70lb 2oz
2nd Neilsen Jeffery 52lb 8oz
3rd Paul Elworthy 49lb 3oz
4th Peter Slade 39lb 6oz
5th Keith Copland 34lb 13oz
6th Phil Watters 29lb 5oz.
15 anglers turned up for our final match of the year , Kevin continued his tremendous form with a convincing victory from the outlet peg on the bottom pond his all carp catch fell to maggot over micros , Neilsen drew on the top lake and his with corn on the pole for 2nd spot ,which also ensured that he wins Matchman of the Year , Paul’s 3rd place catch from the bottom lake means that he finished 2nd in the Championship.Despite the damp blustery conditions most people managed a few fish and all left with a prize, Thanks to everyone for attending the matches this year ,Happy , Christmas and lets do it all again next year, may your elastics stretch far!!
Bideford Monthly – Match Result
Many thanks to Martin Turner for his weekly reports.
Final monthly Coarse section competition results Sundays final match was also our Christmas comp, we fished at the club lake ,Tarka swims, .Competitors were met with challenging conditions, and one fish caught in the last minute of the comp proved to be enough to clinch victory, for Martin Turner the mirror carp of 8lb took popped up bread on the straight lead on peg J, this fish didn’t prove to be significant in the overall points table , John Lisle wins the championship with 118pts 2nd Martin Turner 115 3rd Steve Baily on 87 4th Colin Gorman 79 The league has been well supported with 26 competitors over the last 16 months, our league begins again on Jan 8th on Harepie.
