The latest open match on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes had a full complement of 40 anglers fishing. The weather was glorious sunshine and bright blue skies. The match saw a continental payout and the winner of the day was Gary Mealing peg 1 on Woodpecker lake with 154lb 4oz fishing 8mm pellet on the waggler well done Gary!
Second place was Alan Lambert peg 5 on Tanners with 111lb 15oz
Third place was Mick Simpson peg 18 on Woodpecker with 148lb 6oz
Many thanks to Martin Turner for his quality pictures and write up.
1st Nathan Underwood 37lb 1oz
2nd Christopher Morris 32lb 11oz
3rd Kier Durrant 25lb 4oz
The Cornish bank of Upper Tamar Lake hosted the 1st summer league of group, Nathan put an impressive 37lb 1oz of roach and perch on the scales for a convincing victory, he fished long pole and maggot over groundbait. Christopher drew peg 1 and had a similar catch also on the pole, Kier ,our youngest member took third on whip tactics.Several larger perch,bream and hybrids showed on feeder tactics on the middle pegs but not enough to trouble the end pegs.
The Open Match Sunday on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes attracted a field of 37 angers. Weather was described as awful cold, with wind and rain ! There was a continental payout . The top weight was 165lb 13oz from Dave Stockton peg 3 on Tanners lake fishing 8mm pellet on the waggler well done Dave !
In 2nd place was Nigel Rhodes peg 18 on Woodpecker lake with 135lb 11oz
In 3rd place was Tony Rixon peg 13 on Tanners Lake with 133lb 8oz
In 4th place was Andy Dare peg 16 on Woodpecker lake with 106lb 15oz
In 5th place was Mark Layzelle peg 35 on Tanners with 96lb 14oz
6th place was Paul Heywood peg 2 on Woodpecker with 103lb 14oz
Dennis Toleman secured victory in Triple Hook Clubs Slade Trophy Match fished at Darracott where he put together a net of silvers totaling 9lb 4oz. In runner up spot was John Vaughan with 6lb and third Kevin Hancock with 2lb.
Darracott, Torrington, Devon EX38 7HL
Situated just outside Torrington, Darracott is a real mixed fishery. It is perfect for beginners or pleasure anglers and is loaded with plenty of fish. At 3 acres in size there are plenty of swims for you to choose from. The carp can be caught all over the lake but they do take surface baits in the warmer months which can be great fun. Mixed bags of up to 40lbs are common. There is some cracking perch and roach fishing to be had. The first swim is only 20 yards from the car park if you don’t want to walk too far.
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Open match here at Stafford Moor Fishery on Sunday 23rd April with 20 fishing on Woodpecker lake. Competitors had some fabulous weights with the winner Gary Mealing Peg 17 bagging himself 155lb 8oz fishing 8mm pellet on the waggler. In second place was Kevin Osbourne peg 2 with 144lb 2oz
In third place was Andy Dare peg 16 with 132lb
In forth place was Stewart Riddle peg 1 with 126lb 2oz
Our section winners were Steve Foreshaw peg 20 with 114lb 4oz and also Mark Lazelle peg 9 with 93lb 4oz
The next match is on Wednesday 26th April
Report From Joanne at Stafford Moor
Stafford Moor Fishery in Dolton,
we have just weighed the guys for our open match with 35 guys fishing on Tanners and Woodpecker. It was soooooooo cold today my hands are numb ! and that’s just weighing in !! Had a continental payout today .Our top weight of the day was from Gary Mealing peg 3 on Tanners lake with 205lb 2oz fishing 8mm pellet on the wag shallow well done Gal !
2nd place was Nigel Rhodes peg 10 on Woodpecker with 140lb 4oz
3rd place was Mark Layzelle peg 1 tanner with 193lb 1oz
4th place was Martin Heard peg 17 Woodpecker with 136lb 9oz
5th place was Mike Ogorman peg 34 Tanners with 161lb 11oz
6th place was Richard James peg 2 Woodpecker with 127lb 5oz
Section winners were :
Tanners Dave Stockton peg 6 Tanners with 157lb 2oz & Tony Burslem peg 35 with 125lb 3oz
Woodpecker Paul Goulding peg 8 Woodpecker with 89lb 11oz & Roger Crago peg 16 Woodpecker with 78lb 15oz
North Devon Match Group April 16th Championship No4 Melbury Reservoir
1st Paul Elworthy 32lb 15oz
2nd John Lisle 11lb
3rd Nathan Underwood 4lb 8oz
4th Martin Turner 3lb 9oz.
Paul fished a small groundbait feeder from a peg on the road side, his excellent catch consisted of skimmers and rudd. John had a similar bag from the next peg, The rest of the field struggled for odd bites in a cold westerly wind.
Stafford Moors Open match on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes, had a continental pay out . The day commenced with glorious sunshine and then bitter cold and cloudy in the afternoon Despite this lakes fished well especially Woodpecker !!!! A big well done to Phil Hardwick who bagged a fabulous weight of 255lb 6oz from peg 17 on Woodpecker fishing 8mm pellet fishing the Pole up the edge.
2nd place was: Martin Heard (Mosella) peg 11 Tanners with 124lb 4oz
3rd place was : Mark Layzelle peg 11 on Woodpecker with 190lb 4oz
4th place was : Tim Hagg peg 20 on Tanner with 91lb
5th place was :Paul Morris peg 1 on Woodpecker with 139lb
6th place was: Boz Phillips peg 25 on Tanner with 86lb 14oz
Our silvers winner of the day was Peter Randall with 31lb 8oz from peg 34 on Tanners
Bideford And District Angling Clubs monthly competition saw 14 anglers compete at Tarka Swims, where they were reminded that we are still in early spring by the cool breeze, despite this some large fish were prepared to feed. Pete Slade landed a common carp of nearly 15lb, after an arm aching battle of well over an hour ,this secured victory. Most fish fell to pole fished maggot. John Lisle still leads the league with 70 points Steve Bailey 2nd on 58 April monthly comp
Tarka Swims
1st Pete Slade 14lb 13oz
2nd Steve Bailey 12lb 6oz
3rd John Lovell 12lb 3oz
4th Stuart Bailey 11lb 15oz
Final Winter League NDMG Morchard Road
1st Paul Ware 79lb 2oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 29lb 14oz
3rd Kevin Shears 28lb 8oz
4th Paul Elworthy 22lb 4oz
5th Andy Gray 21lb 5oz .
Many Thanks to Martin Turner for the report on this eventful match!
Kevin Shears 145 Nath 140 me 135 very
Winner of winter league Kevin Shears145 points 2nd Nathan Underwood140 points 3rd Martin Turner 135 points The match was held in beautiful spring weather, although half the field really struggled , even the small rudd did not seem to feed. Nathan , and Paul Elworthy got off to great starts on paste on the pole ,as their swims dried up , Paul Ware began to catch in the neck of the Narrow section and continued till the end. As you can see the match was not without incident , Ben Hathaway’s peg was invaded by a boy racer in a red Ford !! Breaking his pole in the process!
