Winner of Stafford Moors fisho festival was Dave Stockton who fished on peg 1 to land 164lb 2oz fishing 8mm pellet on the waggler who won £1000 .
The festival had one main winner then 4 more winners which were one in each of the four sections who each won £365.
These were :
Lee Werrett
Zac Newton
Chris Cameron
Pete Randall
Sundays Open match on July 24th was fished Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Both lakes fished hard today especially Tanners lake. Our winner of the day was Phill Harwick Woodpecker peg 34 with 107lb 6oz fishing 8mm pellet on the waggler well done Phill ! Full match results are shown below.
1st Phil Harwick Peg 34 Woodpecker: 107lbs 6oz
2nd Ricky Johnston Peg 16 Woodpecker: 79lbs 2oz
3rd – Paul Tidbal Peg 24 – Woodpeacker 76lb 9oz
4th – Dave Stockton Peg 6 Woodpeacker
Wednesday 27th July
Mid Week Open open on Tanners Lake, Winner was Mark Hayman peg 36 with 115lb 10oz fishing 11mm on the bomb. In in second place was Paul Goulding next door to Mark on peg 35 with 112lb 14oz fishing 8mm on the bomb.
Bideford & District Angling Clubs mid-week summer league has come to an end all to soon I am sure for those who have enjoyed the weekly fishing on their home water. Competition No10 was won by Matt Clare Cross with 12lb 10oz. In second was David Bailey with 8lb 12oz and in third Martin Turner on 4lb 12oz. Forth Craig Crash Lamey 3lb 4oz and fifth John Dyer…. Matt won the match on peg L with 2 pole caught carp, David Bailey took 2 fish on the lead on banded pellet.
Overall winner of the midweek series was John Lovell 82 pts 2nd Martin Turner 81pts 3rd David Bailey 4th Matt Clare Cross
Wednesday Open –
1st Kenny Cole = 127lb 14oz
2nd Trevor Tester 96lb 12oz
3rd Paul Goulding 80lb 15oz
4th Roy Coleman 73lb 1oz
Sundays open match on Tanners and Woodpecker. Continental payout .
Winner of the day was Phil Hardwick Woodpecker peg 34 with 107lb 6oz fishing 8mm pellet on the wag well done Phil !
In second place was Paul Goulding Tanners peg 34 with 47lb 8oz
In third place was Ricky Johnston woodpecker peg 16 with 79lb 2oz
In forth place was Zac Newton Tanners peg 32 with 37lb 13oz
In fifth place was Paul Tidball woodpecker peg 24 with 76lb 9oz
In sixth place was Andy Wilkinson Tanners peg 35 with 32lb 2oz
Our silvers winner was Robin Wills woodpecker peg 8 with 20lb 1oz
John Forster organized an open match at Mill Pond near Berrynarbour where competitors enjoyed some great sport at this tranquil water. John commented that the day was enhance by plenty of friendly banter and the frequent glimpse of kingfishers darting to and fro. Below are a few images of competitors and their catches from this delightful venue that is renowned for its silver fish sport.
1st Nathan Underwood 35lb8oz
2nd Kevin Shears 28lb 5oz
3rd Andy Gray 22lb14oz
4th Rob 22lb5oz
5th John Forster 17lb 13oz
Bideford Angling Clubs Midweek Evening Match Tarka Swims saw David Bailey take first prize with 28lb 12oz. Second was Matt Cross with 6lb 15oz and third Martin Hawker with 6lb 12oz. John Lovell forth with 6lb 11oz and Craig Crash Lamey fifth with 2lb 9oz. Winner David Bailey took 5 carp on banded pellet fished on the lead. Second place was secured using pole and paste tactics.
The open match on Tanners lake at Stafford Moor on Wednesday July 13th 17 fishing . Weather was fabulous on the lawns like sunbathing conditions then on the bank between pegs 30-36 was blowing a gale ! One side in t shirts and the other in hoodys !
winner of the day was John Bailey peg 1 with 153lb fishing 11mm on the lead well done John !
In second place was Lee Thomas peg 3 with 139lb 12oz fishing 8 & 11 mm pellet on the wag and bomb
In third place was Martin Heard peg 35 with 108lb 1oz fishing 8mm on the bomb
Section winners were :Ricky Johnston peg 30 with 98lb 8oz fishing 11mm on the bomb and also Ian Chadburn peg 36 with 94lb 6oz
Martin Turner won Bideford and District Angling Clubs Monthly coarse section match at Melbury Reservoir with an impressive haul of 32lb. Kevin Shears was second with 25lb 5oz and third Colin Gorman with 8lb. Winning tactics for Martin were caster with long pole for roach and hybrids. Ground-bait feeder for a bag of skimmers took the runner up spot for Kevin Shears.
Stafford Moors Sunday Open on 3rd July saw some excellent nets of fish; full report from Joanne Coombes below
We had a continental payout today. We had 25 guys fishing .
The winner was Mike Iacono (pictured below) on Woodpecker peg 32 with 183lb fishing 8mm pellet on the waggler.
In 2nd place was Tim Hagg on Tanners peg 9 with 122lb 1oz
In 3rd place was Tony Burslem on Woodpecker peg 36 with 159lb 15oz
In 4th place was Andy Webb on Tanners peg 13 with 118lb 8oz
In 5th place was Mark Cullerton on Woodpecker peg 16 with 155lb 14oz
In 6th place was Dave Stockton on Tanners peg 35 with 109lb 6oz
Our silvers winners were : Tim Hagg on Tanners 9 with 7lb 9oz & Bruce Hunt on Woodpecker peg 26 with 12lb 6oz.
Fridays residents match today on Tanners lake had a great winning weight from Steve Pearce peg 36 with 137lb 13oz fishing 8mm pellet on the bomb well done Steve! who has actually won the residents match 3 years in a row! Please see full match results below.
Overall
Mid Week Open Wednesday 5th July
What a glorious day weather wise. Had so many great weights as you can see in the full match report below. Well done to Nikki Miller who bagged himself 169lb 6oz from peg 9 fishing 8mm on the waggler.
Overall
Bideford and District Angling Clubs Midweek Competition at Tarka swims was won by Matt Cross with 22lb 5oz. In runner up spot was Kevin Shears with 16lb 8oz and third John Lovell with 14lb 9oz. 13 fished Matt caught 2 carp and 1 bream on paste on 10mt pole Kevin fished with the pellet waggler for 4 carp.
